作品情報

イタリア系移民の記憶が、街区ごとひとつの物語になる。

1930年代から40年代のブロンクスを回想しながら、コミュニティの崩れと継承の難しさを見つめる。懐かしさだけでなく、同化の痛みも書き込まれた一冊。

書籍情報

出版社

Dalkey Archive Press

発売日

2002-01-01

ページ数

295ページ

言語

英語

サイズ

14.1 x 2.1 x 21.6 cm

ISBN-13

9781564783066

ISBN-10

1564783065

価格

3023 JPY

カテゴリ

洋書/Literature & Fiction/Genre Fiction/Action & Adventure

Paying homage to the Italian-American experience, Italian Stories celebrates an Italian neighbourhood in the Bronx during the 1930s and '40s, and mourns the loss of this ethnic identity with the migration of subsequent generations to the suburbs. With stories that are both melancholy and comic, Papaleo here explores the contradictory desires of assimilation: his characters want to live the life of the average American while maintaining a strong link to their rich heritage. In addition, Papaleo rails against the damaging stereotypes of Italian-Americans propagated by the media in movies and television.

Joseph Papaleo (1925-2004) was an Italian American novelist, and academic. He grew up in The Bronx. He graduated from Sarah Lawrence College, from Columbia University with an M.A., and from the University of Florence with a Ph.D.

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