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'Revenge - Revenge is so sweet one often wishes to be insulted so as to be able to take revenge, and I don't mean just by an old enemy, but anyone, or even (especially when in a really bad mood) by a friend.' ((from The Passions))

'Rendering Leopardi into English presents formidable challenges ... Parks, is well aware of these challenges; his brilliant Translator's Note will become indispensable to anyone interested in Leopardi, traduttore.' - Joseph Luzzi, Times Literary Supplement -- Joseph Luzzi * Times Literary Supplement *

'Rendering Leopardi into English presents formidable challenges ... Parks, is well aware of these challenges; his brilliant Translator's Note will become indispensable to anyone interested in Leopardi, traduttore.' - Joseph Luzzi, Times Literary Supplement -- Joseph Luzzi Times Literary Supplement

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Giacomo Leopardi (1798–1837) was a prolific writer, translator, and thinker in Italy during the years of European upheaval that followed the French Revolution. He became a fluent translator of Latin, Greek, and Hebrew, earned high regard as the “first modern Italian classic poet,” and is also esteemed for his diverse prose work. Tim Parks is the author of fifteen novels, including Europa, which was shortlisted for the Booker Prize; four acclaimed memoirs of life in contemporary Italy; and other nonfiction works. He runs a postgraduate degree program in translation at IULM University in Milan and has translated works by Moravia, Calvino, Calasso, Machiavelli, and numerous others.

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