Vittorini, Elio — Conversation in Sicily

Penguin Books, Harmondsworth, Middlesex, 1961. First Edition, Softcover. Good Condition. Introduction by Ernest Hemingway and author's note. Photographic paperback binding with black coloured titles to the front panel and back strip. First published in Italy in 1946, it deals with a young man learns late in life his father has left his mother who lives in Sicily. Quoting from the rear panel blurb " ... The son leaves the north of Italy and ravels south to visit his mother. He meets people in the train, he meets other people – a knife-grinder, the ghost of his brother was dead in the cemetery, and, of course, is mother in Sicily. He talks with them, they talk with him. Once he gets drunk. His father comes back." A little creasing of the book corners with minor Chipping of the back strip corners. Sunning of the back strip and rear panel; and there is a horizontal tear to the back strip halfway down. Light tanning of the text block edges and pages. First softcover edition. Size: 12mo (standard paperback). [4], 5 - 154, [6] pages,. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1.