{"product_id":"boys-alive-paperback","title":"Boys Alive - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePier Paolo Pasolini\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eTim Parks\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator), \u003cb\u003eTim Parks\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA daring novel, once widely censored, about the scrappy, harrowing, and inventive lives of Rome's unhoused youth by one of Italy's greatest film directors.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003eBoys Alive, \u003c\/i\u003epublished in 1955, was Pier Paolo Pasolini's first work of fiction and it remains his best known. Written in the aftermath of Pasolini's move from the provinces to Rome, the novel captures the. hunger and anger, waywardness and squalor of the big city. The life of the novel is the life of the city streets; from the streets, too, come its raw, mongrel, assaultive language. Here unblinkered realism and passionate lyricism meet in a vision of a vast urban inferno, blazing with darkness and light. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThere is no one story to the book, only stories, splitting off, breaking away, going nowhere, flaming out, stories in which scenes of comic debacle, bitter conflict, wild joy, and crushing disappointment quickly follow. Pasolini's young characters have nothing to trade on except youth, and the struggle to live is unending. They loot, hustle, scavenge, steal. Somehow money will turn up; as soon as it does it will get spent. The main thing, in any case, is to have fun, and so the boys boast and vie, the desperate uncertainty of their days and nights offset by the fabulous inventiveness of their words. A warehouse heist, a night of gambling, the hunt for sex: The world of \u003ci\u003eBoys Alive \u003c\/i\u003eis a world in convulsion where at any instant disaster may strike. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTim Parks' new translation of Pasolini's early masterpiece brings out the salt and brilliance of a still-scandalous work of art.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePier Paolo Pasolini \u003c\/b\u003e(1922-1972) was an Italian filmmaker and writer known for his defiance of the political, social, and artistic status quos of postwar Italy. In his work across mediums, he broached taboo topics in relation to sexuality, religion, and the condition of the poor. In the 1950s, he became well-known in Italy for his novels and poetry, winning the Viareggio Prize for the latter in 1957. In the 1960s and 70s, he was catapulted to international fame for his films, including \u003ci\u003eThe Gospel According to Saint Matthew, Mamma Roma, Salò, Oedipus Rex, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Hawks and the Sparrows.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eTim Parks \u003c\/b\u003eis a British author and translator. His novels include \u003ci\u003eTongues of Flame, \u003c\/i\u003ewhich won the Betty Trask Award and Somerset Maugham Award, and \u003ci\u003eEuropa\u003c\/i\u003e, which was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize. He is also known for his nonfiction work on Italian culture and his translations of Alberto Moravia, Antonio Tabucchi, and Niccolò Machiavelli, among others, from the Italian. He lives in Italy.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 224\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 8 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 07, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51764543193376,"sku":"9781681377629","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/0abb177c3969b0d43ee05ffe753d92a0.webp?v=1780251626","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/boys-alive-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}