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Christ Stopped at Eboli
Carlo Levi
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Description for Christ Stopped at Eboli
Paperback. Exiled to a remote and barren corner of Italy for his opposition to Mussolini, Carlo Levi entered a world cut off from history and the state, hedged in by custom and sorrow, without comfort or solace, where, eternally patient, the peasants lived in an age-old stillness and in the presence of death - for Christ did stop at Eboli. Translator(s): Frenaye, Frances. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1DST; FA; FC; HBJD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 16. Weight in Grams: 194.
'We're not Christians, Christ stopped short of here, at Eboli.' Exiled to a remote and barren corner of Italy for his opposition to Mussolini, Carlo Levi entered a world cut off from history and the state, hedged in by custom and sorrow, without comfort or solace, where, eternally patient, the peasants lived in an age-old stillness and in the presence of death - for Christ did stop at Eboli.
'We're not Christians, Christ stopped short of here, at Eboli.' Exiled to a remote and barren corner of Italy for his opposition to Mussolini, Carlo Levi entered a world cut off from history and the state, hedged in by custom and sorrow, without comfort or solace, where, eternally patient, the peasants lived in an age-old stillness and in the presence of death - for Christ did stop at Eboli.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780141183213
SKU
9780141183213
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Ref
99-3
About Carlo Levi
The Italian-Jewish writer, journalist, artist and doctor Carlo Levi was born in Turin in 1902 where he practised medicine until 1930. In 1935 he was exiled to the province of Lucania because of his antifascist activities. Levi lived in France between 1939 and 1941 and his documentary novel, CHRIST STOPPED AT EBOLI, was an international success. Levi also wrote non-fiction ... Read more
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