An unsentimental depictionof the poverty and chaos of life in the slums of 1950s postwar Rome, this novel follows Ricetto, an Italian youth, and his gang who survive by their wits, their cruelty, and their instincts for survival. Their lives are shaped by hunger, theft, betrayal, and prostitution, andthey celebrate their triumphs with brutal abandon and die bleak deaths. This harsh world is portrayed with an understanding that humanity and even humorcan existamidst a hard and amoral society. A novel thatcaused a scandal ...
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An unsentimental depictionof the poverty and chaos of life in the slums of 1950s postwar Rome, this novel follows Ricetto, an Italian youth, and his gang who survive by their wits, their cruelty, and their instincts for survival. Their lives are shaped by hunger, theft, betrayal, and prostitution, andthey celebrate their triumphs with brutal abandon and die bleak deaths. This harsh world is portrayed with an understanding that humanity and even humorcan existamidst a hard and amoral society. A novel thatcaused a scandal upon its first publicationmore than 50 years ago, this new translation eloquently captures the gritty Roman slang of the Italian original and tells a story that still resonates powerfully to this day."
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Add this copy of The Ragazzi (Paladin Books) to cart. $15.44, very good condition, Sold by Shadow Books rated 3.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Norwich, NORFOLK, UNITED KINGDOM, published 1989 by Paladin.
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Good. Size: 0x0x0; Very good paperback from a personal collection (NOT ex-library). Spine is creased, but binding remains sound. Some shelfwear, light peeling at corners of wraps; liquid stain at head of spine, affecting top edge, but not interior; toning to rear. Interior is free of previous owner markings. Ships same or next day from Dinkytown, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Add this copy of The Ragazzi to cart. $57.00, very good condition, Sold by Kubik Fine Books Ltd rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Dayton, OH, UNITED STATES, published 1968 by Grove Press, Inc.
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Very Good. 256p. A black cloth hardcover book in fine condition, though lacking the dustjacket. First edition of this English translation by Emile Capouya.
Add this copy of The Ragazzi to cart. $82.44, very good condition, Sold by David Segal rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Brooklyn, NY, UNITED STATES, published 1986 by Carcanet Press.
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Very good in very good dust jacket. Text in English, Italian. 320 p. Audience: General/trade. Ships with signature confirmation.1989 hardcover 1st thus. Price label on front flap, tanning on white parts of flaps, offset stains on eps, pastedowns and first and last pages, inevitable sunning on edge of cover, else text clean, binding tight.
Add this copy of The Ragazzi to cart. $62.50, good condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Newport Coast, CA, UNITED STATES, published 1989 by Paladin.
Add this copy of The Ragazzi to cart. $67.66, good condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Newport Coast, CA, UNITED STATES, published 1986 by Carcanet Pr.
Add this copy of The Ragazzi to cart. $88.11, good condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Newport Coast, CA, UNITED STATES, published 1986 by Carcanet Pr.
