La luna e i falò
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La luna e i falò is a post-World War II novel by Cesare Pavese that explores memory, identity, and the disillusionment of returning to one’s homeland after years of absence.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
literary work
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novel ⓘ |
| addresses |
class differences
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loss of illusions ⓘ political violence ⓘ |
| associatedWithAuthorThemes | Pavese’s reflections on return and belonging ⓘ |
| author | Cesare Pavese NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| containsMotif |
fire
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landscape of the Langhe ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Italy ⓘ |
| explores |
contrast between past and present
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impact of war on rural communities ⓘ myth and ritual in everyday life ⓘ |
| form | prose ⓘ |
| genre |
existential fiction
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novel of return ⓘ post-World War II fiction ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation | film adaptation ⓘ |
| hasCharacter | Nuto NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced | later Italian narrative on memory and return ⓘ |
| isLastNovelBy | Cesare Pavese NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Neorealism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| literarySignificance | major work of 20th-century Italian literature ⓘ |
| mainThemes |
disillusionment
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identity ⓘ memory ⓘ return to homeland ⓘ social change ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person narration ⓘ |
| narrativeStructure | retrospective narration ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Italian ⓘ |
| protagonist | Anguilla NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| protagonistOrigin | foundling ⓘ |
| protagonistRole | emigrant returning to native village ⓘ |
| publicationPeriod | 1950s ⓘ |
| publisher | Einaudi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relationshipDepicted | friendship between Anguilla and Nuto ⓘ |
| setting |
Piedmont countryside
NERFINISHED
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post-World War II Italy ⓘ |
| timePeriodDepicted | immediate postwar years ⓘ |
| titleTranslation | The Moon and the Bonfires NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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