The Moon and the Bonfires (1950) (edit title/settings)

Ballroom_Pink edited the description of The Moon and the Bonfires Monday, December 27, 2010.

• 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 brilliant new translation of Pavese's finest work.
  "<Pavese’s novels> are works of an extraordinary depth where one never stops finding new levels, new meanings." — Italo CalvinoCalvino
  "Haunting and lyrically pervasive." — The New York Times Book Review

Shelfari edited the description of The Moon and the Bonfires Sunday, August 2, 2009.

• 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 brilliant new translation of Pavese's finest work. "<Pavese’s novels> are works of an extraordinary depth where one never stops finding new levels, new meanings." — Italo Calvino "Haunting and lyrically pervasive." — The New York Times Book Review