La pietra lunare (lit.'The Moonstone') is a 1939 novel by the Italian writer Tommaso Landolfi. It is about a young poet who falls in love with a seamstress from an impoverished aristocratic family who turns out to have cloven goat hoofs as feet, something only he seems capable of noticing. The novel combines satire about the petite bourgeoisie with fantastical elements.[1][2][3][4]

La pietra lunare
AuthorTommaso Landolfi
LanguageItalian
PublisherVallecchi [it]
Publication date
1939
Publication placeItaly
Pages164

References

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  1. ^ Encyclopedia of Italian Literary Studies: A-J. 2007. pp. 996–997. ISBN 9781579583903.
  2. ^ Cecchini, Leonardo (2001). "Parlare per le notti": il fantastico nell'opera di Tommaso Landolfi (in Italian). p. 74. ISBN 9788772896953.
  3. ^ Jewell, Keala (2014). "Italian Rural Gothic: The Powers of Were-Goats in Tommaso Landolfi's La pietra lunare (The Moonstone)". Gothic Studies. 16 (1): 55–69. doi:10.7227/GS.16.1.5.
  4. ^ Trama, Paolo (2003). ""Come sangue di scarafaggio". Retorica e fantasmi della scrittura ne "La pietra lunare" di Tommaso Landolfi". Intersezioni (in Italian) (2): 245–270. doi:10.1404/9152.