Christ Stopped at Eboli
work by Levi
Also known as: “Cristo si è fermato a Eboli”
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discussed in biography
- In Carlo Levi
…è fermato a Eboli (1945; Christ Stopped at Eboli), which reflects the visual sensitivity of a painter and the compassionate objectivity of a doctor. The novel was quickly acclaimed a literary masterpiece, and it was widely translated.
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place in Italian literature
- In Italian literature: Social commitment and the new realism
…è fermato a Eboli (1945; Christ Stopped at Eboli), and by Rocco Scotellaro (Contadini del sud [1954; “Peasants of the South”]) and Francesco Jovine (Le terre del Sacramento [1950; “The Lands of the Sacrament”; Eng. trans. The Estate in Abruzzi]). Vivid pictures of the Florentine working classes were painted by…
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