Spending a spring at Siena, the narrator meets the learned Father Adone Doni, who tells him stories of old Tuscany. They include San Satiro, Messer Guido Cavalcanti, a painter who angers Lucifer, a tale of loaves of black bread and the japes of the merry-hearted painter Buffalmacco, followed by a longer story of Italian politics and faith.
Graceful, sceptical storytelling from the Nobel laureate. Download the free EPUB.