Christ Stopped at Eboli
Carlo Levi, Frances Frenaye
£9.99
Mr B's review
Carlo Levi was a painter, a doctor and a writer. Banished to a remote part of southern Italy because of his opposition to Mussolini, he lived for many years in fear for his life. Living amongst the poorest of families, under threat from state and organised crime, hedged in by custom and sorrow, this is his story, in his own words and speaks of resilience and hope in the quest for poetic freedom of expression. – Sue
Description
‘We’re not Christians, Christ stopped short of here, at Eboli.’ Exiled to a remote and barren corner of Italy for his opposition to Mussolini, Carlo Levi entered a world cut off from history and the state, hedged in by custom and sorrow, without comfort or solace, where, eternally patient, the peasants lived in an age-old stillness and in the presence of death – for Christ did stop at Eboli.
Publisher Review
“[Levi is] a sensitive and gifted writer with a great sense of style.” –Alfred Kazin
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