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A young working class woman abandoned by her bourgeois lover; the tensions of intermarriage between established classes and communities; a holocaust survivor seemingly back from the dead; a formidable socialist activist defying house arrest; the only surviving witness to the first local atrocity of the Second World War.

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Giorgio Bassani is one of the great witnesses of this century, and one of its great artists * Guardian *
Powerful new translations . . . Bassani began as a poet, and McKendrick's redelivery of this taut uncompromising fiction reveals resonance and generosity -- Ali Smith
No one else writes about time like this. Bassani is deeply unsettling and yet a joy to read. -- David Herman * Jewish Chronicle *

Within the Walls

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    A Paperback / softback by Giorgio Bassani, Jamie McKendrick

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      Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 03/03/2016
      ISBN13: 9780141192161, 978-0141192161
      ISBN10: 014119216X
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      A young working class woman abandoned by her bourgeois lover; the tensions of intermarriage between established classes and communities; a holocaust survivor seemingly back from the dead; a formidable socialist activist defying house arrest; the only surviving witness to the first local atrocity of the Second World War.

      Trade Review
      Giorgio Bassani is one of the great witnesses of this century, and one of its great artists * Guardian *
      Powerful new translations . . . Bassani began as a poet, and McKendrick's redelivery of this taut uncompromising fiction reveals resonance and generosity -- Ali Smith
      No one else writes about time like this. Bassani is deeply unsettling and yet a joy to read. -- David Herman * Jewish Chronicle *

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