The Wooden Throne [Paperback]

Carlo Sgorlon (Author), Jessie Bright (Contributor)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 2, 2009

In this modern retelling of the Parsival legend, the throne belongs to the storyteller who keeps the community alive through the magic of myth and narrative. Only occasionally, by some hand of fate, does the outsider find and then refind the house of the throne as a stage in his own quest for meaning and love. The Wooden Throne, Sgorlon's most famous book, was awarded the prestigious Premio Campiello when it was published in 1973. It has gone through fifteen printings since and is now considered a twentieth-century Italian masterpiece. It has been translated into French, Spanish and Slavic. This was the first English edition of Il trono di legno or, indeed, of any of Sgorlon's literary work. His “Army of the Lost Rivers” was published in English by Italica in late 1998.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"Considered by many as one of post-war Italy's most important novels." -- L'Italo-Americano, Nov. 28, 1991

"a gifted novelist whose reflective observations of modern industrial-consumer society and its detrimental impact on the sense of the sacred that once bound all people to the earth blend in an engaging expression of myth and of archetype." -- Midwest Book Review, undated

Language Notes

Text: English, Italian (translation)

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Product Details

• Paperback: 320 pages
• Publisher: Italica Press, Inc.; First Edition. edition (January 2, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0934977089
• ISBN-13: 978-0934977081
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.5 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,591,211 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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