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Translated by Raymond Rosenthal
Copyright © 1961, 1963 by New Directions
Published by arrangement with Vallecchi Editore, Florence
Acknowledgments
Wayland Young’s translation of “Gogol’s Wife” and John Longrigg’s translation of “Pastoral” first appeared in Encounter, London.
The original Italian titles and volume sources of the stories included in this collection are: from Dialogo dei massimi sistemi (Fratelli Parenti Editori, Florence, 1937): “La morte del Re di Francia,” “Dialogo dei massimi sistemi”; from La spada (Vallecchi Editore, Florence, 1944): “Notte di nozze,” “Lettera di un romantico sul giuoco,” “Colpo di sole”; from Le due zittelle (Bompiani, Milan, 1946): “Le due zittelle”; from Ombre (Vallecchi Editore, Florence, 1954): “La moglie di Gogol,” “Giovanni e sua moglie,” “Lettere dalla provincia.” A collected one-volume edition of Landolfi’s stories, Racconti, was published in 1961 by Vallecchi.
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