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Book Description: MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY PRESS, United Kingdom, 1988. Paperback. Book Condition: New. 216 x 138 mm. Brand New Book with Free Worldwide Delivery. Fontamara is one of the Italian classics of the twentieth century. It was written in 1933 and was well-known in translation before it could be published in Italy. In England it was very popular in its Pengiun edition. Its author, Ignazio Silone, was a controversial figure throughout his life. He was a communist until 1931, later referring to himself as a 'Socialist without a party and a Christian without a church.' He wrote Fontamara first and foremost as an antifascist, setting it in his own region of Abruzzo, east of Rome. He describes the sufferings of the peasants, the cafoni, still living under feudalism and further burdened under the new fascist regime of Mussolini. The story itself is a good read, told with humour and suspense. The themes embrace politics and religion, revolution and mysticism. They raise such Italian problems as regionalism, the clash of ideologies and the ways of portraying them in literary form. The form of the narrative itself is an experiment in getting across a vital message in a fraught time.This edition includes an introduction and notes which help to set the novel in its historical and political context, both in Italy and the rest of Europe in the decade before the Second World War. The vocabulary section is exhaustive, making the text suitable for those just coming to grips with the language. Bookseller Inventory # AAR9780719006623

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Book Description: Manchester University Press. Paperback. Book Condition: new. BRAND NEW PRINT ON DEMAND., Fontamara: Enrico IV, Sei Perso, Ignazio Silone, Judy Rawson, Fontamara is one of the Italian classics of the twentieth century. It was written in 1933 and was well-known in translation before it could be published in Italy. In England it was very popular in its Pengiun edition. Its author, Ignazio Silone, was a controversial figure throughout his life. He was a communist until 1931, later referring to himself as a 'Socialist without a party and a Christian without a church.' He wrote Fontamara first and foremost as an antifascist, setting it in his own region of Abruzzo, east of Rome. He describes the sufferings of the peasants, the cafoni, still living under feudalism and further burdened under the new fascist regime of Mussolini. The story itself is a good read, told with humour and suspense. The themes embrace politics and religion, revolution and mysticism. They raise such Italian problems as regionalism, the clash of ideologies and the ways of portraying them in literary form. The form of the narrative itself is an experiment in getting across a vital message in a fraught time. This edition includes an introduction and notes which help to set the novel in its historical and political context, both in Italy and the rest of Europe in the decade before the Second World War. The vocabulary section is exhaustive, making the text suitable for those just coming to grips with the language. Bookseller Inventory # B9780719006623

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Book Description: Manchester University Press, Manchester, 1977. Book Condition: New. Bookseller Inventory # 3029744

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Book Description: 1988. Hardcover. Book Condition: New. 125mm x 26mm x 186mm. 300 pages. 0.299. Bookseller Inventory # 9780719006623

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Book Description: ST MARTINS PR INC 01/05/2012, 2012. Hardback. Book Condition: New. Brand new print-on-demand book. Shipped from UK. This item is printed on demand. Bookseller Inventory # LQ-9780719006623

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Book Description: ST MARTINS PR INC 01/04/2012, 2012. Hardback. Book Condition: New. New print on demand book. Shipped from US. This item is printed on demand. Bookseller Inventory # IJ-9780719006623

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Book Description: 1977. Book Condition: New. Bookseller Inventory # GA9780719006623

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Book Description: Manchester University Press, 1977. Paperback. Book Condition: Brand New. 300 pages. 7.64x5.12x0.94 inches. In Stock. Bookseller Inventory # __0719006627

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Book Description: Manchester University Press Country = UNITED KINGDOM, 1977. Paperback. Book Condition: New. 300 pages. illustrations, maps, bibliography (Paperback). Bookseller Inventory # AB0719006627

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