Roman Tales
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Roman Tales (Italian: Racconti romani) is a series of sixty-one short stories written by the Italian author, Alberto Moravia. Written and published initially in the Italian newspaper, Il Corriere della Sera, they were published as a collection in 1954 by Bompiani. All of the stories are set in Rome or its surroundings after World War II and focus on 'the common people of Rome' (Roma popolana).[1] The characters in these stories tend to be the unemployed, ex-convicts, waiters, drivers, con artists, thieves and petty criminals, the average man (or woman) and the lower classes aspiring to climb out of poverty.
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Author | Alberto Moravia |
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Original title | Racconti romani |
Country | Italy |
Language | Italian |
Publisher | Bompiani |
Publication date | 1954 |
Media type | |
Pages | 2193 |
ISBN | 88-452-3299-9 |
OCLC | 179696254 |
853/.912 22 | |
LC Class | PQ4829.O62 A6 2000 |
All the stories are told in the first person with the narrator often unnamed, although details are usually furnished to provide a clue to the narrator's identity, such as their occupation, motivations and social status. Roman Tales provide a snapshot on life in Rome after World War II, revealing much about the inhabitants of Rome in the early 1950s.