Disaffections: Complete Poems
Cesare Pavese was one of Italy’s great post-war writers. His poetry was revolutionary—both artistically and politically—rejecting the verbal and philosophical constraints of tradition and utilizing direct, colloquial language. His subjects were peasants, hobos, and prostitutes, and this bilingual volume includes all the poetry Pavese ever published, including work originally deleted by Fascist censors. A landmark volume.\ Cesare Pavese (1908-50) was a novelist, poet, and translator and a...
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Cesare Pavese was one of Italy's great post-war writers. His poetry was revolutionary, both artistically and politically, rejecting the verbal and philosophical constraints of tradition and utilizing direct, colloquial language. His subjects were men and women who, like Pavese himself, felt town between city and country, work and idleness, solitude and desire. This bilingual volume includes all the poetry Pavese ever published, including work originally deleted by Fascist censors and poems discovered after his death. About the Author Cesare Pavese (1908-50) was a novelist, poet, and translator, and a major literary figure in post-war Italy. He brought American influence to Italian literature through his translations. Pavese's flight from the Fascists and subsequent confinement were reflected in his writings, which dealt with social struggle and revealed his sympathy for the oppressed. He committed suicide at the height of his literary powers.Publishers WeeklyBorn in 1908, Pavese completed a Ph.D. thesis on Walt Whitman and became one of Italy's leading translators of American writing before committing suicide in 1950. This bilingual edition begins with the brilliant Work's Tiring, a 1936 book written while jailed for "anti-fascist activities," and ends with a poem written in English: "Some one has died/ long time ago-/ some one who tried/ but didn't know." (Dec.) Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information.
Introduction: Walking with Pavese3South Seas17Ancestors25Landscape (I)29Displaced People33Deola Thinking35Street Song39Two Cigarettes41Idleness43Landholders47Landscape (II)51Landscape (III)53A Season55Dina Thinking59Betrayal61Passion for Solitude65The Billy-Goat God67Time Passes71Grappa in September75Atlantic Oil77City in the Country81People Who Don't Understand85House under Construction89Ancient Civilization93Bad Company97Nocturnal Pleasures99Ballet101Fatherhood (I)103Ancient Discipline105Indiscipline107Landscape (V)109Discipline111Green Wood113Revolt115Outside117Work's Tiring (II)119Portrait of the Author121Mediterraneans125Sad Supper129Landscape (IV)133Motherhood135A Generation137Ulysses139Atavism141Affairs143Passionate Women145August Moon147Burnt Lands149Poggio Reale151Landscape (VI)153The Widow's Son157People Who've Been There161The Night163Meeting165Revelation167Morning169Summer (I)171Nocturne173Agony175Landscape (VII)177Tolerance179The Country Whore181Afterwards185Sand-Diggers' Twilight189The Wagoner193A Memory195The Voice197The Boatman's Wife199The Drunk Old Woman203Landscape (VIII)205Smokers of Paper207Words from Confinement211Myth213Paradise above the Roofs215Simplicity217Instinct219Fatherhood (II)221Morning Star over Calabria223Words for a Girlfriend227The Schoolmistresses231Fallen Women237The Blues Blues241Song243Sad Wine (I)245The Boy Who Was in Me249Indian Summer253Work's Tiring (I)255The Unconvinced259Imagination's End261Jealousy (I)263Sad Wine (II)267Creation269Reigning Peace271Other Days273Poetics277Alter Ego279Sketch of a Landscape281Deola's Return283Habits285Summer (II)287Dream289Sleeping Friend291Indifference293Jealousy (II)295Awakening297Landscape (IX)299Two301The House303"Red earth black earth"309"You are like a land"311"You are also hill"313"Your face is sculpted stone"315"You do not know the hills"317"Your gaze is brine and earth"319"You always come from the sea"323"And then we cowards"327"You are earth and death"329"The plants of the lake"333"You also are love"335To C. from C.339In the Morning You Always Come Back341"You have a blood, a breath"343"Death will come and will have your eyes"347You, Wind of March349I Will Pass through Piazza di Spagna353"The mornings pass clear"355The Night You Slept357The Cats Will Know359Last Blues, to Be Read Some Day363Notes on the Text365About the Author367About the Translator367Index of English Titles369Index of Italian Titles371
\ Publishers WeeklyBorn in 1908, Pavese completed a Ph.D. thesis on Walt Whitman and became one of Italy's leading translators of American writing before committing suicide in 1950. This bilingual edition begins with the brilliant Work's Tiring, a 1936 book written while jailed for "anti-fascist activities," and ends with a poem written in English: "Some one has died/ long time ago-/ some one who tried/ but didn't know." (Dec.) Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information.\ \
