Ippolito Nievo

Praise for Confessions of an Italian

A sprawling story of love, valor, and the Risorgimento ... in a wonderful translation by Frederika Randall

Elizabeth Kolbert, New Yorker

Unfailingly lively ... a masterpiece ... The plot of Confessions is rich, picaresque, extravagant, and all is delivered in a fresh, lively prose ... The translator Frederika Randall has been remarkably succes ...

Tim Parks, New York Review of Books

A wonderful blend of wit, political perspicuity and exuberant comic invention, The Confessions of an Italian has been called the great novel of the Risorgimento [...] Frederika Randall's admirable new transla ...

Lucy Hughes-Hallett, The Times Literary Supplement

A sprawling story of love, valor, and the Risorgimento ... in a wonderful translation by Frederika Randall

Elizabeth Kolbert, New Yorker

Unfailingly lively ... a masterpiece ... The plot of Confessions is rich, picaresque, extravagant, and all is delivered in a fresh, lively prose ... The translator Frederika Randall has been remarkably succes ...

Tim Parks, New York Review of Books

A wonderful blend of wit, political perspicuity and exuberant comic invention, The Confessions of an Italian has been called the great novel of the Risorgimento [...] Frederika Randall's admirable new transla ...

Lucy Hughes-Hallett, The Times Literary Supplement

A sprawling story of love, valor, and the Risorgimento ... in a wonderful translation by Frederika Randall

Elizabeth Kolbert, New Yorker

Unfailingly lively ... a masterpiece ... The plot of Confessions is rich, picaresque, extravagant, and all is delivered in a fresh, lively prose ... The translator Frederika Randall has been remarkably succes ...

Tim Parks, New York Review of Books

A wonderful blend of wit, political perspicuity and exuberant comic invention, The Confessions of an Italian has been called the great novel of the Risorgimento [...] Frederika Randall's admirable new transla ...

Lucy Hughes-Hallett, The Times Literary Supplement