UP FOR SALE:
THE RAGAZZI by PIER PAOLO PASOLINI.
[publisher: Grove Press, New York] Hardcover, U.S. First Edition, First Printing.
8vo, 256pp. Black cloth in dustwrapper. Black & White plates. Text in English.
"The Ragazzi comes from the same vivid and violent world as Pasolini's great films. In the poverty and chaos of postwar Rome, Ricetto and his gang survive by their wits, their cruelty and their instincts for survival. Their lives are shaped by hunger, theft, betrayal and prostitution; they celebrate their triumphs with brutal abandon and die bleak deaths. Pasolini writes of this harsh world with an understanding that there is humanity and even humour here. "The Ragazzi" caused a scandal on its first publication in 1955. Pasolini's unsentimental depiction of young masculinity adrift in a hard and amoral society still resonates powerfully today."
Scarce novel!
This is NOT an
ex-Library or Remainder copy!
A NEAR FINE book in a VERY GOOD- Jacket. Book is tidy and square, looks to have been carefully read once. Text block is compact and tight. Light soil, normal signs of handling/ shelf wear to edges/tips (see photos)with seller price on ffep(see pics). NO OTHER writing, remainders, inscriptions, underlining etc... decent looking book, just not quite crisp enough to grade higher. Dust jacket presents well in Mylar cover, but has typical age toning, soil and chips/tears to edges/folds (see pics). Unclipped w/ $6.95 on the front flap of jacket. SCARCE first printing of this Dark, gritty Italian classic!
All items are carefully packed in bubble-wrap and placed INSIDE a BOX for shipping.
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BIDDERS, PLEASE NOTE: All images taken with a digital camera. I DO NOT use a scanner and any images of interior pages are taken carefully (The book is not flattened down to take images). Also I use a flash so some of the white "Hot" spots on the top and bottom of Books or along folds are caused by the flash and the reflection from the Mylar protector. Please refer to description for confirmation of condition.