Revolt in Aspromonte

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Revolt in Aspromonte

work by Alvaro

Also known as: “Gente d’Aspromonte”

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Corrado Alvaro
Gente d’Aspromonte (1930; Revolt in Aspromonte), sometimes considered his best work, examines the exploitation of rural peasants by greedy landowners in Calabria. Inspired by a trip to the Soviet Union in 1934, L’uomo è forte (1938; Man Is Strong) is a defense of the individual against the oppression…
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Gente d’Aspromonte (1930; Revolt in Aspromonte), sometimes considered his best work, examines the exploitation of rural peasants by greedy landowners in Calabria. Inspired by a trip to the Soviet Union in 1934, L’uomo è forte (1938; Man Is Strong) is a defense of the individual against the oppression…
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Italian literature
The return to order
…Alvaro (Gente in Aspromonte [1930; Revolt in Aspromonte]), and Carlo Bernari had to use circumspection in stating their views but were not completely silenced. The controversial Ignazio Silone, having chosen exile, could speak openly in Fontamara (1930). Antonio Gramsci, an unwilling “guest” of the regime, gave
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…Alvaro (Gente in Aspromonte [1930; Revolt in Aspromonte]), and Carlo Bernari had to use circumspection in stating their views but were not completely silenced. The controversial Ignazio Silone, having chosen exile, could speak openly in Fontamara (1930). Antonio Gramsci, an unwilling “guest” of the regime, gave
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