BARTOLINI, ELIO (1922 - 2006)
BARTOLINI, ELIO (1922 - 2006)
BARTOLINI, ELIO (1922 - 2006)
La Signora
Lion Books, New York. 1957. First American Edition. Softcover. Pocket. 126 pp. 10¾ x 18 x 1 cm. 78 gr. Original title 'La Bellezza d'Ippolita', 1955. Translated from the Italian by Glauco Cambon. Cover art by Owen Kampen. Lion Book LB 163. "For the first time in English - the frank, sensational novel of a fallen woman." First novel by the prominent Italian author. A winner of the coveted Ernest Hemingway Prize. 1957. She returned to the small town which had once been her home, marked by the bitter scars of the occupation which had been here ruin - the scars of a debasement which no woman can bear. But even if these had passed, there was no escape from her own nature, from appetites beyond control, beyond even shame. And so what finally destroyed her was the fierce cry of her womanhood itself... Out of the remarkable renaissance in post-war Italian fiction comes this penetration, remorselessly honest story of a woman's restlessness of spirit and weakness of flesh, by a young author so highly regarded that his first novel was awarded the coveted Ernest Hemingway Priza. It is here translated into English for the first time. A novel about a young woman who was abused during World War II and upon returning to her home village spiralled into ever increasing debauchery. Interior yellowing, wrappers a bit rubbed and soiled. Otherwise no other visible imperfections. Book has clean unmarked pages. Very Good Plus. Excellent vintage item.
Booknumber: 1225
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