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Author QuotedCesare Pavese
Title QuotedMoon and the Bonfires / Translation from the Italian La Luna e i Falô
Date (Year/Month/Day)1966/08/27
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QuotationThe spell of Cesare Pavese, a novelist. Italian hill towns in the north or rather villages in the foothills of the Alps. Passion. Intensity. The Harvesters is a racking, smashing book. Curious, undecided, circular movement of The Moon and the Bonfires.
Quotation SourceLearning to love: exploring solitude and freedom. The Journals of Thomas Merton, Volume 6, 1966-1967.; Edited by Christine M. Bochen. / [San Francisco] : HarperCollins. 1997, p. 118
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