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The brigand
- Title
- The brigand / Giuseppe Berto, translated by Angus Davidson.
- Author
- Berto, Giuseppe.
- Publication
- [New York] : New Directions, [1951]
- ©1951
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- Description
- 224 pages; 21 cm
- Summary
- Published in 1951, inspired by a chronicle episode that really happened in Calabria at the end of the war, "Il brigante " is a novel that fits into the tradition of neorealism and tells the story of a young man who became a bandit in spite of himself, only because he was unjustly blamed for having killed someone. One of the most beautiful and tragic novels that have appeared for years, truly a small masterpiece. Writing is superb: precise, clear, neither too simple, nor too pompous. Both for the style and for the content, only the preface (by Berto himself) is noteworthy: in a few pages, or rather in a few words, he manages to draw a picture of the immediate post-war period and of neorealism of extreme clarity and ...
- Uniform Title
- Brigante. English
- Alternative Title
- Brigante.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Dust jackets (Binding) – New York (State) – New York – 20th century.
- History.
- Fiction.
- Note
- "A New Directions book."
- "A New Directions book" -- title page.
- "New Directions Books are published by James Laughlin" -- title page verso.
- Indexed In (note)
- Carruth, H. New Directions reader
- Harrison, J.A. Published for James Laughlin
- Binding (note)
- bound in publishers' terracotta cloth; with original dust jacket.
- Call Number
- Berg Coll 22-580
- LCCN
- 51012418
- OCLC
- 1634873
- Author
- Berto, Giuseppe.
- Title
- The brigand / Giuseppe Berto, translated by Angus Davidson.
- Publisher
- [New York] : New Directions, [1951]
- Copyright Date
- ©1951
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Indexed In:
- Carruth, H. New Directions reader, page 221.Harrison, J.A. Published for James Laughlin, page 30.
- Binding
- Copy in Berg Coll 22-580 bound in publishers' terracotta cloth; with original dust jacket. NN
- Local Note
- Copy in Berg Coll 22-580 acquired from Leila and Daniel Javitch, 2021.
- Chronological Term
- 1900-1999
- Added Author
- Davidson, Angus, 1898-1982, translator.Laughlin, James, 1914-1997, publisher.New Directions Publishing, publisher.Javitch, Leila Laughlin, donor.Javitch, Daniel, donor.Laughlin, James, 1914-1997, former owner.James Laughlin's library of New Directions imprints.
- Other Form:
- Online version: Berto, Giuseppe. Brigante. English. Brigand. [New York : 1951] (OCoLC)575452764
- Research Call Number
- Berg Coll 22-580