IN SICILY

by Elio Vittorini ‧ RELEASE DATE: Nov. 25, 1949

Introduced by Hemingway, and preluded by a critical accolade from England, this presents for the first time over here a younger Italian writer, in a short novel- or rather ""a conversation in Sicily"". During the course of this conversation, conducted by Silvestro, a young man of thirty, Silvestro ""makes a journey from a doubt in humanity towards a realization of humanity"". Something of a man of good will, something of a Hamlet too who cannot escape the melancholy of an ""outraged world"", Silvestro returns to the village of his birth; sees his mother again after fifteen years; reminisces over the past, makes rounds with her as she midwifes and nurses the villagers; spends an evening with a knife-grinder; witnesses the return of his father, and then leaves.... A poet's book, which blends realism with aestheticism in its prose, a philosophy of the world at large with an inner sensibility, this is for the more esoteric reader.

Pub Date: Nov. 25, 1949

ISBN: N/A

Page Count: -

Publisher: New Directions

Review Posted Online: N/A

Kirkus Reviews Issue: Nov. 1, 1949

Categories: FICTION