Selected Works of Cesare Pavese

Name: Selected Works of Cesare Pavese
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ISBN: 9780940322851

ISBN-10: 0940322854

ISBN-13: 9780940322851

Edition: 2001

Authors: Cesare. Pavese, R. W. Flint

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"There is only one pleasure, that of being alive. All the rest is misery," wrote Cesare Pavese, whose short, intense life spanned the ordeals of fascism and World War II to witness the beginnings of Italy's postwar prosperity. Searchingly alert to nuances of speech, feeling, and atmosphere, and remarkably varied, his novels offer a panoramic vision, at once sensual and finely considered, of a time of tumultuous change. This volume presents readers with Pavese's major works. The Beach is a wry summertime comedy of sexual and romantic misunderstandings, while The House on the Hill is an extraordinary novel of war in which a teacher flees through a countryside that is both beautiful and…

Book details

List price: $22.95
Copyright year: 2001
Publisher: New York Review of Books, Incorporated, The
Publication date: 10/31/2001
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 424
Size: 5.00" wide x 8.00" long x 1.20" tall
Weight: 0.946
Language: English



Introduction


Chronology


The Beach


The House on the Hill


Among Women Only


The Devil in the Hills