Gente nel tempo
| Author | Massimo Bontempelli |
|---|---|
| Language | Italian |
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Publication date | 1936 |
| Publication place | Italy |
| Pages | 333 |
Gente nel tempo (lit. 'People in Time') is a novel by the Italian writer Massimo Bontempelli. It is set in the early 1900s and follows the dismantling of an Italian family after its authoritarian matriarch dies and prophesises that all her descendants will die young. The novel was serialised in Nuova Antologia in 1936 and published as a book the following year. It is associated with magic realism.[1][2]
References
- ^ Seidl-Gschwend, Ragni M. (2020). "Bontempelli, Massimo: Gente nel tempo". In Arnold, H.L. (ed.). Kindlers Literatur Lexikon (KLL) (in German). Stuttgart: J.B. Metzler. doi:10.1007/978-3-476-05728-0_2826-1.
- ^ Cesaretti, Enrico (2009). "Outplaying Kronos' Hunger: Massimo Bontempelli's Gente nel tempo". Forum Italicum. 43 (2): 385–404. doi:10.1177/001458580904300204.