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Curzio Malaparte

1946320 pagesabout 5–7 hours
1946
first published
  • 1966Avon · 352 pages · ENG
  • 1967Panther · 320 pages · ENG
  • 1982Marlboro Press · 407 pages · ENGISBN 9780910395007
  • 1989Pan Books · 407 pages · ENGISBN 9780330308021
  • 1995Northwestern University Press · 407 pages · ENGISBN 9780810113411
  • 1995Oscar Mondadori · 440 pages · ENGISBN 9788804496960
  • 2005New York Review Books · 437 pages · ENGISBN 9781590171479
  • 1991Marlboro Press · ENGISBN 9780910395014

"Curzio Malaparte was a disaffected supporter of Mussolini with a taste for danger and high living. Sent by an Italian paper during World War II to cover the fighting on the Eastern Front, Malaparte secretly wrote this terrifying report from the abyss, which became an international bestseller when it was published after the war. Telling of the siege of Leningrad, of glittering dinner parties with Nazi leaders, and of trains disgorging bodies in war-devastated Romania, Malaparte paints a picture of humanity at its most depraved."--BOOK JACKET.

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ViolenceFrequent

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ThemesWar

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  • Warmoderateunreviewed

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