Italian short stories
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Stefano Benni “Fratello Bancomat” | Short Story #343
Samantha Neugebauer
story: “Fratello Bancomat” author: Stefano Benni year: 1994 where: Dubai note: This is a fun story we read in my Italian class. a line: “Bancomat: Perché siamo stanchi e disgustati.” theme(s): Humor, money, marriage
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300 short stories: story 298
Samantha Neugebauer
story: “Tancredi” author: Barbara Alberti (translated by Lawrence Venuti)/didn’t have access to the Italian year: 1976 where: Al Reem note: Much like the form of Toni Morrison’s Nobel Prize Speech, when asked to explain this story, Alberti, instead of answering straightforwardly, tells another story. a line: “She nursed the baby with one mouth at each breast, and she…
SAMANTHA NEUGEBAUER 