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ISBN: 9781590176221

ISBN-10: 1590176227

ISBN-13: 9781590176221

Edition: 2013

Authors: Curzio Malaparte, Rachel Kushner, David Moore

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“It is a shameful thing to win a war.” The reliably unorthodox Curzio Malaparte’s own service as an Italian liaison officer with the Allies during the invasion of Italy was the basis for this searing and surreal novel, in which the contradictions inherent in any attempt to simultaneously conquer and liberate a people beset the triumphant but ingenuous American forces as they make their way up the peninsula.Malaparte’s account begins in occupied Naples, where veterans of the disbanded and humiliated Italian army beg for work, and ceremonial dinners for high Allied officers or important politicians feature the last remaining sea creatures in the city’s famous aquarium. He leads the American…

Book details

List price: $25.95
Copyright year: 2013
Publisher: New York Review of Books, Incorporated, The
Publication date: 11/5/2013
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 368
Size: 4.96" wide x 7.97" long x 0.78" tall
Weight: 0.792
Language: English

Rachel Kushner's debut novel, Telex from Cuba, was a finalist for the 2008 National Book Award and the Dayton Literary Peace Prize. Her second novel, The Flamethrowers, was a finalist for the 2013 National Book Award. She was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship in 2013. Her fiction and essays have appeared in numerous publications including The New York Times, The Paris Review, The Believer, and Grand Street.