by Mario Rigoni Stern · Tapa blanda · ISBN 9788866564461
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«Il sergente nella neve» is the war novel by Mario Rigoni Stern, published by Einaudi in paperback (188 pages, in Italian).
In the winter of 1942, on the Russian front on the Don, Sergeant Major Mario Rigoni leads his company of Alpini machine gunners. The first-person account describes the retreat of the Italian troops across the snowy steppe, amid attacks, extreme hunger and cold, and the struggle for survival.
The work was originally published in 1953 and received the Bancarellino Prize in 1963. The edition corresponding to this ISBN is from 2018.
Edition aimed at readers aged 12 and up, also suitable for those interested in the historical memory of World War II.
Mario Rigoni Stern was an Italian author and World War II veteran.
