Corrado alvaro (570 risultati)

Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Condizione: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Paperback. Condizione: New. Corrado Alvaro's Fear in the World was published a decade before Orwell's 1984, but is not well known outside Italy, perhaps because of the timing of the publication just before the Second World War. Alvaro had visited the Soviet Union as a journalist, but was probably motivated to write this dystopian novel by aspects of modernity that concerned him, particularly the use of fear for political purposes, not only in the Russia. He is interested in the psychology of fear and the extent to which individuals and the crowd participate in their own regimentation. The names of countries, cities and leading political figures such as Stalin are never referred to, but as in the works of Orwell, they are clearly there from the descriptions: the author was writing in a Fascist country against a Fascist censor and had to cut his cloth accordingly. This is a dark novel, not quite as dark as 1984, but it is more claustrophobic. The feel of inevitability is there from the first page, and it is experienced as we do in real life. The imagined takes us closer to where we really are. There is a love affair at the core of this novel, which is the cause of their problems, or quite possibly perceived by the lovers as the cause and therefore became the cause. The modern Leviathan appears to be a well-oiled machine, but towards the end it becomes clear that this is merely an appearance of efficiency and omniscience, but appearances can be powerful. Alvaro is particularly interested in how the state uses quasi-religious mechanisms and rituals to assert its power. The central character returns to the country after a long period abroad, and see things initially through foreign eyes, living a life similar to the one Alvaro did when in Russia. He is not a natural rebel, and very much wants to fit in, but it seems difficult to achieve. The regime boasts that it has an ally in history, but destiny is elusive, however much the characters feel that they are driven by it.…

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. Corrado Alvaro's Fear in the World was published a decade before Orwell's 1984, but is not well known outside Italy, perhaps because of the timing of the publication just before the Second World War. Alvaro had visited the Soviet Union as a journalist, but was probably motivated to write this dystopian novel by aspects of modernity that concerned him, particularly the use of fear for political purposes, not only in the Russia. He is interested in the psychology of fear and the extent to which individuals and the crowd participate in their own regimentation. The names of countries, cities and leading political figures such as Stalin are never referred to, but as in the works of Orwell, they are clearly there from the descriptions: the author was writing in a Fascist country against a Fascist censor and had to cut his cloth accordingly. This is a dark novel, not quite as dark as 1984, but it is more claustrophobic. The feel of inevitability is there from the first page, and it is experienced as we do in real life. The imagined takes us closer to where we really are. There is a love affair at the core of this novel, which is the cause of their problems, or quite possibly perceived by the lovers as the cause and therefore became the cause. The modern Leviathan appears to be a well-oiled machine, but towards the end it becomes clear that this is merely an appearance of efficiency and omniscience, but appearances can be powerful. Alvaro is particularly interested in how the state uses quasi-religious mechanisms and rituals to assert its power. The central character returns to the country after a long period abroad, and see things initially through foreign eyes, living a life similar to the one Alvaro did when in Russia. He is not a natural rebel, and very much wants to fit in, but it seems difficult to achieve. The regime boasts that it has an ally in history, but destiny is elusive, however much the characters feel that they are driven by it. Anti-Soviet dystopia first published in 1938, after the author had been travelling in Russia during the period of the show trials. Published a decade before Orwell's 1984, it deals with the political use of fear and the millenarianism that underlay secular politics of the time. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

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PAP. Condizione: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Trade Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. First Thus.

Condizione: New.

Condizione: New.

PAP. Condizione: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good. Stated First Printing. Crisp clean pages; no owners' marks; tight binding full yellow cloth hard cover only a bit discolored and softened at spine ends; dustjacket is priceclipped and has a shallow open tear at the spine head a few small scuffs and closed tears around corners and spine ends and light surface wear along the foreedge but is otherwise sound now protected in a clear sleeve. 282pp. Includes: "The Long Night of Medea" "Methusalem or the Eternal Bourgeois" "The Wax Museum" "The Assault Upon Charles Sumner" and "Knackery for All".…

Paperback. Condizione: Brand New. 295 pages. 8.30x5.50x1.00 inches. In Stock.

Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Condizione: good. Befriedigend/Good: Durchschnittlich erhaltenes Buch bzw. Schutzumschlag mit Gebrauchsspuren, aber vollständigen Seiten. / Describes the average WORN book or dust jacket that has all the pages present.

Condizione: good. Befriedigend/Good: Durchschnittlich erhaltenes Buch bzw. Schutzumschlag mit Gebrauchsspuren, aber vollständigen Seiten. / Describes the average WORN book or dust jacket that has all the pages present.

Condizione: New. In English.

Condizione: New.

Paperback. Condizione: Brand New. 262 pages. 8.27x5.51x0.75 inches. In Stock.

Leinen. Condizione: Tadellos. Tadelloser Schutzumschlag. S. 386.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. First American Edition. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. Fine in a Very Good+ dust jacket, price-clipped with wear along top edge. Nice shape overall.

Condizione: New.

Hardcover. Condizione: VG. Solid retired library book with usual library markings; else VG. Text free of underlining, writing and highlighting. Overall, a very nice clean copy. 495 p.

Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. First Printing. Yellow cloth binding with black print on spine. Previous owner name on top of front fly lraf. One margin mark and one underline in itroduction of first play and a margin mark on page282. Tight, sound and otherwise unmarked. 282 pagesw. Contents are: "The Long Night of Medea" by C. Alvarado; "Methusalem" by Yvan Coll; "The Wax Museum" John Hawkes; "The Assault on Charles Sumner" by P. Hivner and "Knackery for All". Dust Jacket has light wear at spine ends and very light crushing of top and bottom edges on rear panel. In Mylar and not price-clipped ($ 6.00).…

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. First American edition. First American Edition. Moderate wear to cover. No dust jacket. CTi.

Condizione: BUONO. NOTA:Ingiallimento alle pagine. / Milano, Garzanti cm.11x18, pp. 264, brossura con copertina figurata a colori. Collana Garzanti per Tutti. Romanzi e Realtà,66.

Condizione: as new. Wie neu/Like new.

Condizione: New.

242 pp., brossura, ottimo.

Tapa blanda con sobrecubierta. Pequeños cortes y roces en sobrecubierta. Colección, Seis delfines, N.º 7. Sello seco en varias páginas. Buen estado Pequeños cortes y roces en sobrecubierta. Colección, Seis delfines, N.º 7. Sello seco en varias páginas. Buen estado 269 pp. 12x18 Pequeños cortes y roces en sobrecubierta. Buen estado.…

Hard Cover. Condizione: Very Good. Good Plus, Slightly Frayed DJ. First American Edition. DJ had been covered with a clear plastic cover. Old scotch tape, which was on the plastic cover only, has left residue on end papers. 264pp. Trans:Ital: Frances Frenaye (loc 919/1).