Cinzia Bigazzi: 11 books

Il celebre romanzo di Manzoni raccontato da Cinzia Bigazzi in maniera semplice, pur mantenendo intatte alcune espressioni dell'opera manzoniana. Illustrato da Valentina Canocchi.

Due novelle tratte dal Decameron di Giovanni Boccaccio: nella prima il protagonista è l'ingenuo pittore Calandrino, alle prese con una divertentissima burla organizzata dagli amici Bruno e Buffalmacco, nella seconda il tema dominante è l’amore contrastato di Costanza e Martuccio, che dopo una serie di disavventure, possono alla fine coronare il loro sogno d’amore.

After ten years of war, Ulysses, king of Ithaca, has at long last defeated the Trojans and sacked Troy. Now he can set out for home, back to his wife Penelope and his son Telemachus, whom he saw last as a puling infant. But the way back is fraught with frightful perils. Each time his ship draws nigh...

Ulisse, re di Itaca, ha finalmente sconfitto i Troiani. Adesso può tornare a casa dalla moglie Penelope e dal figlio Telemaco, ma ogni volta che la nave si avvicina alle acque di Itaca, misteriose forze la respingono in mare aperto. Una favolosa avventura che incanta i lettori da oltre due millenni....

It’s 1348 and the Black Death is ravaging the city of Florence. Seven young ladies and three young men escaping the terrible plague, take refuge in a country villa, where they pass the time dancing, singing and telling stories. This is the ideal frame of the one hundred tales wich made up the “Decameron”,...

Having survived the depths of Hell, Dante and Virgil climb the Mountain of Purgatory. In this kingdom, divided into seven terraces, which correspond to the seven deadly sins, the spirits have to purge their souls to ascend towards God in Heaven. The Cantica starts with the ante-Purgatory and culminates with Heaven and the vision of Beatrice, Dante’s love.

Dante Alighieri was born in Florence in 1265. He actively participated in the political life of the city and in 1301, as a result of the con ict between Guelphs and Ghibellines, was condemned to two years of exile. In 1307 he began the most important work of his life, the Divine Comedy, an epic poem...

Dante and Beatrice have nally reached the Paradise. From the Moon to the Empyrean, going through the planets and the stars, Dante admires the splendour and the joy of the Blessed. From heaven to heaven the light gets stronger until the Empyrean, where Beatrice disappears. From that point onward Dante will be accompanied through the immense and eternal God’s reign by Saint Bernard.

In this book we have two short stories from “The Decameron” by Giovanni Boccaccio: one is about Calandrino, up aganist a funny joke made up by his friends Bruno and Buffalmacco. The second tale, “Costanza and Martuccio”, is about adventures and journeys full of mishaps; the main theme is the love story between the main characters.

It was the evening of November 7, 1628 when two bravoes, thugs in the pay of the powerful don Rodrigo, ordered don Abbondio not to celebrate the wedding between Renzo Tramaglino and Lucia Mondella. So begans the anguished love story of the betrothed wich unravels through intrigues, kidnappings, epidemics...

Tre divertenti novelle tratte dal Decameron di Giovanni Boccaccio, nelle quali il tema portante è quello dell’intelligenza, intesa come astuzia e arguzia nell’organizzare delle spassosissime burle ai danni degli sciocchi e degli ingenui.