By Giorgio Bassani

A haunting, classic novel set in Fascist Italy just before World War II, and adapted into an Academy Award–winning film. The Finzi-Continis are a wealthy Jewish family who live secluded in their estate near Ferrara. The narrator, a middle-class Jewish boy, has long been fascinated by them, especially siblings Alberto and Micol. At twenty-two, in autumn 1938, he is finally let into their private world, which seems untouched by Italy’s racial laws. Thirteen years after the war, he recalls his complex relationship with Micol and the fate of Ferrara’s Jewish community on the eve of their destruction. Critically acclaimed and powerful, The Garden of the Finzi-Continis memorably recreates a tragic period.

Dimensions: 5.3”W x 8”H

208 pages. Paperback. Publisher: HarperCollins