Author

Publication

1980 - Farrar, Strauss and Giroux, New York, New York (State)

Language

English

Word Count

67,000 words, Guess

Page Count

268 pages

Identifiers

and 3 more
  • Library of Congress Control Number47003385
  • LibraryThing144043
  • Goodreads506541

Description

It was to Lucania, a desolate land in southern Italy, that Carlo Levi?a doctor, painter, philosopher, and man of letters?was confined as a political prisoner because of his opposition to Italy?s Fascist government at the start of the Ethiopian war in 1935. While there, Levi reflected on the harsh landscape and its inhabitants, peasants who lived the same lives their ancestors had, constantly fearing black magic and the near presence of death. In so doing, Levi offered a starkly beautiful and moving account of a place and a people living outside the boundaries of progress and time.

Subjects

Topics

TravelLucaniaJourneysPeasantryItaly, historyPeasants, italyManners and customs

Places

ItalyLucianaGaglianoBasilicataGagliano (Italy)Basilicata (Italy)

People

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