Giovanni Verga's novel I Malavoglia ("The House by the Medlar Tree") is set in Aci Trezza.
An English edition, The House by the Medlar-Tree (1890) translated by Mary A. Craig was published in the Continental Classics series.
The movie is adapted from Giovanni Verga's novel I Malavoglia (1881) (The House by the Medlar Tree) for the screen.