The Moon and the Bonfires

Author:Cesare PaveseTitle: The Moon and the Bonfires (translated by Parks 2021)Genre: Fiction, Literature, TranslatedPublisher:Penguin Books; Penguin Random HouseIdentifier:9780241370551, 9780241370544, asin:B088GQK6G8Grade:retailLength:182 pagesListing:Greatest Books (amalgamated)Paperback, 176 pages Published: 1948Edition: Penguin Books (2020)Translated from the Italian and Introduction by: Tim Parks (2021)First published as La luna e i falò in 1950Twenty years after making his fortune in America, Eel is drawn back to the closest thing he has to a home: the Piedmontese countryside where he grew up poor and illegitimate. Wandering the valleys and vineyards with his childhood friend Nuto, Eel remembers the farm where he worked, his employer's beautiful daughters, the rituals of rural life. Yet as he discovers more about what happened there during the war, he realizes that these timeless landscapes hide terrible, savage secrets. By turns fond and evocative, seductive and troubling, The Moon and the Bonfires is a lyrical masterpiece of memory and betrayal.'Insinuating, haunting and lyrically pervasive' The New York Times Book ReviewSep 2023 - epub verified by zardox.