MALAPARTE, Curzio.
The Skin.
London: Alvin Redman Limited , 1952.
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those who will come out of hiding to shout Long live liberty" as soon as the Germans are chased away. "A scrupulous reporter? Probably not. One of the most remarkable writers of the 20th century? Certainly." (Ian Buruma)"
First English language edition. Octavo, original black cloth with titles to the spine in gilt. Near fine in a excellent near fine dust jacket with light wear. Translated by David Moore from the Italian. A very bright copy.
Malaparte’s "The Skin" begins in occupied Naples, where veterans of the disbanded and humiliated Italian army beg for work, and ceremonial dinners for high Allied officers or important politicians feature the last remaining sea creatures in the city’s famous aquarium. He leads the American Fifth Army along the Via Appia Antica into Rome, where the celebrations of a vast, joy-maddened crowd are only temporarily interrupted when one well-wisher slips beneath the tread of a Sherman tank. As the Allied advance continues north to Florence and Milan, the civil war intensifies, provoking in the author equal abhorrence for killing fellow Italians and for the "heroes of tomorrow," those who will come out of hiding to shout "Long live liberty" as soon as the Germans are chased away. "A scrupulous reporter? Probably not. One of the most remarkable writers of the 20th century? Certainly." (Ian Buruma)
The Skin.
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