by Cesare Pavese · Einaudi · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788806118280
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«Il compagno» is the novel by Cesare Pavese published by Einaudi in paperback (164 pages, in Italian).
Set in fascist Italy on the eve of World War II, it follows Pablo, a young man from Turin without a trade who plays the guitar and suffers the restlessness of his time. The journey between Turin and Rome leads him to become involved in the civil struggle, to seek his own morality and to find a meaning that breaks his solitude.
Work originally published in 1947. This edition preserves the text in its original language and belongs to the Einaudi Tascabili collection.
Readers interested in twentieth-century Italian narrative and classic European fiction; it is also a common work in university settings.
Cesare Pavese was an Italian novelist, poet, short story writer, translator, literary critic, and essayist. He is often referred to as one of the most influential Italian writers of his time.
