Man Is Strong

novel by Alvaro

Also known as: “L’uomo è forte”

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The novel L'uomo è forte (1938), translated as Man Is Strong, by Corrado Alvaro is a defense of the individual against the oppression of totalitarianism. Alvaro, an Italian novelist and journalist, often set his works in Calabria, southern Italy, and explored the social and political pressures of the 20th century. Man Is Strong was inspired by a trip to the Soviet Union in 1934.1

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Corrado Alvaro
…1934, L’uomo è forte (1938; Man Is Strong) is a defense of the individual against the oppression of totalitarianism. Alvaro’s other novels include Vent’anni (1930; “Twenty Years”), Itinerario italiano (1933; “Italian Route”), L’età breve (1946; “The Brief Era”), and Tutto è accaduto (1961; “All Has Happened”).
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…1934, L’uomo è forte (1938; Man Is Strong) is a defense of the individual against the oppression of totalitarianism. Alvaro’s other novels include Vent’anni (1930; “Twenty Years”), Itinerario italiano (1933; “Italian Route”), L’età breve (1946; “The Brief Era”), and Tutto è accaduto (1961; “All Has Happened”).
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