Ragazzi di vita

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Ragazzi di vita is a 1955 novel by Pier Paolo Pasolini that portrays the harsh lives of marginalized youths in postwar Rome using raw, colloquial language.

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instanceOf novel
adaptedInto Ragazzi di vita (1960 film project, uncompleted by Pasolini) NERFINISHED
author Pier Paolo Pasolini NERFINISHED
censorshipStatus subject to censorship debates in Italy
controversy obscenity charges in Italy
countryOfOrigin Italy
firstEditionFormat print
genre novel
realist fiction
social novel
hasSequel Una vita violenta NERFINISHED
hasSubject petty crime
homosocial male groups
informal economies
sexual exploitation
influenced Italian social literature
legalProceeding obscenity trial
literaryMovement Neorealism NERFINISHED
literarySignificance milestone of postwar Italian narrative
mainTheme juvenile delinquency
marginalization
poverty
social exclusion
urban life
narrativeFocus lives of marginalized youths
narrativeStyle Roman dialect
colloquial language
raw language
notableFor depiction of Roman subproletariat
early major work of Pier Paolo Pasolini
use of spoken Roman dialect in literature
originalLanguage Italian
placeOfPublication Milan NERFINISHED
protagonistType delinquent boys
working-class youths
publicationYear 1955
publisher Garzanti NERFINISHED
settingLocation Rome NERFINISHED
settingTimePeriod post-World War II
postwar Rome
subjectMatter Roman borgate (outlying slum districts)
timeOfAction early 1950s
late 1940s
titleLanguage Italian
titleTranslation Boys of Life NERFINISHED
Street Kids NERFINISHED

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Pier Paolo Pasolini notableWork Ragazzi di vita