Christ Stopped at Eboli – The Story of a Year – November 4, 2008

Christ Stopped at Eboli – The Story of a Year Hardcover – November 4, 2008
Author: Visit ‘s Carlo Levi Page ID: 1443729213

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“[Levi is] a sensitive and gifted writer with a great sense of style.” Alfred Kazin –This text refers to the Paperback edition.

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Text: English, Italian (translation)

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Hardcover: 276 pagesPublisher: Levi Press (November 4, 2008)Language: EnglishISBN-10: 1443729213ISBN-13: 978-1443729215 Product Dimensions: 5.5 x 0.8 x 8.5 inches Shipping Weight: 8.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies) Best Sellers Rank: #937,886 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #382 in Books > Politics & Social Sciences > Sociology > Rural #1267 in Books > Travel > Europe > Italy > General #1684 in Books > Politics & Social Sciences > Social Sciences > Customs & Traditions
This is a moving account of Carlo Levi’s house — or better, town — arrest in a remote corner of Italy during the Mussolini era, when the fascists determined that it was much less expensive for them to put political prisoners in out of the way villages and have the local police responsible for keeping them there, than to put them in prison.

What must have felt like banishment, Levi soon turned into one of the most lyrical books I have ever read.

Now, remember, that he was writing about a place that had not changed since the time of Christ–hence the title. He is not writing about religion, but rather, about a region, where the realities of poverty, of peasants farming a harsh landscape controlled by absentee landowners, nonetheless had the power to interest and enchant.

Levi describes both the warmth and the backwardness of the people, the humbleness of their homes (so humble the only natural light comes into them when the door is open–there are no windows). He recounts the marvelous meals he enjoyed there, made from next to nothing, the sound of the workers’ return from the fields, and more. He laments that when he asks about local folk songs, there are none. This — a wild terrain chosen as backdrop in the recent film "The Passion of the Christ" — is not a landscape to inspire singing.

The towns are like small outposts on the steep sides of the valleys. The only signs of rising above the poverty are displayed in households where someone in the family has gone far away to work in places like Pittsburgh, and sent money home. Think what it must have meant, that the rigors of steel mills and coal mines were an improvement over life in this region.

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