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Description for Deliver Us
Paperback. "First published in Italian in 1963 under the title Libera nos a malo. Copyright (c) 1975 by RCS Libri S.p.A.-Milano." Translator(s): Randall, Frederika. Series: Northwestern World Classics. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: BM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 178 x 129 x 24. Weight in Grams: 390.
Originally published in 1963, and today considered a landmark in twentieth century Italian literature, Luigi Meneghello’s Deliver Us is the memoir, not of an extraordinary childhood, but of the very ordinary one the author shared with most of his generation, when Italy was a rural country under the twin authorities of Church and Fascism. His boyhood begins in 1922, the year of Mussolini’s March on Rome, and ends when Meneghello, 21, goes up into the hills to join the partisans. Called a romanzo—a story, although not a novel, as that term usually suggests—the book is a genre all of its ... Read more
Originally published in 1963, and today considered a landmark in twentieth century Italian literature, Luigi Meneghello’s Deliver Us is the memoir, not of an extraordinary childhood, but of the very ordinary one the author shared with most of his generation, when Italy was a rural country under the twin authorities of Church and Fascism. His boyhood begins in 1922, the year of Mussolini’s March on Rome, and ends when Meneghello, 21, goes up into the hills to join the partisans. Called a romanzo—a story, although not a novel, as that term usually suggests—the book is a genre all of its ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Northwestern University Press
Condition
New
Series
Northwestern World Classics
Number of Pages
336
Place of Publication
Evanston, United States
ISBN
9780810127425
SKU
V9780810127425
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-1
About Luigi Meneghello
Luigi Meneghello (1922–2007) was among Italy’s most acclaimed twentieth century writers. After taking part in the resistance during the war, he accepted a one-year scholarship to the University of Reading in 1947. This led to a teaching appointment in the English department, and in 1961 Meneghello founded a highly influential Italian Studies department, which he led until his retirement from ... Read more
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