The Twenty-three Days of the City of Alba
by Beppe Fenoglio
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Translated by John Shepley 2,000 Italian partisans took the city of Alba on 10/10/44, and 200 lost it to the Fascists on 2/11/44. Among the bedraggled fighters in this historic siege was Beppe Fenoglio, who later made his writing debut with this collection of stories based on his experiences in the Italian resistance movement. Marking the 50th anniversary of the book's original publication, this translation celebrates Fenoglio's direct and intimate portrait of soldiers who bumbled their way show more into playing a crucial role in the Allied victory of WWII. show lessTags
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A collection of stories or 'tranche de vie' vignettes, set in the Langhe region around Alba, during and after WWII. Many stories deal with the disruptive impact of life as a resistance fighter on the personalities of young men and on the relationships with their parents. The author has a bleak perspective on humanity: in spite of the global conflict going on between radically opposing ideologies, people in these stories are driven only by their own personal interests and short-term goals.
Onthutsende, meeslepende verhalen.
Aug 2, 2016Dutch
Fecha de publicación: 1978
Editorial Ediciones Librerías Fausto
169 páginas
Ilustración de la tapa: La fenêtre grillagée de René Genis
Categorías: Cuentos
Editorial Ediciones Librerías Fausto
169 páginas
Ilustración de la tapa: La fenêtre grillagée de René Genis
Categorías: Cuentos
Jul 29, 2024Spanish
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- Canonical title
- The Twenty-three Days of the City of Alba
- Original title
- I ventire giorni della citta di Alba
- Original publication date
- 1952
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- Important places
- Alba, Piedmont, Italy
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- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)Regen en de bruid: dat was het enige dat bij mij opkwam toen ik opeen dag , ook al weer lang geleden, een verbijsterde stem hoorde vertellen dat mijn neef, die door een bisschop naar een kerk in de vlakte was gestuurd en niet vergezeld kon worden door zijn moeder, toen hij eenmaal alleen en ver weg uit haar ogen was, uit het ambt was getreden en dat mijn tante boven in de heuvels onmiddellijk was overleden van verontwaardiging.
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- Fiction and Literature, General Fiction
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- 853.914 — Literature & rhetoric Italian, Romanian & related literatures Italian fiction 1900- 20th Century 1945-1999
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- PQ4815 .E63 .V45 — Language and Literature French, Italian, Spanish and Portuguese literatures Italian literature Individual authors, 1900-1960
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