When Stories Travel: Cross-Cultural Encounters between Fiction and Film

Adapting fiction into film is, as author Cristina Della Coletta asserts, a transformative encounter that takes place not just across media but across different cultures. In this book, Della Coletta explores what it means when the translation of fiction into film involves writers, directors, and audiences who belong to national, historical, and cultural formations different from that of the adapted work.

In particular, Della Coletta examines narratives and films belonging to Italian, North A...