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Description

In Cesare Pavese’s last and greatest novel, Nuto, an orphan saved from death by a rural family, returns to Italy from America soon after World War II. He is now rich, and much has improved at home. But peace and prosperity cannot long mask the enduring realities of love and death. This is a... read more

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First Sentence

I HAD A reason for coming back to this town, here instead of to Canelli, Barbaresco or Alba.

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  1. Cesare Pavese (Author)
 

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