| Gramsci's Fall Contributor(s): Bossong, Nora (Author), Booth, Alexander (Translator) |
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ISBN: 0857426915 ISBN-13: 9780857426918 Publisher: Seagull Books OUR PRICE: $24.75 Product Type: Hardcover Published: April 2020 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction |
| Series: German List |
| Physical Information: 1" H x 6.3" W x 9.2" (1.15 lbs) 272 pages |
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| Publisher Description: Is it possible to fight for social justice if you've never really loved another person? Can you save a country if you're in love? Forty-six-year-old Anton St ver's marriage is broken. His affairs are a thing of the past, and his career at the university has reached a dead end. One day he is offered the chance to go to Rome to conduct research on Antonio Gramsci, at one time the leading figure of Italian communism. Once there, he falls obsessively in love with a young woman he has met, while continuing to focus his attention on the past: the frail and feverish Gramsci recovering in a Soviet sanatorium. Though Gramsci is supposed to save Italy from Mussolini's seizure of power, he falls in love with a Russian comrade instead. With a subtle sense of the absurd, Nora Bossong explores the conflicts between having intense feelings for another and fighting for great ideals. |
Contributor Bio(s): Bossong, Nora: - Nora Bossong a German writer best known for her first two novels, Gegend and Webers Protokoll. She lives in Berlin.Booth, Alexander: - Alexander Booth is a writer and translator who lives and works in Berlin. |