The street kids / Pier Paolo Pasolini ; translated from the Italian by Ann Goldstein

Author:: Pasolini, Pier Paolo, 1922-1975
Uniform Title:: Ragazzi di vita. English
Published:: New York, NY : Europa Editions, 2016.
Physical Description:: 238 pages ; 21 cm
Additional Creators:: Goldstein, Ann

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Language Note:

Translated from the Italian.

Contents:

1. Ferrobedò -- 2. Riccetto -- 3. Night in Villa Borghese -- 4. Street Kids -- 5. Hot Nights -- 6. A Swim in the Aniene -- 7. In Rome -- 8. Lady Death.

Summary:

The Street Kids is the most important novel by Italy's preeminent late-20th Century author and intellectual, Pier Paolo Pasolini. It tells the story of Riccetto, a poor urchin who lives on the outskirts of Rome. Readers meet him at his first communion in 1944 during the German occupation of Italy. In the years that follow, drifting ever further from family and friends, Riccetto moves from petty theft to more elaborate cons and finally to prostitution. He is arrested and jailed after trying to steal some iron in order to buy his fianceé an engagemnet ring.

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ISBN:

9781609453084 (paperback)
1609453085 (paperback)

Note:

Translation of: Ragazzi di vita.

Source of Acquisition:

Purchased with funds from the The Hastings Libraries Endowment; 2016

Endowment Note:

The Hastings Libraries Endowment

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