{"product_id":"the-skin-paperback","title":"The Skin - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eCurzio Malaparte\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eRachel Kushner\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by), \u003cb\u003eDavid Moore\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is the first unexpurgated English edition of Curzio Malaparte's legendary work \u003ci\u003eThe Skin\u003c\/i\u003e. The book begins in 1943, with Allied forces cementing their grip on the devastated city of Naples. The sometime Fascist and ever-resourceful Curzio Malaparte is working with the Americans as a liaison officer. He looks after Colonel Jack Hamilton, \"a Christian gentleman . . . an American in the noblest sense of the word,\" who speaks French and cites the classics and holds his nose as the two men tour the squalid streets of a city in ruins where liberation is only another word for desperation. Veterans of the disbanded Italian army beg for work. A rare specimen from the city's famous aquarium is served up at a ceremonial dinner for high Allied officers. Prostitution is rampant. The smell of death is everywhere. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSubtle, cynical, evasive, manipulative, unnerving, always astonishing, Malaparte is a supreme artist of the unreliable, both the product and the prophet of a world gone rotten to the core.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCurzio Malaparte\u003c\/b\u003e (pseudonym of Kurt Eric Suckert, 1898-1957) was born in Prato, Italy, and served in World War I. An early supporter of the Italian Fascist movement and a prolific journalist, Malaparte soon established himself as an outspoken public figure. In 1931 he incurred Mussolini's displeasure by publishing a how-to manual entitled \u003ci\u003eTechnique of the Coup-d'Etat\u003c\/i\u003e, which led to his arrest and a brief term in prison. During World War II Malaparte worked as a correspondent, for much of the time on the eastern front, and this experience provided the basis for his two most famous books, \u003ci\u003eKaputt\u003c\/i\u003e (1944; available as an NYRB classic) and \u003ci\u003eThe Skin\u003c\/i\u003e (1949). His political sympathies veered to the left after the war. He continued to write, while also involving himself in the theater and the cinema. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eDavid Moore\u003c\/b\u003e's translations include Flora Volpini's \u003ci\u003eThe Women of Florence\u003c\/i\u003e, Dino Alfieri's \u003ci\u003eDictators Face to Face\u003c\/i\u003e, and Malaparte's \u003ci\u003eThe Volga Rises in Europe\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eRachel Kushner\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of the novels \u003ci\u003eThe Flamethrowers \u003c\/i\u003e(2013) and \u003ci\u003eTelex from Cuba \u003c\/i\u003e(2008), which was a finalist for the National Book Award and a \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Notable Book. Her fiction and essays have appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Paris Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Believer\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eArtforum\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eBookforum\u003c\/i\u003e. She is a 2013 Guggenheim Fellow.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 368\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 7.9 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 05, 2013\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51771228193056,"sku":"9781590176221","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/3e94b55cd209c857a38e4414e1751744.webp?v=1780383540","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-skin-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}