Trilussa (415 results)

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Condition: New.

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Paperback. Condition: New. Often history is told by the victors, or by those who did not witness it. Trilussa was a witness, and through his art, a victor. He documented Roman and Italian society in poems and fables, from Italy's birth in the late nineteenth century, to its rebirth after the Second World War. In 1950, the nascent Republic acknowledged Trilussa's importance and values by making him Senator for Life. He enjoyed this accolade for only three weeks before he died on 21 December 1950: the same year as another great fabulist, George Orwell. Trilussa's popularity in Italy has not diminished. Fans to this day take to YouTube, where they delight in reciting a large grain of truth wrapped in one of his fables. This bilingual book aims to prove his appeal is universal, and he is worthy to be "crowned" Aesop of Rome. Leaving school at sixteen, without a qualification, he told his mother he was going to be a poet. He would become more than a poet. Under his pen name, Trilussa, he wrote perceptively, amusingly, lovingly, cuttingly, and cunningly in good times and hard. He appealed to all classes, saints and sinners, and even to a dictator who Trilussa would defy through fables, and satires. Within hours of Trilussa's death, Senator Bergamini declared in the Senate, Trilussa "had an aura of popularity that it would have been imprudent to harm or confront." He was right. In his way, the poet and fabulist won; the dictator and fascism lost.…

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Condition: New. Trilussa, Aesop of Rome (Paperback or Softback).

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Text in English and Italian, First edition, hardcover, has a very faint hint of leaning to spine, a very slight touch of bowing to rear board, and very slight bumps to spine ends, otherwise a solid, clean VG+ copy in Near Fine dust jacket which has very slight wear to top of spine and upper corners.…

Good plus or better, light general wear, darkened edges & spine. Cloth Corners bumped. Pages browned. Text in Italian and English. Wednesday, September 23, 2009 4:21:22 PM.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Condition: New. In English.

Condition: Fair. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,350grams, ISBN.…

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. NAME WRITTEN INSIDE FRONT PAGE.

Condition: New.

Condition: Good. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has soft covers. In good all round condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,300grams, ISBN.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 304 pages. 9.02x6.02x1.34 inches. In Stock.

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Condition: very good. Gut/Very good: Buch bzw. Schutzumschlag mit wenigen Gebrauchsspuren an Einband, Schutzumschlag oder Seiten. / Describes a book or dust jacket that does show some signs of wear on either the binding, dust jacket or pages.

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 141 pages. 8.25x5.50x0.25 inches. In Stock.

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Grey Paper Boards. Condition: Very Good. First German Edition. Unpaginated [20], illustrated. German text. Minor wear, fading to covers, contents fine, unmarked. [795] Size: 285mm. x 185mm. Werner vom Scheidt (illustrator).

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Condition: MOLTO BUONO. NOTA:Mancante della sopracoperta. Lieve macchia la copertina. / Milano, Longanesi & C.Ed. cm.12x19, pp.376, legatura editoriale cartonata. Collana Il Cammeo,46.

Condition: BUONO. Milano, Marzorati Editore cm.17,5x25, pp.XIX,(1),867,(1), 20 tavole in bn. fuori testo , legatura editoriale cartonata, titoli in oro al dorso, sopraccoperta. Collana Orientamenti Culturali. Prima edizione.

Brossura. Condition: new. Roma, 2012; br., pp. 128. Libro.

Condition: New. In English.

Rústica. Condition: Buen estado. Un retrato en sepia en primeras hojas. [Libro en Español / Book in Spanish].