novel "La casa in collina"

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"La casa in collina" is a postwar Italian novel by Cesare Pavese that explores existential anxiety, guilt, and moral responsibility against the backdrop of World War II and the Resistance in the hills around Turin.

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instanceOf literary work
novel
author Cesare Pavese NERFINISHED
centralConflict engagement versus withdrawal
individual conscience versus historical events
containsMotif distance from conflict
hills as refuge
return to the city
countryOfOrigin Italy
form prose
genre existential novel
postwar novel
psychological novel
war novel
hasAuthorNationality Italian
hasMainSettingType rural hills
urban city
hasMoralQuestion responsibility of the individual in times of war
hasTitleInOriginalLanguage La casa in collina NERFINISHED
historicalContext Italian Resistance NERFINISHED
World War II NERFINISHED
literaryMovement Neorealism NERFINISHED
literaryPeriod 20th-century literature
literarySignificance major work of Italian postwar fiction
literaryStyle introspective
realist
mainCharacter Corrado NERFINISHED
narrativePerspective first-person narration
originalLanguage Italian
placeOfPublication Italy NERFINISHED
protagonistOccupation teacher
publisher Einaudi NERFINISHED
relatedWorkByAuthor Dialoghi con Leucò NERFINISHED
Il compagno NERFINISHED
La luna e i falò NERFINISHED
settingLocation Turin NERFINISHED
hills around Turin
targetAudience adult readers
theme cowardice
existential anxiety
guilt
loneliness
memory
moral responsibility
political disengagement
search for meaning
violence of war
timePeriodDepicted final years of World War II in Italy

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