Word: bocaccio
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...that Schami fits only into the queerball towel-head tradition. He weds Middle Eastern enigma with good old-fashioned European story-cycles. He self-consciously spurns the narrative conventions of the modern novel and reverts to the tradition of Homer, Apuleius, Bocaccio and Chaucer. We're talking tale within a tale within a tale...
Moravia said Dostoyevsky has had the most influence upon his writing. He noted too the influences of Kafka, Hemingway, and Bocaccio...
Three Fables of Love differs from Bocaccio 70 in about the same way that Leslie Caron differs from Sophia Loren. This new string of romantic vignettes is less gaudy than its ancestor, but the quality and themes are nearly identical. If you have good eyesight and don't search for symbolism, Three Fables will give you an Eisenhower dollar's worth of entertainment...
...Selection, "The Merry Widow," Lehar 3. Waltz, "Artist's Life," Strauss 4. Selection, "Girofle-Girofia," Lecocq 5. The Ride of the Valkyries, Wagner 6. Albumblatt, Wagner 7. Overture, "Rienzi," Wagner 8. Huldigungsmarsch, Wagner 9. Overture, "Tannhauser," Wagner 10. Selection, "La Boheme," Puccini 11. Dance Caresse, Gillet 12. March, "Bocaccio," Suppe...
...Battant," Messager 2. Overture, "Domino Noir," Auber 3. Waltz, "Gitana," Bucalossi 4. Selection, "The Red Mill," Herbert 5. L'Arlesienne, "Suite No. 1," Bizet 6. Serenata, Moszkowski 7. Selection, "Pagliacci," Leoncavallo 8. Marche Hongroise, Berlioz 9. Overture, "Freischutz," Weber 10. Waltz, "Jolly Fellows," Vollstedt 11. Husarenritt, Spindler 12. March, "Bocaccio," Suppe...