An allegory of Italy under fascism. Four young men are bored in a Sicilian town. Then along comes a dynamic character returned (so he claims) from America, with a scheme to build a tower and give the town some new self-respect. 15 years later the tower has not been completed.
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An allegory of Italy under fascism. Four young men are bored in a Sicilian town. Then along comes a dynamic character returned (so he claims) from America, with a scheme to build a tower and give the town some new self-respect. 15 years later the tower has not been completed.
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Fine copy. Translated from the Italian by Patrick Creagh. 8 3/8"x 5 1/4" trade pbk, illus cover, 207 pgs; orig pub in 1943, this is first Eng trans. quotes by Kate Chisholm, Leonardo Sciascia and Eileen Battersby on back cover. cover art by Tamara de Lempicka.