A Vittorini Omnibus: Twilight of the Elephant, in Sicily, La Garibaldina
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This representative collection of works by the late Elio Vittorini (1908-1966) brings under a single cover three short novels. The Twilight of the Elephant ( II Sempione strizza l'occhio al Fr?jus , 1946) is a haunting, mythlike tale bearing strong affinities with music and abstract art. It is the story of a poverty-stricken family and its extraordinary grandfather--a veritable "elephant" of a man. One of the recognized classics of modern literature, In Sicily ( Conversazione in Sicilia , 1937) recounts a city man's rediscovery of himself and the basic values of life when he returns for a visit to the primitive Sicilian village where he was born. Included in this edition is an introduction written in 1949 by Ernest Hemingway, who greatly admired Vittorini. The third novella, La Garibaldina (1950), is a vivid portrait of an eccentric old woman, a former camp follower of Garibaldi's army, and her encounter with a young soldier on a night-train journey across Sicily.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0811204995
ISBN13:9780811204996
Release Date:January 1973
Publisher:New Directions Publishing Corporation
Length:308 Pages
Weight:0.75 lbs.
Dimensions:0.8" x 5.2" x 8.0"
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VITTORINI A LITTLE-KNOWN TREASURE
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 15 years ago
ELIO VITTORINI IS A NOVELIST WHO WRITES LIKE A GOOD POET. HE IS A RARE TREASURE, WHICH PERHAPS ONLY NEW DIRECTIONS PUBLISHING COULD HAVE FOUND, AND TRANSLATED. HIS NOVELS ARE LIKE NO OTHERS. HE DESCRIBES A SICILY WHICH SCIASCIA AND AND OTHER FINE WRITERS OF THAT ISLAND ALSO KNOW, BUT VERY MUCH IN HIS OWN WAY. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED, TWO TITLES: "OMNIBUS" AND "WOMEN OF MESSINA"
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