{"product_id":"a-dream-of-something-by-pier-paolo-pasolini","title":"A Dream of Something by Pier Paolo Pasolini","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis year marks 51 years since the passing of Pier Paolo Pasolini, an artist who Susan Sontag once remarked was \"...indisputably the most remarkable figure to have emerged in Italian arts and letters since the second World War”.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHere we have an early english edition of Pasolini's fantastic novel \u003cem\u003eA Dream of Something\u003c\/em\u003e. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFirst appearing in Italy in 1962. Written by the renowned film maker, poet, polemicist and novelist, \u003cem\u003eA Dream of Something\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is Pasolini's pastoral novel, an evocative picture of life in a part of Italy which held bitter sweet memories for him.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWould also highly recommend checking out \u003cem\u003eThe Silver Book by Olivia Laing\u003c\/em\u003e, a queer love story set in Italy the summer of Pasolini's untimely passing and the filming of \u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003eFellini’s \u003cem\u003eCasanova. \u003c\/em\u003eA captivating read if you're a fan of Italian cinema, Pasolini, Fellini or running away to Italy to eat maritozzo, smoke cigarettes and drink vermouth.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e-\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cem\u003ePaperback\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cem\u003ePublished by Quartet Encounters, 1988\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eFirst Quartet Books Edition\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eTranslated from the Italian and with an introduction by Stuart Hood\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eCover illustration by Andrew Tiffin\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eDesign by Namara\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Window Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57709684556124,"sku":"0126","price":15.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0897\/7059\/0556\/files\/A_Dream_of_Something_by_Pier_Paolo_Pasolini_Book_Cover.jpg?v=1779379986","url":"https:\/\/www.windowbooks.co.uk\/products\/a-dream-of-something-by-pier-paolo-pasolini","provider":"Window Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}