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Moon and the Bonfire
Paperback / softback
Main Details
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Moon and the Bonfire
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| Authors and Contributors |
By (author) Cesare Pavese
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| Series | Peter Owen Modern Classic |
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| Physical Properties |
| Format:Paperback / softback | | Pages:220 |
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| Category/Genre | Modern and contemporary fiction (post c 1945) |
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| ISBN/Barcode |
9780720611199
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| Classifications | Dewey:853.912 |
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| Edition |
New edition
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Publishing Details |
| Publisher |
Peter Owen Publishers
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| Imprint |
Peter Owen Publishers
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| Publication Date |
23 January 2002 |
| Publication Country |
United Kingdom
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Description
Anguila, the narrator, is a successful businessman lured home from California to the Piedmontese village where he was fostered by peasants. After 20 years, so much has changed. Slowly, with the power of memory, he is able to piece together the past and relate it to what he finds left in the present. He looks at the lives and sometimes violent fates of the villagers he has knownsince childhood, seeing the poverty, ignorance, or indifference that binds them to the hills and valleys against the beauty of the landscape and the rhythm of the seasons. With stark realism and muted compassion, this novelweavesseparate strands of narrative together, bringing them to a stark and poignant climax."
Author Biography
CesarePavese was the author of The Political Prisoner."
Reviews"Wonderfully written, and beautifully translated." Sunday Times"
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