Written by Giovanni Boccaccio in the 1350s, this collection of stories deals with sexuality in a way that can still make readers blush – and it has now inspired a Netflix comedy.

All of a sudden, everyone seems to be reading Giovanni Boccaccio’s The Decameron, a novel published more than 600 years ago. Oddly, given my lust for fiction, I had never read The Decameron ...

As the Covid-19 pandemic swept the world, we asked 29 authors to write new short stories inspired by the moment. We were inspired by Giovanni Boccaccio’s “The Decameron,” written as the ...

Giovanni Boccaccio, trans. from the Italian by Wayne A. Rebhorn. Norton, $49.95 (1,264p) ISBN 978-0-393-06930-3 In time for Giovanni Boccaccio’s 700th birthday, Wayne A. Rebhorn, professor of ...

Inspired by Giovanni Boccaccio’s masterpiece The Decameron, theatre group 1927 have curated an anthology of ancient folk tales with a modern twist. This first episode has been reimagined with ...

Written by Giovanni Boccaccio in the 1350s, this collection of stories deals with sexuality in a way that can still make readers blush – and it has now inspired a Netflix comedy.