Festival Night and Other Stories. Translated with an Introduction by A. E. Murch.
London: Peter Owen, [1953]. Item #936
8vo. 190 x 12o mm., [7 1/4 x 5 inches]. 211 pp. Publisher's cloth, dust jacket; jacket with some light abrasion and a bit of fading to the red; verso of the jacket shows some discoloration, otherwise a very good copy.
First English edition. Collection of Pavese's early short stories, written before he graduated to the novel form in the 1930's. The stories are personal in nature and reflect his politics, his imprisonment and exile, his failure in love, and the social condition in Italy during the Fascist period. Pavese translated English and America short stories and essay in the literary journal La Cultura and became its editor in 1934. .
Price: $250.00