Volponi Paolo (506 results)
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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Clean cover. Unmarked clean pages.
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PAPERBACK. Condition: Good. 093497733X Some underlining. Light cover wear. Book is in decent shape.
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Seller: Black Cat Hill Books, Oregon City, OR, U.S.A.Black Cat Hill Books
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Paperback. First Ed USA, First Printing indicated. First Ed USA, First Printing indicated. Very Good+ in Wraps: shows indications of very light use; just a hint of wear to extremities; mild rubbing; very faint crease at backstrip; binding shows very slight spine lean, but remains perfectly secure; text clean. Remains close to 'A…s New'. NOT a Remainder. NOT a Book-Club Edition. NOT an Ex-Library copy. 8vo. 302pp. Translated and with an Introduction by Peter N. Pedroni. Trade Paperback. Following the literary conceit of Paolo Volponi, this book should be read as a three act play. The first act concerns Count Oddino , his two aunts and his paramour Dirce. The second act concerns the Spanish anachist, Vives and her long time lover Gaspare Subissoni. The third act concerns the Iago-like chauffeur-taxi driver Giocino Giocondini and his interplay with the other characters. This is not to imply that there are three sections chronologically arranged since this is a story of worlds which are dying if not already dead. In brief, the count is trying to reconcile his and his family's past with the new Italy, remember Italy was a republic at the time this book was written. Vive and Subissoni are attempting to ignite the Spanish Republican flame in the Italy of the 1960's. Giocondini is trying to figure out how to play the angles for his own aggrandizement.The count must come of age and find a spouse. His aunts Marizia and Clelia worry about the fate of the family and the world as it is developing in Milan. Dirce is an almost mystic figure that augurs the coming changes and the perceptions of the other characters. The reader will be pleasantly surprised at how well-developed and interesting all these characters are.Needless to say, Volponi's savage wit turns these human stories into a brilliant commentary on how history is perceived and the state of politics at the time. His use of comedy is totally unexpected and skillfully deployed, e.g. the count shows that his is taking over in his own right by locking his aunt's in a closet at one point. Also who would expect an Italian writer have one of his characters say, "He had always been distrustful of novels and always hated the opera as the highest expression of national vulgarity." Opera is a "vulgar corruption of the purity of music of other times-a consumer product emblematic of the quality of national unification." How could one not laugh along with the writer? The entire is rapped around with with an atmosphere of fog and snow as these characters carry on, not realizing that their pasts no longer exist and sadly we sympathize with their plight. If there are harbingers of the future, it is the references to the ubiquitous TV's, the birds, and the enigmatic Dirce who seems to be the most able to cope with the future by accepting it if not understanding it. She, the least probable character is the catalyst of much of the action and I feel is the voice of Volponi. All in all a masterpiece which ranks with some of the great masterpieces of contemporary literature.
Language: English
Published by Rizzoli, 1968
- Hardcover
Seller: Timshala Books, Olathe, KS, U.S.A.Timshala Books
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hardcover. Condition: Good. HARDCOVER Good - Bumped and creased book with tears to the extremities, but not affecting the text block, may have remainder mark or previous owner's name - GOOD Standard-sized.
More imagesMario Logli: Raccontare il Futuro, 6 Percosi Immaginati
Baj, Enrico, Carlo Bo, Raffaele De Grada, Marco Rosci, Marco Valsecchi and Paolo Volponi
Published by Roclwell-Rimoldi, Milan & Los Angeles, 1988
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Seller: Wickham Books South, NAPLES, FL, U.S.A.Wickham Books South
Contact seller5-star sellerHardcover. Condition: Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket As Issued. No DJ as issued, light foxing to top edge & preliminaries; In English & Italian. Illustrated hardback binding. Color illustrations. Catalogue for exhibition of work by 20th century Italian painter; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 71 pages.
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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
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Softcover. Italica Press, 1995, paperback, translation copyright 1995, Near Fine, 302 pages, FICTION ITALIAN FICTION; A8206.
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kart. Condition: Gut. 225 Seiten. Das gebrauchte Taschenbuch ist gut erhalten. Sprache: Deutsch Gewicht in Gramm: 220.
Published by München:, Piper,, 1987
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Seller: Antiquariat B - Steffen Böttcher, Wernigerode, GermanyAntiquariat B - Steffen Böttcher
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Published by Grossman Publishers
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- First Edition
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Softcover. Condition: Fine. First Edition; First Printing. Stiff unmarked book in barely rubbed covers.; 5.5 X 0.81 X 8.5 inches; 322 pages.
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Language: English
Published by Seagull, 2019
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Condition: New. Brand New. Soft Cover International Edition. Different ISBN and Cover Image. Priced lower than the standard editions which is usually intended to make them more affordable for students abroad. The core content of the book is generally the same as the standard edition. The country selling restrictions may be print…ed on the book but is no problem for the self-use. This Item maybe shipped from US or any other country as we have multiple locations worldwide.
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Condition: New. Brand New. Soft Cover International Edition. Different ISBN and Cover Image. Priced lower than the standard editions which is usually intended to make them more affordable for students abroad. The core content of the book is generally the same as the standard edition. The country selling restrictions may be print…ed on the book but is no problem for the self-use. This Item maybe shipped from US or any other country as we have multiple locations worldwide.
Language: English
Published by Seagull Books London Ltd, GB, 2018
Series: Book 2 of 3 - The Italian List
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Seller: Rarewaves.com USA, London, LONDO, United KingdomRarewaves.com USA
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Hardback. Condition: New. Second edition. As a boy growing up in rural Italy in the 1930s, Damin is experiencing the first stirrings of adolescence when he accidentally sees his mother having sex with the local Fascist commandant. His pain, anger, and confusion are uncomfortably intertwined with a compulsion to watch them, which… becomes an obsession. Isolating himself from anyone who might help him understand what he's feeling, he channels his fury into his javelin, getting better and better until he is a local champion. But his success is fleeting, as wholly confused and caught up in his own anger, he ends up betraying and humiliating his friends. The Javelin Thrower is the story of an erotic education turned tragic, poisoned by the darkness running through Mussolini's Italy.
Language: English
Published by Seagull, 2024
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Hardcover. Condition: new. Hardcover. A vivid and unforgettable novelistic portrait of rural Italy, exploring the nature of reality and the human condition. A small-time farmer living in central Italy in the 1960s is the keeper of a great truth: that people are machines built by other beings who are machines themselves. Our true… destiny is to build ever better machines so that society can become a techno-utopia in which friendship can be established among all people on earth. These ideas bring him into conflict with everyone, especially his wife, against whom he is accused of ill-treatment. His quest takes him to Rome, where he presents his truth, hoping it will bring him worldwide recognition. Behind his poetical reveries and unfathomable scientific notions lies the disturbing fragility of a lone, paranoid, and deluded man in conflict with everyone, including himself. Paolo Volponi's unique novel The World Machine examines the relationship between rural life and the modern city, as well as the subversive idealism of a society still firmly anchored in the past, dominated by the Church, and unable to grasp the need for change. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.
