Heart Conditions

In this sparkling collection of short stories, Matilde Serao writes of love and romance as if she were Barbara Cartland's older, crankier -- and often much funnier -- sister. These stories turn many of the standard romantic clichés upside down with sometimes tragic, sometimes comic, but always unexpected, results. After an evening with Matilde Serao, you will never look at romance quite the same way!
Matilde Serao was a giant of early 20th century Italian literature as well as a pioneer. She...