Beauty and the inferno
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Author
Contributions
- Stransky, Oonagh - Contributor
Publication
2012 - Verso, Brooklyn, NY, New York (State)
Language
English
Word Count
70,000 words, Guess
Page Count
280 pages
Identifiers
- Internet Archivebeautyinfernoess0000savi_q1i6
- ISBN-101844679500
- ISBN-139781844679508
- Library of Congress Control Number2012288361
- OCLC Control Number783160282
and 2 more
- Better World Books9781844679508
- Open LibraryOL30665081M
Classifications
- DDC854/.92
- LCCPN5246.S28 A5 2012
- LCCPN5246.S28A5 2012
and 1 more
- LCCPN5246.S28 A513 2012
Description
Roberto Saviano is best known for his work on the Italian mafia, but Beauty and the Inferno also tackles universal themes with great insight and humanity, with urgency, and often with anger. This important collection includes essays on the legacy of the earthquake at L'Aquila, a town at risk of becoming overrun by mafia; on boxing as an escape route; on the life of the legendary South African jazz singer, Miriam Makeba; on an encounter with Salman Rushdie, and a tribute to Frank Miller, author of the graphic novel 300; on Michael Herr's Dispatches. One essay reflects on the aftermath of the publication of his book and subsequent film, Gomorrah, and how his life has been conditioned by the mafia's death threats, and the final essay in the collection celebrates the life of the Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya.
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- Beauty and the inferno
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