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Sat 07 Jul 2009Story of a spiritual orphan
BIOGRAPHY:Bitter Spring: A Life of Ignazio Silone by Stanislao PuglieseFarrar Straus and Groux 426pp, €35 - An examination of the life of an Italian writer who remained an enigma, even to his Irish wife
LATE IN life the Italian writer Ignazio Silone was asked if he missed his native Abruzzo, the poor mountain region between Rome and Pescara where he had grown up. “My Abruzzo,” he answered, “is everywhere.” Meaning anywhere the impoverished had to deal with power and fate.
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