Preface by Ella Carr
MYTHOGRAPHY
THEOCRITUS, The Cyclops (Idyll XI)
VIRGIL, Helenus Warning (from the Aeneid )
OVID, The Rape of Proserpina (from the Metamorphoses)
SICILY
GIOVANNI VERGA, His Reverence
LUIGI PIRANDELLO, Citrons from Sicily
VITALIANO BRANCATI, My Grandfather
ELIO VITTORINI, From Conversations in Sicily
GIUSEPPE TOMASI DI LAMPEDUSA, The Siren
LEONARDO SCIASCIA, The Wine-Dark Sea
VINCENZO CONSOLO, The Tree of the Four Oranges
DACIA MARAINI, From Bagheria
PETER ROBB, A Market
CALABRIA
NORMAN DOUGLAS, Old Morano
CORRADO ALVARO, From Revolt in Aspromonte
VITO TETI, Clouds and Back Streets
BASILICATA
CARLO LEVI, From Christ Stopped at Eboli
APULIA
NICOLA LAGIOIA, From Ferocity
CAMPANIA
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE, From Italian Journey
JOSEPH CONRAD, Il Conde
W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM, The Lotus Eater
CURZIO MALAPARTE, The Plague
ANNA MARIA ORTESE, A Pair of Eyeglasses
ELSA MORANTE, From Arturo’s Island
NORMAN LEWIS, From Naples ’44
ELENA FERRANTE, From My Brilliant Friend