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Book Description
Cesare Pavese was one of Italy's great post-war writers. His poetry was revolutionary-both artistically and politically-rejecting the verbal and philosophical constraints of tradition and utilizing direct, colloquial language. His subjects were peasants, hobos, and prostitutes, and this bilingualContinue
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Book Details
- English Books
- Paperback 372 Pages
- ISBN-10: 1556591748
- ISBN-13: 9781556591747
- Publisher: Copper Canyon Press
- Pub date: Aug 01, 2002
- Dimensions: 1484 mm x 968 mm x 194 mm Just how big is that?
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Does an Italian poet need translating even when he writes in English? Two of the poems in Disaffections make you wonder. Pavese addressed them to Constance Dowling, the American actress with whom he was involved in the months before his suicide in 19 ... (read full critics)