(Fiction, 200 pp. Italian, 1962, English translations, 1965, 2007, 2011)
The classic novel, adapted into an award-winning film by Vittorio De Sica, chronicles the relationships between the young middle-class narrator and the children of a wealthy, assimilated family in the provincial city of Ferrara. The events take place on the eve of WWII, against the background of the antisemitic legislation and policies of the Italian fascist state.
Review by Adam Kirsch, Tablet, January 4, 2012
Essay by John Champagne: “Bassani’s The Garden of the Finzi-Continis and Italian “Queers”.” CLCWeb: Comparative Literature and Culture 12.1 (2010)
Review by Simon Mawer, The Independent, May 12, 2012
Obituary by Jonathan Keates, The Guardian, April 13, 2000
