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Country Italy Publication date 1960 Pages 177 Publisher Arnoldo Mondadori Editore Published in english 1962 | 5/5 Ibs Language Italian Published in English 1962 Originally published 1960 Page count 177 Translator Henry Reed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Dino Buzzati books Bàrnabo delle montagne, The Seven Messengers, A Love Affair, Paura alla Scala, Sessanta racconti | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Larger than Life (Italian: Il grande ritratto) is a 1960 novel by the Italian writer Dino Buzzati. It tells the story of a scientist who becomes entangled with a large electronic machine in which the woman he loves is reincarnated. The book is considered to be the first serious novel of Italian science fiction, with content that goes beyond light entertainment. An English translation by Henry Reed was published in 1962.
Reception
"Sergeant Cuff" of The Saturday Review called the book "a read-at-a-sitting parable with science-fiction overtones" and described it as "skillfully put together".
References
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