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Roger VergT's first memories were of the tiny spring vegetables grown by his father. Former proprietor of the world famous Moulin de Mougins in the south of France near Cannes, a restaurant with two stars in the Michelin guide, he was not content to leave vegetables where they are so often consigned by classical French cuisine--as a garnish to accompany meats or fish--but explored all their culinary possibilities. The result is Roger VergT's Vegetables in the French Style, a tribute to his love affair with vegetables. It contains 150 recipes for sauces, soups, salads, gratins, terrines, and other ways of bringing out the natural goodness of high-quality produce. Recipe headnotes and sidebars add scores of exciting cooking and serving ideas, encouraging improvisation. Section introductions provide important advice on how to choose the best vegetables in the market. An extensive appendix details the classic methods of vegetable cookery--poaching, sweating, braising, frying, and baking--as well as today's favored methods--steaming, stir-frying, and grilling. One hundred color photographs show elegant and simple finished dishes as well as succulent fresh vegetables.

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In this richly colorful collection of stories, a masterwork of Naturalistic writing, Giovanni Verga attempts to capture the very essence of Sicilian life. A licentious woman coerces her son-in-law into agreeing to an illicit affair; a young boy, forced to work down in a mine to make a living, is robbed of his childhood and ultimately his life; a returning soldier toys with the affections of local girls and unleashes a sea of passion and vengeance from the village folk—read together, these stories form a remarkable chronicle of Sicilian country life in all its harsh reality. Giovanni Verga is Italy’s foremost Naturalist writer; he is best remembered for The House by the Medlar Tree, his saga of a family of Sicilian fishermen.

Giovanni Verga (1840-1922) is the most important of the Italian Realist School of novelists. This new edition of The House by the Medlar Tree (I Malavoglia) makes the complete English version of his masterpiece available once more. The story of the Malavoglia, a family of poor Sicilian fisherman, is Verga's moving rendering of the theme of mankind's struggle for self-betterment, the dignity of the struggle in the face of poverty and hardship, and the tragedy that the struggle inevitably incurs. D. H. Lawrence described Vega's work as "Homeric." Rayond Rosenthal's translation of I Malavoglia is the only complete version of this novel in English and conveys Vega's lyrical realism and the flavor of Sicialian village life superbly.The book is introduced by Giovanni Ceccheti, whose own translations of Verga, Mastro-don Gesualdo and The She-Wolf and Other Stories, are also available from California.

Giovanni Verga (1840-1922) is the most important of the Italian Realist School of novelists. This new edition of The House by the Medlar Tree (I Malavoglia) makes the complete English version of his masterpiece available once more. The story of the Malavoglia, a family of poor Sicilian fisherman, is Verga's moving rendering of the theme of mankind's struggle for self-betterment, the dignity of the struggle in the face of poverty and hardship, and the tragedy that the struggle inevitably incurs.D. H. Lawrence described Vega's work as "Homeric." Rayond Rosenthal's translation of I Malavoglia is the only complete version of this novel in English and conveys Vega's lyrical realism and the flavor of Sicialian village life superbly.The book is introduced by Giovanni Ceccheti, whose own translations of Verga, Mastro-don Gesualdo and The She-Wolf and Other Stories, are also available from California.

Filled with humor and insight, a vast array of thought-provoking reflections on literature and the art of writing discusses literary masterpieces from such authors as Samuel Beckett, Jorge Luis Borges, Henry Green, Christina Stead, and Giovanni Verga.

D. H. Lawrence writes "Giovanni Verga, the Sicilian novelist and playwright, is surely the greatest writer of Italian fiction, after Manzoni". Originally published under the title "Novelle Rusticane ", this delightful collection of stories from the Sicily of the 1800's is translated and introduced by Lawrence.

Embarking on a wilderness challenge with their fellow Yellowjackets, greenhorn volunteers Ben Verga and Gordon McKittrick are soon lost and in trouble, a situation that is complicated when they discover a kidnapper's hideaway

In questo libro Verga ci racconta la storia dei Toscano, famiglia nota come Malavoglia. Il nonno, padron 'Ntoni, è il proprietario della casa del Nespolo e di una barca, la Provvidenza. Altri componenti della famiglia sono il figlio Bastianazzo e la nuora Maruzza, oltre che i nipoti, tra cui 'Ntoni. Per comprare la dote a Mena, padron 'Ntoni compra una partita di lupini, facendosi prestare i soldi dall'usuraio del paese, Campana di legno. Durante il trasporto dei lupini però, la barca fa naufragio e Bastianazzo muore in mare. Comincia così un brutto periodo per la famiglia, fatto di disgrazia e miseria. Quando le cose sembreranno riprendersi, un ulteriore naufragio della Provvidenza complicherà nuovamente le cose, sino a indurre il vecchio 'Ntoni a cedere casa e barca. 'Ntoni, che durante il servizio militare ha conosciuto le grandi città ed è affascinato dal progresso, cerca fortuna a Trieste ma è più povero di prima. Comincia a frequentare cattivi, disonorando la famiglia. Dopo cinque anni di carcere, il nonno è morto e 'Ntoni capisce che non può più vivere in una famiglia di cui ha violato le norme morali. Nel romanzo si distinguono tre parti. Il mondo del passato ha il suo eroe in padron 'Ntoni, che conosce la saggezza degli antichi. Il mondo del presente ha invece il suo eroe nel nipote 'Ntoni, un personaggio problematico, contrapposto ai valori della famiglia dalla modernità.