In this magical novel a count from Milan stumbles upon a desolate community of lost noblemen on an uncharted island off the coast of Portugal. When he discovers

Classic short stories set in Naples in the 1940s and 50s that inspired Elena Ferrante's Neapolitan novels

Anna Maria Ortese: Celestial Geographies features a selection of essays by established Ortese scholars that trace her remarkable creative trajectory.

In 18th century Naples, three visitors from Flanders vie for the hand of a glovemaker's daughter. One is a merchant, a second is a duke and a third a sculptor.

A collection of surrealistic stories by a late Italian writer. Typical is The Villa, in which a man buys his mother a villa in heaven so she can have a place to