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The Street Kids Paperback – August 30, 2016
The “provocative” novel about hard-living teenagers in poverty-stricken postwar Rome, by the renowned Italian filmmaker (The New York Times).
Set during the post–World War II years in the Rome of the borgate―outlying neighborhoods beset by poverty and deprivation―The Street Kids tells the story of a group of adolescents belonging to the urban underclass. Living hand-to-mouth, Riccetto and his friends eke out an existence doing odd jobs, committing petty crimes, and prostituting themselves. Rooted in the neorealist movement of the 1950s, The Street Kids is a tender, heart-rending tribute to an entire social class in danger of being forgotten.
Heavily censored and criticized, lambasted by much of the general public upon its publication, The Street Kids nevertheless had a force and vitality that eventually led to its being considered a masterpiece. This new translation comes from Ann Goldstein, the acclaimed translator of Elena Ferrante’s Neapolitan novels.
- Print length240 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- PublisherEuropa Editions
- Publication dateAugust 30, 2016
- Dimensions5.4 x 0.7 x 8.3 inches
- ISBN-101609453085
- ISBN-13978-1609453084
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About the Author
Ann Goldstein is an editor at The New Yorker. Her translations for Europa Editions include novels by Amara Lakhous, Alessandro Piperno, and Elena Ferrante's bestselling My Brilliant Friend. She lives in New York.
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- Publisher : Europa Editions (August 30, 2016)
- Language : English
- Paperback : 240 pages
- ISBN-10 : 1609453085
- ISBN-13 : 978-1609453084
- Item Weight : 10.4 ounces
- Dimensions : 5.4 x 0.7 x 8.3 inches
- Best Sellers Rank: #1,032,077 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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The places are hard and the kids proved, but having lived there for many years, I can attest to the reality of his representations.
His work, so personal and profound continues to demonstrate how difficult it is to accept his early death by an assassin not yet identified.
Reviewed in the United States on October 31, 2016