Beauty and the Inferno - Brossura

Saviano, Roberto

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0857050095 ISBN 13: 9780857050090

Casa editrice: MacLehose Press, 2011

Riassunto

Roberto Saviano is best known for his work on the Italian mafia, but Beauty and the Inferno also tackles universal themes with great insight and humanity, with urgency, and often with anger. This important collection includes essays on the legacy of the earthquake at L'Aquila, a town at risk of becoming overrun by mafia; on boxing as an escape route; on the life of the legendary South African jazz singer, Miriam Makeba; on an encounter with Salman Rushdie, and a tribute to Frank Miller, author of the graphic novel 300; on Michael Herr's Dispatches. One essay reflects on the aftermath of the publication of his book and subsequent film, Gomorrah, and how his life has been conditioned by the mafia's death threats, and the final essay in the collection celebrates the life of the Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya.

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L'autore:

Roberto Saviano writes for La Repubblica as well as many newspapers around the world. After the success of Gomorrah, he received several serious death threats that obliged the Italian government to provide him with 24-hour protection. He has been living in hiding since 2006. Oonagh Stransky's translations have twice been nominated for the Dublin IMPAC Award.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: MacLehose Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0857050095
• ISBN 13: 9780857050090
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 288