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Has anyone else read this? I know it was only translated into English less than two years ago.

Elizabeth I just purchased it, but will probably wait a bit to start reading it. Tim Parks gave it a pretty glowing review in the NY Review of Books last year, …moreI just purchased it, but will probably wait a bit to start reading it. Tim Parks gave it a pretty glowing review in the NY Review of Books last year, and was particularly complimentary towards Randall's translation: "For those who read Italian, Nievo’s writing is an exciting surprise, full of unexpected turns of expression, droll, rapturous, or argumentative. In this regard, while the English reader could never be given the same experience contemporary Italians enjoy on reading Confessions, the translator Frederika Randall has been remarkably successful in keeping the novel’s flavor and sustaining Nievo’s quirkiness and readability over so many pages." Subscription required to access the entire review.
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