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** Ignazio Silone (1900-1978) was an Italian novelist who became famous in
this country as an ex-Communist disillusioned with the idealistic beliefs
of his youth. Together with 6 other ex-Communists, he published his
account of the gradual "awakening" in _The God that Failed_ (1950). His
most famous novels are _Fontamara_ (1930) and _Bread and Wine (first
published in English in 1936 and then in Italian, as _Pane e vino_, in
1937). That Kerouac lumped them together is not surprising -- they were
Europeans who were at the time "big" in America. Arthur Koestler's
_Darkness at Noon_ (1940), about Stalin's trials, was also very popular at
the time. Like Silone, Koestler, himself an ex-Communist, was one of the
six authors in _The God that Failed_, which was one of the very first
books I wanted to read -- and read -- when I came here from the
former Soviet Union. GD***
From: mary krimmel <mkrimmel@sciti.com>
Well, mistaken as he was, I'm glad that Jack wrote and I'm pricked to
investigate Silone. Who's he?
Mary Krimmel
At 01:51 PM 01/25/2000 -0800, you wrote:
>From: Iann88@aol.com
>
>In a just published collection of letters of Jack Keroac (sp!) he writes to
>a fellow writer, "after all our books come out, you won't hear about Silone
>and Nabokov anymore."
>
>Excuuuuuuse! Me! Whoever heard of you Jack, and who cares.
>
>Phil Iannarelli
>
>
this country as an ex-Communist disillusioned with the idealistic beliefs
of his youth. Together with 6 other ex-Communists, he published his
account of the gradual "awakening" in _The God that Failed_ (1950). His
most famous novels are _Fontamara_ (1930) and _Bread and Wine (first
published in English in 1936 and then in Italian, as _Pane e vino_, in
1937). That Kerouac lumped them together is not surprising -- they were
Europeans who were at the time "big" in America. Arthur Koestler's
_Darkness at Noon_ (1940), about Stalin's trials, was also very popular at
the time. Like Silone, Koestler, himself an ex-Communist, was one of the
six authors in _The God that Failed_, which was one of the very first
books I wanted to read -- and read -- when I came here from the
former Soviet Union. GD***
From: mary krimmel <mkrimmel@sciti.com>
Well, mistaken as he was, I'm glad that Jack wrote and I'm pricked to
investigate Silone. Who's he?
Mary Krimmel
At 01:51 PM 01/25/2000 -0800, you wrote:
>From: Iann88@aol.com
>
>In a just published collection of letters of Jack Keroac (sp!) he writes to
>a fellow writer, "after all our books come out, you won't hear about Silone
>and Nabokov anymore."
>
>Excuuuuuuse! Me! Whoever heard of you Jack, and who cares.
>
>Phil Iannarelli
>
>