A Very Italian Christmas

Author : Giovanni Boccaccio
Publisher : New Vessel Press
ISBN 13 : 1939931665
Total Pages : 147 pages
Book Rating : 4.65/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Very Italian Christmas written by Giovanni Boccaccio and published by New Vessel Press. This book was released on 2018-09-04 with total page 147 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Classic and contemporary Christmas stories by great writers from Boccaccio to Strega Prize winner Anna Maria Ortese to Nobel laureate Grazia Deledda. The third in the very popular Very Christmas series, this volume brings together the best Italian Christmas stories of all time in a vibrant collection featuring classic tales and contemporary works. With writing that dates from the Renaissance to the present day, from Boccaccio to Pirandello, as well as Anna Maria Ortese, Natalia Ginzburg, and Grazia Deledda, these literary gems are filled with ancient churches, trains whistling through the countryside, steaming tureens, plates piled high with pasta, High Mass, dashed hopes, golden crucifixes, flowing wine, shimmering gifts, and plenty of style. Like everything the Italians do, this is Christmas with its very own verve and flair, the perfect literary complement to a Buon Natale italiano. Includes stories by: Luigi Pirandello ·• Camillo Boito • Matilde Serao • Anna Maria Ortese • Andrea De Carlo • Grazia Deledda • Giovanni Verga • Giovanni Boccaccio • Natalia Ginzburg

Author : Wolfgang von Goethe
Publisher : New Vessel Press
ISBN 13 : 1939931894
Total Pages : 197 pages
Book Rating : 4.94/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Very German Christmas written by Wolfgang von Goethe and published by New Vessel Press. This book was released on 2020-09-15 with total page 197 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of new and classic Christmas literature includes stories by Herman Hesse, Joseph Roth, The Brothers Grimm, and many others. This collection brings together traditional and contemporary holiday stories from Austria, Switzerland, and Germany. You'll find classic works by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Heinrich Heine, Rainer Maria Rilke, Thomas Mann and Arthur Schnitzler, as well as more recent tales by writers like Heinrich Böll, Peter Stamm and Martin Suter. It also includes the first published English translation of Joseph Roth’s story “Christmas in Cochinchina.” Enjoy Eine fröhliche Weihnachten―A Merry Christmas―made all the more festive with these literary treats redolent of candle-lit trees, St. Nikolaus, gingerbread, Gugelhopf and stollen cakes, all accompanied by plenty of schnapps.

Author : Giovanni Boccaccio
Publisher : Very Christmas
ISBN 13 : 9781939931627
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.22/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Very Italian Christmas written by Giovanni Boccaccio and published by Very Christmas. This book was released on 2018-09-04 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A continuation of the very popular Very Christmas series, the literary gems in A Very Italian Christmas are filled with ancient churches, trains whistling through the countryside, steaming tureens, High Mass, dashed hopes, flowing wine, and plenty of style. Like everything the Italians do, this is Christmas with its very own verve and flair.

Author : James Joyce
Publisher : New Vessel Press
ISBN 13 : 1939931975
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.79/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Very Irish Christmas written by James Joyce and published by New Vessel Press. This book was released on 2021-09-14 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The sixth volume in our popular Very Christmas series, this collection transports readers to the Emerald Isle with stories and poems sure to bring holiday cheer. This anthology is packed with beloved classics, forgotten treasures, and modern masterpieces. You’ll find wondrous works by James Joyce, W. B. Yeats, Elizabeth Bowen, Anne Enright, William Trevor, Colm Tóibín, Bernard MacLaverty and many more. See how Christmas is done in snowy Dublin and on the mean streets of Belfast, from west coast to east, and even across sea and ocean to Irish communities in London and New York City. Put a flickering candle in the window and a steaming dinner on the table, and celebrate the Irish way—Nollaig Shona Daoibh—and Merry Christmas!

Author : Guy de Maupassant
Publisher : New Vessel Press
ISBN 13 : 193993155X
Total Pages : 140 pages
Book Rating : 4.59/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Very French Christmas written by Guy de Maupassant and published by New Vessel Press. This book was released on 2017-10-10 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Joyeux Noël: “[An]endearing collection of Christmas stories from ten of France’s most esteemed writers―past and present―skillfully translated.” ―Foreword Reviews This collection brings together the best French Christmas stories of all time, featuring classics by Guy de Maupassant and Alphonse Daudet, plus stories by the esteemed twentieth century authors Irène Némirovsky and Nobel Prize winner Anatole France and contemporary writers Dominique Fabre and Jean-Philippe Blondel. With a holiday spirit conveyed through sparkling Paris streets, opulent feasts, wandering orphans, kindly monks, homesick soldiers, oysters, crayfish, ham, bonbons, flickering desire, and more than a little wine, this collection encapsulates Christmas à la française—delicious, intense and unexpected.

Author : Mikhail Zoshchenko
Publisher : New Vessel Press
ISBN 13 : 1939931444
Total Pages : 211 pages
Book Rating : 4.43/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Very Russian Christmas written by Mikhail Zoshchenko and published by New Vessel Press. This book was released on 2016-09-26 with total page 211 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of short Christmas stories by some of Russia’s greatest nineteenth and twentieth century authors—several appearing in English for the first time. Running the gamut from sweet and reverent to twisted and uproarious, this collection offers a holiday feast of Russian fiction. Dostoevsky brings stories of poverty and tragedy; Tolstoy inspires with his fable-like tales; Chekhov’s unmatchable skills are on full display in his story of a female factory owner and her wretched workers; Klaudia Lukashevitch delights with a sweet and surprising tale of a childhood in White Russia; and Mikhail Zoshchenko recounts madcap anecdotes of Christmas trees and Christmas thieves in the Soviet Era—a time when it was illegal to celebrate the holiday in Russia. There is no shortage of imagination, wit, or vodka on display in this collection that proves, with its wonderful variety and remarkable human touch, that nobody does Christmas like the Russians.

Author : Tomie dePaola
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1481477633
Total Pages : 32 pages
Book Rating : 4.35/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Legend of Old Befana written by Tomie dePaola and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2017-11-07 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Because Befana's household chores kept her from finding the Baby King, she searches to this day, leaving gifts for children on the Feast of the Three Kings.

Author : Jack Manning
Publisher : Capstone
ISBN 13 : 1476531005
Total Pages : 26 pages
Book Rating : 4.07/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Christmas in Italy written by Jack Manning and published by Capstone. This book was released on 2013-07 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discusses how people in Italy celebrate Christmas, identifying traditional symbols, decorations, presents, foods, and customs associated with the holiday.

Author : Sharon Kendrick
Publisher : Harlequin
ISBN 13 : 1488083800
Total Pages : 176 pages
Book Rating : 4.08/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Italian's Christmas Housekeeper written by Sharon Kendrick and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2018-11-01 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A shy housekeeper goes from making a billionaire’s bed to Christmas between his sheets in this sexy holiday romance! As a housekeeper for an English aristocrat, Molly Millar is trying her best—especially now that sexy billionaire Salvio de Gennaro is staying at the opulent Cornish residence. Though she is anxious to impress the outrageously wealthy houseguest, Molly is once again unfairly criticized by her prickly employer! When Salvio finds her sobbing, he comforts her . . . with the most amazing experience of her life. But when that incredible encounter costs Molly her job, Salvio rescues her with an irresistible proposition: become his temporary housekeeper—just in time for Christmas!

Author : Garry Fleming
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781875875283
Total Pages : 20 pages
Book Rating : 4.8X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Home for Christmas written by Garry Fleming and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It's almost Christmas, and a small hopping mouse is hurrying to get home with presents for his children. But he's been away so long. Can he find his way?