Little Misunderstandings of No Importance (English and Italian Edition) - Hardcover

Tabucchi, Antonio; Frenaye, Frances

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0811210294 ISBN 13: 9780811210294

Publisher: New Directions, 1987

Synopsis

English, Italian (translation)

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The author's opening note admits his fascination with "uncertainties, belated understandings, useless remorse, treacherous memories." Such are the ambiguous situations that inform these 11 pleasantly brooding tales. Translated from the Italian of Tabucchi (Letter from Casablanca), their flavor is international, with settngs that include Paris, Lisbon, Madras, and New York. "Sleight of Hand" involves an undercover rendezvous in which a mysterious packet is delivered during a performance at the Metropolitan Opera. The two contacts, a man and a woman, develop an intimacy not scripted by their duties. Art and actuality mingle in "Cinema" when an actor and actress find truth in the lines they recite before the camera. In "Rooms," the aging Amelia reflects before burning the writings left by her famous brother, now dead: words "imprison things, hardening them into a glassy fixity," but realities can never be captured. Tabucchi's ruminative musing will appeal to readers who care about the subtlest relationships among families, friends and lovers.
Copyright 1987 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Edition details

• Publisher: New Directions
• Publication date: 1987
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0811210294
• ISBN 13: 9780811210294
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 136