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A Light for Fools
195725670New York: E.P. Dutton & Co. Near Fine in Near Fine dj. 1957. First American Edition. Hardcover. nice clean copy minor shelfwear only; jacket shows just a touch of wear to extremities. "The story of two well-to-do Italian families who are engulfed by the impersonal forces of world events. From the late thirties when the teenage youngsters are growing up -- the boys to become involved in anti-Fascist politics the girls to seek marriage -- to the close of the war when the scattered group is reunited in their little town in northern Italy this vivid story carries the stamp of living truth." Ginzburg 1916-1991 has been called "arguably the most important woman writer of post-World War II Italy." This book her first full-length novel following two shorter works published in 1942 and 1949 earned her the prestigious Veillon International literary prize; it was published in England under the title "All Our Yesterdays." Decent copies of both English-language editions are quite scarce. . E.P. Dutton & Co. hardcover books
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