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In clear terms, Polcini lays out where her study fits into a wider critical discourse: as well as advancing the understanding of how Buzzati drew from his literary sources, it seeks to further establish Buzzati's originality and literary credentials. It is also a reassessment of an author long considered minor; and it is the first monograph on Buzzati in English. [...] Polcini provides a thought-provoking study of the writer from Belluno. Matthew Reza University of Oxford Modern Language Review, 111.4 (2016) Polcini's volume is part of a new Anglo-American interest in this Italian writer, and intends to rekindle the international debate about Buzzati. One of the book's merits is that, through a wealth of examples and through its detailed analysis of Buzzati's copious published work, it tracks his debt to the Anglo-Saxon and American traditions - and, incidentally, to the Northern European tradition as well. [...] Polcini's analysis of how [Buzzati's] two forms of expression, visual and narrative, have their origins in each other is particularly interesting. [...] Appropriately Polcini's analytical focus is on the literary tradition, reserving the figurative analysis for art historians and only alluding to a few examples, but the methodological principle is well-founded and the number of examples is extensive. Roberta Coglitore Universita degli studi di Palermo Between, 6:11 (2016)

In clear terms, Polcini lays out where her study fits into a wider critical discourse: as well as advancing the understanding of how Buzzati drew from his literary sources, it seeks to further establish Buzzati's originality and literary credentials. It is also a reassessment of an author long considered minor; and it is the first monograph on Buzzati in English. [...] Polcini provides a thought-provoking study of the writer from Belluno. Matthew Reza University of Oxford Modern Language Review, 111.4 (2016)

In clear terms, Polcini lays out where her study fits into a wider critical discourse: as well as advancing the understanding of how Buzzati drew from his literary sources, it seeks to further establish Buzzati's originality and literary credentials. It is also a reassessment of an author long considered minor; and it is the first monograph on Buzzati in English. [...] Polcini provides a thought-provoking study of the writer from Belluno. Matthew RezaUniversity of OxfordModern Language Review, 111.4 (2016) Polcini's volume is part of a new Anglo-American interest in this Italian writer, and intends to rekindle the international debate about Buzzati. One of the book's merits is that, through a wealth of examples and through its detailed analysis of Buzzati's copious published work, it tracks his debt to the Anglo-Saxon and American traditions - and, incidentally, to the Northern European tradition as well. [...] Polcini's analysis of how [Buzzati's] two forms of expression, visual and narrative, have their origins in each other is particularly interesting. [...] Appropriately Polcini's analytical focus is on the literary tradition, reserving the figurative analysis for art historians and only alluding to a few examples, but the methodological principle is well-founded and the number of examples is extensive. Roberta CoglitoreUniversita degli studi di PalermoBetween, 6:11 (2016)

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Valentina Polcini holds a Doctorate in English, from the University of Chieti, Italy, and a PhD in Italian, from the University of Exeter, UK. She has been a Teaching and Research Fellow at Exeter and other universities in Italy. Her research interests include science fiction, fantastic literature, intertextual and intermedial studies, comparative literature. She has published several articles and reviews, and a book on J. G. Ballard.

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