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Fontamara ([fontaˈmaːra]) is a 1933 novel by the Italian author Ignazio Silone, written when he was a refugee from Fascist Italy in Switzerland. It is Silone's first novel and it is regarded as his most famous work. It received worldwide acclaim and sold more than a million and a half copies in twenty-seven languages.
Dec 4, 2019 · Paperback – December 4, 2019. Fontamara, the first novel in Ignazio Silone’s celebrated Abruzzo Trilogy, portrays the poor, embattled peasants in Abruzzo and their spirited yet doomed opposition to the ruthless expansion of fascism.
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Fontamara is a fictional village in the Marsica region, where the author depicts the harsh life and rebellion of the poor peasants against fascism. The novel, written in 1930 while Silone was in exile in Switzerland, is a denunciation of social injustice and a political statement.
Fontamara is one of the Italian classics of the twentieth century. It was written in 1933 and was well-known in translation before it could be published in Italy. In England it was very popular...
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Fontamara is a 1933 novel by the Italian author Ignazio Silone, written when he was a refugee from the Fascist Police in Davos, Switzerland. Fontamara is a fictional small rural village in Marsica in the Abruzzo region.
What is the theme of the novel Fontamara by Ignazio Silone and how is it communicated?
