by Elio Vittorini · Rizzoli · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788817009683
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Conversazione in Sicilia is a novel by Italian writer Elio Vittorini, published in 1941. The story follows Silvestro, a man who returns to his native Sicily after receiving a letter from his father. Through his encounters and conversations, Silvestro reflects on the human condition, war, and alienation. The novel is known for its poetic style and its exploration of existential themes.
Elio Vittorini was an Italian writer and novelist. He was a contemporary of Cesare Pavese and an influential voice in the modernist school of novel writing. His best-known work, in English speaking countries, is the anti-fascist novel Conversations in Sicily, for which he was jailed when it was published in 1941. The first U.S. edition of the novel, published in 1949, included an introduction from Ernest Hemingway, whose style influenced Vittorini and that novel in particular.
