{"product_id":"a-violent-life-by-pier-paolo-pasolini-1","title":"A Violent Life by Pier Paolo Pasolini","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e'A realist novel of apprentice gangsters.'\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\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 \"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 'A Violent Life'. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFirst published in Italy in 1959. Written by the renowned film maker, poet, polemicist and novelist, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA Violent Life\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is an uncanny fictional chronicle of the author's death foretold.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWould also highly recommend checking out \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Silver Book by Olivia Laing\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, a queer love story set in Italy the summer of Pasolini's untimely passing and the filming of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFellini’s \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eCasanova. \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\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 Carcanet, 1985\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eFirst Carcanet Edition\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eTranslated from the Italian by William Weaver.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Window Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57709649854812,"sku":"0126","price":30.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0897\/7059\/0556\/files\/Book_cover_of_A_Violent_Life_by_Pier_Paolo_Pasolini.jpg?v=1779381870","url":"https:\/\/www.windowbooks.co.uk\/products\/a-violent-life-by-pier-paolo-pasolini-1","provider":"Window Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}