The World Saved by Kids: And Other Epics
by Elsa Morante
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First published in Italian in 1968, The World Saved by Kids was written in the aftermath of deep personal change and in the context of what Elsa Morante called the "great youth movement exploding against the funereal machinations of the organized contemporary world." Morante believed that it was only the youth who could truly hear her revolutionary call. With the fiftieth anniversary of the tumultuous events of 1968 approaching, there couldn't be a more timely moment for this first English show more translation of Morante's work to appear. Greeted by Antonio Porta as one of the most important books of its decade, The World Saved by Kids showcases Morante's true mastery of tone, rhythm, and imagery as she works elegy, parody, storytelling, song, and more into an act of linguistic magic through which Gramsci and Rimbaud, Christ and Antigone, Mozart and Simone Weil, and a host of other figures join the sassy, vulnerable neighborhood kids in a renewal of the word's timeless, revolutionary power to explore and celebrate life's insoluble paradox. Morante gained international recognition and critical acclaim for her novels History, Arturo's Island, and Aracoeli, and The World Saved By Kids may be her best book and the one that most closely represents her spirit. show lessTags
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Prolific and highly successful, Elsa Morante distinguished herself as a novelist, short story writer, and poet. The Marxist critic Gyorgy Lukacs hailed Morante's early House of the Liars (1948) as "the greatest modern Italian novel," but it was Arthur's Island (1957) that brought her international fame and an independent income. Her great show more financial triumph was, however, History (1974), which was the first Italian novel to be marketed with high-pressure promotional advertising, making use of publisher, mass media, and political party resources to push sales up to 600,000 copies in less than six months. Morante married Alberto Moravia in 1941, and they separated in 1962. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Canonical title
- The World Saved by Kids: And Other Epics
- Original title
- Il mondo salvato dai ragazzini: e altri poemi
- Original publication date
- 1968; 2016 (English translation) (English translation)
- First words*
- Note introductive à l'édition italienne de 1971
(Einaudi, coll. « Gli Struzzi »).
Elsa Morante était née à Rome le 18 août 1912, où elle meurt le 25 novembre 1985. Au mois de mai 1986, selo... (show all)n ses vœux et en toute illégalité, on déroba ses cendres au cimetière Verano de Rome, et on les sema dans la mer, autour de l'île de Procida, l'île d' Arturo. (j-N. S.)
Sur la fonction de la poésie dans le monde, et en particulier dans notre monde contemporain, Elsa Morante a exposé ses idées personnelles en différentes occasions (par exemple, en 1959, dans un essai sur le roman, en 1965, dans sa conférence Pour ou contre la bombe atomique, etc.). [...]
Première partie
Adieu
Du lieu sans lune de ton silence
me secoue chaque jour le hurlement du matin.
[...] - Last words*
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)Envoi
Et maintenant, ô vous qui avez écoutez ces chansons,
Pardonnez-moi si je soupire en repensant
comme avait été simple
ma vie. - Original language
- Italian
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