Christ Stopped at Eboli: The Story of a Year by Carlo Levi - 1982-01

* Vintage copy- Christ Stopped at Eboli by Carlo Levi - In the south of Italy, between Apulia and Calabria, lies a land that is barren, desolate, and malarial, where the peasants live out their existence in poverty and in the presence of death. it was here in primitive Lucania, at the start of the Ethiopian war (19350, that Carlo Levi, doctor, painter, philosopher, man of letters, was confined as a political prisoner because of his uncompromising opposition to Fascism. Christ Stopped at Eboli is Levi's classic, starkly beautiful account of a place beyond hope and a people abandoned by history....... Oversized paperback book in good condition. Cover show some wear most at corners, edges but slight scuffing on face and back is present. Spine/hinges are tight with no loose pages. Pages are good, unmarked but are starting to tan from age. Closed page edges have some checking. A solid reading copy...... Christ Stopped at Eboli: The Story of a Year, Author Carlo Levi, Editor Farrar, Straus and Giroux, Translated by Frances Frenaye, paperback - Edition 19th printing 1988, Publisher Farrar, Strauss, 1947, Publisher Noonday Press 1988, 266 pages, Book size about 5 1/4 x 8 x 7/8 in., Subjects Biography & Autobiography / General / History / Europe / Italy Social Science / Customs & Traditions...... Ruth Reaser..LAX Vespa, Los Angeles Culver City- maybe this will do it!-At least you know what you're getting into-City-Media Mail USPS-you get the copy you were viewing carefully Drop kick-packed to protect it - in - transit....... Christ Stopped Eboli 5284 PB Red History 21...