Regression

by Eugenio Montale

Kindle Edition

First published November 11, 2011

About the author

Eugenio Montale was born on October 12, 1896 in Genoa, Italy. He was the youngest son of Domenico Montale and Giuseppina (Ricci) Montale. They were brought up in a business atmosphere, as their father was a trader in chemicals. Ill health cut short his formal education and he was therefore a self-taught man free from conditioning except that of his own will and person. He spent his summers at the family villa in a village. This small village was near the Ligurian Riviera, an area which has had a profound influence on his poetry and other works. Originally Montale aspired to be an opera singer and trained under the famous baritone Ernesto Sivori. Surprisingly he changed his profession and went on to become a poet who can be considered the greatest of the twentieth century’s Italian poets and one who won the prestigious Nobel Prize in Literature in 1975 "for his distinctive poetry which, with great artistic sensitivity, has interpreted human values under the sign of an outlook on life with no illusions."

Reviews

[Shari · Rating 5 out of 5]

What a great ending to a fabulous series. This was my favourite of all the books. It is going to be hard to find something else to read that measures up to this book. I can't wait to see what the author writes next, hoping for a story of Dawn's children.
Thank you Cathy Bell for writing this entertaining, thought provoking series!!

[Jenny · Rating 3 out of 5]

Decent series. I found that I really liked some parts and other parts didn't ring true to me. I found all of the Avery storyline interesting. Dawn was the character that actually held the least interest for me in the end. Plus, the introduction of Rowan made almost no sense at all.