{"product_id":"my-karst-and-my-city-and-other-essays-hardcover","title":"My Karst and My City and Other Essays - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eScipio Slataper\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eElena Coda\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eNicholas Benson\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eScipio Slataper is one of the most prominent writers from the Italian town of Trieste. Before the onslaught of World War One, Trieste was a unique urban environment and the largest port in the Austro-Hungarian Empire. It was a financially powerful city and a cosmopolitan centre where Slavic, Germanic, and Italian cultures intersected. Much of Slataper's oeuvre is highly influenced by Trieste's cultural complexity and its multi-ethnic environment.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eSlataper's major literary achievement, \u003cem\u003eMy Karst and My City\u003c\/em\u003e - a fictionalized, lyrical autobiography, translated here in its entirety - offers a unique example of an Italian modernist narrative, one that is influenced both by Slataper's collaboration with the Florentine journal \u003cem\u003eLa Voce\u003c\/em\u003e, and by the Germanic and Scandinavian literature that he absorbed while living in Trieste. \u003cem\u003eMy Karst and My City\u003c\/em\u003e, together with the excerpts from his reflections on \u003cem\u003eIbsen\u003c\/em\u003e and other critical essays included here, adds a new voice and a different dimension to our understanding of European modernism. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eScipio Slataper\u003c\/b\u003e (1888-1915) was an Italian writer, most famous for his lyrical essay \u003cem\u003eMy Karst\u003c\/em\u003e. He is considered, alongside Italo Svevo, as the initiator of the prolific tradition of Italian literature in Trieste.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eElena Coda\u003c\/b\u003e is an associate professor in the School of Languages and Cultures at Purdue University.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eNicholas Benson\u003c\/b\u003e is the translator of volumes by Attilio Bertolucci and Aldo Palazzeschi and the recipient of an NEA Translation Fellowship.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 280\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 9.1 x 6.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 19, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52932081189171,"sku":"9781487508227","price":128.41,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/rTlNLnDcGu9781487508227.webp?v=1767866079","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/my-karst-and-my-city-and-other-essays-hardcover","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}