Babelguides: J Shepley

J Shepley

Translations by J Shepley

by Maria Messina
Translated by J Shepley
Original title: Casa nel vicolo

Like Pitigrilli’s Cocaine (also reviewed in this Babel Guide) this is one of those forgotten-and-rediscovered books; it is also an extraordinary work of art. In a 1920s Sicilian town a petty tyrant of a man wields a blunt and crushing authority over two sisters, (more...)

Fifth Estate [Buy Direct]

by Ferdinando Camon
Translated by J Shepley
Original title: Il quinto stato

The ‘Fifth Estate’ are the peasantry and this is a tour-de-force narrative of peasant existence. The story told is in itself definitely interesting, (more...)

Life Everlasting [Buy Direct]

by Ferdinando Camon
Translated by J Shepley
Original title: La vita eterna

Capri [Buy Direct]

by Alberto Savinio
Translated by J Shepley
Original title: Capri

Speaking to Clio [Buy Direct]

by Alberto Savinio
Translated by J Shepley
Original title: Dico a te, Clio

Operatic Lives [Buy Direct]

by Alberto Savinio
Translated by J Shepley

Roman Nights and Other Stories [Buy Direct]

by Pier Paolo Pasolini
Translated by J Shepley
Original title: Alì dagli occhi azzurri (5 stories from)

These are five stories, set in Rome and Paris, selected mainly from one of Pasolini’s richest books, the collection Ali dagli Occhi Azzurri published in 1965. One could say that here Pasolini was at his height as a prose writer, (more...)

Ruin [Buy Direct]

by Beppe Fenoglio
Translated by J Shepley
Original title: La malora

Navigation of the Food

by Mario Brelich
Translated by J Shepley