October 16, 1943, Eight Jews
Giacomo Debenedetti, October 16, 1943: Eight Jews, University of Notre Dame Press, 2001 Debenedetti (1901-1967), one of Italy’s most influential literary critics, editors and literature professors, endangered his career…
Books
Marriage Rituals Italian Style
Roni Weinstein, Marriage Rituals Italian Style, Brill Academic Publishers, 2003 Marriage Rituals Italian Style: A Historical Anthropological Perspective on Early Modern Italian Jews is the first comprehensive attempt to…
The Garden of the Finzi-Continis
Giorgio Bassani, The Garden of the Finzi-Continis, Everyman’s Library, 2005 “The Garden of the Finzi-Continis is first and foremost a love story and on quite a different level from anything…
In Praise of Imperfection
Rita Levi Montalcini, In Praise of Imperfection: My Life and Work, Sloan Catering Foundation Science Series, 1988 Rita Levi Montalcini, In Praise of Imperfection: My Life and Work, Sloan…