A review by steven_nobody
Decameron by Giovanni Boccaccio

5.0

I listened to this translation on naxos audio. I really like the material that falls in between the stories and in between the days - so full medieval details! The songs were sung with Renaissance style music, I suppose, a lute, anyhow. And all the characters had different narrators. One of the readers was Irish so this certainly added a new level of texture that I would not have had if I had read it on my own. As for the stories, I like the cuckolding and horny clergy stories the best. The tragic stories we're also very good. The only real letdown where the noble stories which took up the last day. Otherwise I just loved this experience!