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by: Pier Paolo Pasolini
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813
EAN: 9781857549720
ISBN: 1857549724
Label: Carcanet Press Ltd.
Manufacturer: Carcanet Press Ltd.
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 256
Publication Date: April 01, 2008
Publisher: Carcanet Press Ltd.
Sales Rank: 1443852
Studio: Carcanet Press Ltd.
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An unsentimental depiction of the poverty and chaos of life in the slums of 1950s postwar Rome, this novel follows Ricetto, an Italian youth, and his gang who survive by their wits, their cruelty, and their instincts for survival. Their lives are shaped by hunger, theft, betrayal, and prostitution, and they celebrate their triumphs with brutal abandon and die bleak deaths. This harsh world is portrayed with an understanding that humanity and even humor can exist amidst a hard and amoral society. A novel that caused a scandal upon its first publication more than 50 years ago, this new translation eloquently captures the gritty Roman slang of the Italian original and tells a story that still resonates powerfully to this day.
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