{"product_id":"christ-stopped-at-eboli-the-story-of-a-year-paperback","title":"Christ Stopped at Eboli: The Story of a Year - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eCarlo Levi\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eFrances Frenaye\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator), \u003cb\u003eMark Rotella\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart autobiography, part sociological study, part travel memoir--\u003ci\u003eChrist Stopped at Eboli\u003c\/i\u003e is a reissue of Carlo Levi's classic book on life in a small, desolate Italian town during the 1930s.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIt was to Lucania, a desolate land in southern Italy, that Carlo Levi--a doctor, painter, philosopher, and man of letters--was confined as a political prisoner because of his opposition to Italy's Fascist government at the start of the Ethiopian war in 1935. While there, Levi reflected on the harsh landscape and its inhabitants, peasants who lived the same lives their ancestors had, constantly fearing black magic and the near presence of death. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn so doing, Levi offered a starkly beautiful and moving account of a place and a people living outside the boundaries of progress and time.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCarlo Levi\u003c\/b\u003e (1902-1975) was born in Turin, Italy. He was a writer, journalist, artist, and doctor, whose first documentary novel, \u003ci\u003eChrist Stopped at Eboli\u003c\/i\u003e (1945), became an international sensation and introduced the trend toward social realism in post-war Italian literature.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 288\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 8.2 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 21, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51769151062304,"sku":"9781250623089","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/150990094960db9b34f5b5577714a596.webp?v=1780342975","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/christ-stopped-at-eboli-the-story-of-a-year-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}