Malidittu la lingua / Damned Language [Paperback]

Anna L. Chairetakis (Translator), Joseph Sciorra (Author, Editor), Gaetano Cipolla (Author, Editor), Vincenzo Ancona (Author, Illustrator), A. Chairetakis (Editor), Anna L. Chairetakis (Author), Joseph Sciorra (Author), Gaetano Cipolla (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 1, 1990 | ISBN-10: 0921252145 | ISBN-13: 978-0921252146 | Edition: Paperback/CDs or DVDs

This is an anthology of the poetry of Vincenzo Ancona, a Sicilian poet who lived in Brooklyn. This 206-page bilingual book includes two CDs (or one DVD) recorded by the poet in Sicilian. The English translation was done by Gaetano Cipolla. This is a reprint of a book that has become a classic of Sicilian poetry in America

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About the Author

Vincenzo Ancona was born in Castellammare del Golfo, Sicily and died in Brooklyn in 2000. He was a natural poet. He could recite his poetry for hours without ever looking at a text to the delight of the people who would come to hear him.

Product Details

• Paperback: 206 pages
• Publisher: Legas Publishing; Paperback/CDs or DVDs edition (November 1, 1990)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0921252145
• ISBN-13: 978-0921252146
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.6 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,220,781 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Lingua siciliana in bocca americana, January 17, 2007

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Sponge (Somerset, England) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Malidittu la lingua / Damned Language (Paperback)

I bought this title because I wanted hear a Sicilian dialect (in this case trapanesi) in longer extracts than those

in grammars and philological text books. For this purpose the book is extremely useful. Professor Cipolla's

translation is skilful. The book also provides an insight into the mixture of pride in being American and

insight into the intense nostalgia for the region of birth that characterises all emigrants - although I

suppose this is nowadays less intense with cheap air travel and increased prosperity in Sicily, I don't think a literary evaluation of the poems would be of anthing other than pretentious.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Poet, September 18, 2007

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C. Faust "C.Ancona" (Brooklyn, NY United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Malidittu la lingua / Damned Language (Paperback)

Vincenzo Ancona is my grandpa's brother. I used to call him zio. he used to write poetry for me to read at the club. he was a great writer. Listen to his words in the poetry, so real and nice.