The Decameron

The Decameron

Release Date:  //1353
Country of Release:  Italy
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Medium:  Literature
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Release Message:  In one story of the hundred told (Fifth day, Eighth story), a dead man (Guido degli Anastagi) is ordered to catch his dead recalcitrant beloved and tear her apart, every Friday. Written by Giovanni Boccaccio
Description:  The book is structured as a frame story containing 100 tales told over the course of ten days by a group of seven young women and three young men sheltering in a secluded villa just outside Florence to escape the Black Death, which was afflicting the city. On the fifth day, story eight tells of a dead man (Guido degli Anastagi) is ordered to catch his dead recalcitrant beloved and tear her apart, every Friday.