The Lost Legions; Three Italian War Novels
work by Stern
Also known as: “Il sergente nella neve”
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place in Italian literature
- In Italian literature: Social commitment and the new realism
…by Mario Rigoni Stern (Il sergente nella neve [1952; The Sergeant in the Snow]). By contrast, there were humorous recollections of provincial life under fascism—for example, Mario Tobino’s Bandiera nera (1950; “Black Flag”) and Goffredo Parise’s Prete bello (1954; “The Handsome Priest”; Eng. trans. The Priest Among the Pigeons).…
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