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Book SynopsisIgnazio Silone, the anti-fascist, Italian author and political activist, continues to intrigue readers and stimulate their minds nearly four decades after his death. On Friendship and Freedom contains the first published collection of correspondence between Silone and his longtime friend the philanthropist and art collector Marcel Fleischmann.
Maria Nicolai Paynter, a recognized authority on Silone and his work, deftly guides the reader through the years dominated by Fascism and Nazism as well as the decades leading up to Silone’s death in 1978. Of particular interest for its human value, the correspondence gathered in this volume is most inspiring in that it reveals how two men of different cultural and religious backgrounds join together and share true friendship against all odds.
Trade Review'This powerful and invaluable book contributes to an understanding not only of Silone and Fleischmann, but also of European intellectual history of the 20th century.' -- C. De. Santi Choice Magazine vol 54:06:2017
Table of ContentsACKNOWLEGEMENTS ABBREVIATIONS FOREWORD CHRONOLOGY Introduction Four Remarkable People Ignazio and Darina Silone Marcel Fleischmann and Elsa Schiess Illustrations The Correspondence The Swiss Years: 1934-1944 Bridging the Distance: 1945-1976 Afterword NOTES SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY INDEX
