The Decameron

Kirjan The Decameron (2015) on kirjoittanut Giovanni Boccaccio. Kirjan kieli on englanti, ja sen on kustantanut WW Norton Co. Kirja on laajuudeltaan 1024 sivua ja se on nidottu.

Ten young Florentines flee the Black Death of 1348 by escaping to a country villa overlooking the city. There they spend ten days telling each other one hundred stories. Their stories run the gamut of medieval genres—romance, tragedy, comedy and farce—and are rich with wit, earthiness and even bawdy irreverence. Boccaccio’s reputation as one of the world’s greatest authors rests entirely on this singular, overflowing work. A tribute to the essential power of storytelling and laughter, even in the most trying times, The Decameron has been a source and inspiration for countless other storytellers over the centuries. Published on the 700th anniversary of Boccaccio’s birth, Wayne A. Rebhorn’s Decameron now speaks to us directly in a "lively, contemporary. .. English" (Stephen Greenblatt).