Cover of Bitter Spring

Book 2009

Bitter Spring

4.01 3 readers shelved it

Publisher
Farrar, Straus & Giroux
Language
English
Published
2009
  • Authors, italian
  • Authors, biography
  • Socialists

A detailed profile of the distinguished Italian writer and resistance figure explores the influence of such works as Fontamara and Bread and Wine, his outspoken opposition of Soviet oppression, and the posthumous controversy about his alleged role as an informant for the Fascist police.