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The
Cinema of Italy Edited by Giorgio Bertellini
Written for movie lovers, this anthology
of essays examines 24 classics of Italian cinema
made between 1932 and 1994. Included are such landmark
films as Ladri di biciclette (Bicycle
Thieves, 1948); La Strada (The Street,
1954); La Ciociara (Two Women), for which
Sophia Loren won an Academy Award in 1962, and
many others. [$24.50; paperback; 271 pages;
Wallflower Press]
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For
Love and Country: The Italian Renaissance by
Patrick Gallo
This non-fiction work
tells the little-known story of
the Italian resistance movement
during World War II. Italy’s
was one of the most successful
resistance movements in Europe—an
impressive feat given the fact
that it came at a time when Italy
was the battleground for three
simultaneous wars: civil, class
and the Nazi occupation. Gallo
shows how the movement in Rome
involved men and women of all ages,
classes, ideologies and religions. [$55.00;
paperback; 361 pages; University
Press of America, To order, call
800/462-6420]
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The
Death of Spring by
Silvio J. Caputo, Jr.
In 1913, immigrant coal miners, many of
them Italian, went on strike in Ludlow, Colorado
to protest inhumane and dangerous working conditions
and wages of $1.68 per day. The mines were owned
by the Rockefeller family and when the strike continued
into 1914, the company attacked the striking workers
and their families, killing 23. Caputo has based
his novel on the historical events that led up
to the Ludlow Massacre of 1914, with extensive
interviews of survivors and descendants. [$14.95;
paperback; 310 pages; Ashley Books, Inc. To order,
call 719/544-1135.]
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