
House on the Hill
''Pavese''s novels are works of an extraordinary depth where one never stops finding new levels, new meanings'' Italo Calvino
June, 1943. Allied aircraft are bombing Turin; fascist Italy is on its knees. Every evening, after a day''s teaching in the city, Corrado returns to the safety of the hills and the care of his two doting landladies. He has no attachments, no obligations. Yet against his bett...
''Pavese''s novels are works of an extraordinary depth where one never stops finding new levels, new meanings'' Italo Calvino
June, 1943. Allied aircraft are bombing Turin; fascist Italy is on its knees. Every evening, after a day''s teaching in the city, Corrado returns to the safety of the hills and the care of his two doting landladies. He has no attachments, no obligations. Yet against his bett...