by Vasco Pratolini · Seix Barral · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788432222542
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«Crónica de pobres amantes» is the novel by Vasco Pratolini, published by Seix Barral in paperback (311 pages, in Spanish).
Crónica de pobres amantes follows the residents of a humble street in Florence during the rise of fascism: their routines, hardships, loves and quarrels, and the dignity with which they resist an adverse fate. Pratolini's direct and concise prose combines misery and humiliation with sarcasm, satire and love.
Originally published in 1947 as «Cronache di poveri amanti», this 1985 edition includes the translation by Carlos Manzano; it won the Prix du Meilleur Livre Étranger in 1952.
Intended for readers of Italian fiction seeking a classic novel about urban working-class life and the context of fascism.
Vasco Pratolini was an Italian writer of the 20th century. He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature three times.
