Stories From the City of God
Sketches and Chronicles of Rome
Other Press · Print & ebook · May 21, 2019
Now in paperback, a collection of the legendary filmmaker's short fiction and nonfiction from 1950 to 1966, in which we see the machinations of the creative mind in post-World War II Rome.
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- Who it’s for
- A layered encounter with postwar Rome, where intimate observation meets lyricism and tragicomic edge.
- Themes
- Postwar Rome, Urban poverty, Marginalization and mass culture
- Genres
- Italian Literary Collections, Short Stories (Single Author), City Life Fiction
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Now in paperback, a collection of the legendary filmmaker's short fiction and nonfiction from 1950 to 1966, in which we see the machinations of the creative mind in post-World War II Rome. In a portrait of the city at once poignant and intimate, we find artistic witness to the customs, dialect, squalor, and beauty of the ancient imperial capital that has succumbed to modern warfare, marginalization, and mass culture.
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The sketches portray the impoverished masses that Pasolini calls "the sub-proletariat," those who live under Third World conditions and for whom simple pleasures, such as a blue sweater in a storefront window, are completely out of reach. Pasolini's art develops throughout the works collected here, from his early lyricism to tragicomic outlines for screenplays, and finally to the maturation of his Neo-realism in eight chronicles on the shantytowns of Rome. The pieces in this collection were all published in Italian journals and newspapers, and then later edited by Walter Siti in the original Italian edition.
Rome, In Pieces
A layered encounter with postwar Rome, where intimate observation meets lyricism and tragicomic edge.
Come here for
- Close-up writing on Rome’s customs, dialect, squalor, and beauty
- Fiction and nonfiction shifting from lyricism to tragicomic sketches
Expect
- An intimate portrait of a city shaped by warfare and mass culture
- Chronicles of Rome’s shantytowns alongside shorter, varied pieces
Where it sits
| Italian Literary Collections | 65% |
|---|---|
| Short Stories (Single Author) | 65% |
| City Life Fiction | 37% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Short Stories (Single Author)
- City Life Fiction
- Italian Literary Collections
- Authors
- Pier Paolo Pasolini, Walter Siti
- Publisher
- Other Press
- Published
- May 21, 2019
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Postwar Rome · Urban poverty · Marginalization and mass culture
- Reading lane
- Short Stories (Single Author)