1st Edition

This Business of Living Diaries 1935-1950

By Cesare Pavese Copyright 2009
366 Pages
by Routledge

366 Pages
by Routledge

372 Pages
by Routledge

On June 23rd, 1950, Pavese, Italy's greatest modern writer received the coveted Strega Award for his novel Among Women Only . On August 26th, in a small hotel in his home town of Turin, he took his own life. Shortly before his death, he methodically destroyed all his private papers. His diary is all that remains and for this the contemporary reader can be grateful. Contemporary speculation... Read more
Introduction to the Transaction Edition, This Business of Living

Biography

Cesare Pavese