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La luna e i falò

Cesare Pavese (1950)

Read this classic Italian novel with word-by-word English translations. A moving story of return and memory, set in the Piedmontese countryside.

I

7 §

II

29 §

III

18 §

IV

31 §

V

15 §

VI

24 §

VII

28 §

VIII

19 §

IX

35 §

X

17 §

XI

15 §

XII

20 §

XIII

35 §

XIV

10 §

XV

12 §

XVI

33 §

XVII

10 §

XVIII

24 §

XIX

17 §

XX

10 §

XXI

19 §

XXII

6 §

XXIII

17 §

XXIV

25 §

XXV

13 §

XXVI

18 §

XXVII

31 §

XXVIII

10 §

XXIX

15 §

XXX

25 §

XXXI

28 §

XXXII

32 §

About This Book

La luna e i falò (The Moon and the Bonfires) is Cesare Pavese's final novel, published in 1950 shortly before his death. It follows an Italian-American returning to his native Piedmont after World War II, searching for roots and confronting the changes wrought by fascism and war. Rich in regional language and universal themes of belonging.