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The street kids
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 Ita...
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| Format : | Book |
| Language : | anglais |
| Title statement : | The street kids / Pier Paolo Pasolini; translated from the italian by Ann Goldstein |
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New York :
Europa editions
, copyright 2016 |
| Physical Description : | 1 vol. (238 p.) |
| 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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| Notes : | Traduit de l'italien Trad. de : "Ragazzi di vita" |
| ISBN : | 978-1-60945-308-4 |