novel "La luna e i falò"
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"La luna e i falò" is a post-World War II Italian novel by Cesare Pavese that explores themes of memory, identity, and the irrevocable changes wrought on a rural homeland.
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| La luna e i falò | 0 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
Italian novel
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literary work ⓘ novel ⓘ |
| adaptationType | film adaptation ⓘ |
| author | Cesare Pavese NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| authorNationality | Italian ⓘ |
| centralConflict | protagonist’s confrontation with transformed homeland ⓘ |
| centralIdea | impossibility of fully returning to one’s past ⓘ |
| character |
Anguilla
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Cinto NERFINISHED ⓘ Irene NERFINISHED ⓘ Nuto NERFINISHED ⓘ Santa NERFINISHED ⓘ Silvia NERFINISHED ⓘ Sor Matteo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| containsMotif |
bonfires
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moon ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Italy ⓘ |
| explores |
effects of war on local communities
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irrevocable changes in rural society ⓘ search for origins ⓘ tension between past and present ⓘ |
| genre |
bildungsroman
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neorealist fiction ⓘ post‑World War II fiction ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation | La luna e i falò (film) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Italian neorealism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| literarySignificance |
considered one of Cesare Pavese’s major works
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regarded as a classic of 20th‑century Italian literature ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
class differences
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disillusionment ⓘ identity ⓘ memory ⓘ return to homeland ⓘ rootlessness ⓘ social change ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first‑person narration ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Italian ⓘ |
| placeOfPublication | Turin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| protagonist | Anguilla NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1950 ⓘ |
| publisher | Einaudi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting |
Langhe region
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rural Piedmont ⓘ |
| structure | episodic narrative ⓘ |
| timePeriod | post‑World War II era ⓘ |
| title | La luna e i falò NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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