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Visual Arts Review: The Erratic Eroticism of Francesco Clemente’s “Encampment” at MASS MoCA

It is a conundrum for the critic: is the crudeness of the rendering the result of an expressionist style or a lack of finesse or skill in rendering?

By: Arts Fuse Editor Filed Under: Featured, Review, Visual Arts Tagged: Charles Giuliano, Encampment, Francesco Clemente, Italian, MassMOCA, neo expressionist

Book Review: “When the Night” — A Memorably Icy Love Story

In spare, exact prose Cristian Comencini lets this story unfold against an Alpine setting that is so vivid it, too, becomes a character in this strangely compelling novel.

By: Roberta Silman Filed Under: Books, Featured, World Books Tagged: contemporary, Cristina Comencini, fiction, Italian, Italy, Other Press, When the Night

Theater Review: Carlo Goldoni’s Classic Comedy Goes Mod

The Broadway run of The National Theatre’s production of One Man, Two Guvnors, based on The Servant of Two Masters by Carlo Goldoni, has been nominated for 7 Tony Awards. Here is Fuse Critic Ian Thal’s review of the National Theatre Live broadcast of the British production, first posted in September, 2011.

By: Ian Thal Filed Under: Books, Featured, Theater Tagged: farce, Italian, London, National-Theatre, One Man, Richard Bean, The Servant of Two Masters, Two Guvnors

Book Review: Niccolò Ammaniti’s “Me and You” — a lightly charming, digestible morsel

Italian writer Niccolò Ammaniti usually writes with an unadorned style about moral predicaments of the young in small-town Italy. “Me and You,” a slender effort in all respects, covers this ground as well, with the difference that fourteen-year-old protagonist Lorenzo Cumi is from an affluent Roman family.

By: David Mehegan Filed Under: Books, Featured, World Books Tagged: fiction, Italian, Me and You, Niccolò Ammaniti, novel, translation

Book Review: In Alberto Moravia’s Creative Laboratory — “Two Friends”

The brilliance of Alberto Moravia’s cool diagnostic vision — sleek, clear, cruel, and existential no matter how emotional the conflict — puts us off. His male protagonists often self-consciously analyze their puerility to the point of comic masochism.

By: Bill Marx Filed Under: Books, World Books Tagged: -the-conformist, alberto-moravia, Italian, translation, Two Friends

World Books Update: October 2009

By Bill Marx A number of new pieces on World Books since the last update in September, including my podcast interview with Benjamin Moser about his biography of Clarice Lispector (1920-1977) entitled “Why This World” from Oxford University Press. The Brazilian writer’s challenging stream-of-consciousness technique, lack of political bite, physical beauty and, Moser argues, her […]

By: Bill Marx Filed Under: Books, Featured, Visual Arts, World Books Tagged: As God Commands, Benjamin Moser, Celestina, Clarice Lispector, I'm Not Scared, Italian, Margaret Sayers Peden, Mónica Szurmuk, Niccolò Ammaniti, Oxford University Press, Paula Jacques, Persona Non Grata, Roberta Silman, Spanish, Tommy-Wallach, Why This World, Yale-University-Press

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