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El Decamer n, es un libro constituido por cien cuentos, algunos de ellos novelas cortas, escritos por Giovanni Boccaccio entre 1351 y 1353. Desarrolla tres temas principales: el amor, la inteligencia humana y la fortuna. Los diversos cuentos de amor en el Decamer n van de lo... Read Full Overview

Winner of the 2014 PEN USA Literary Award for Translation

This Norton Critical Edition includes:
- Fifty-five judiciously chosen stories from Wayne A. Rebhorn's translation of The Decameron.
- Introductory materials and explanatory footnotes by Wayne A. Rebhorn,... Read Full Overview

The Decameron (c.1351) was written in the wake of the Black Death, a shattering epidemic which had shaken Florence's confident entrepreneurial society to its core.

The year is 1348. The Black Death has begun to ravage Europe. Ten young Florentines--seven women and three men--escape the plague-infested city and retreat to the countryside around Fiesole. At their leisure in this isolated and bucolic setting, they spend ten days telling each... Read Full Overview

In the summer of 1348, with the plague ravaging Florence, ten young men and women take refuge in the countryside, where they entertain themselves with tales of love, death, and corruption, featuring a host of characters, from lascivious clergymen and mad kings to devious lovers... Read Full Overview

The Decameron is a collection of novellas containing 100 tales told by a group of seven young women and three young men sheltering in a secluded villa just outside Florence to escape the Black Death. To pass the evenings, each member of the party tells a story each night,... Read Full Overview