false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173094287m/245433.jpg 245433 3 "There is only one pleasure, that of being alive. All the rest is misery," wrote Cesare Pavese, whose short, intense life spanned the ordeals of fascism and World War II to witness the beginnings of Italy's postwar prosperity. Searchingly alert to nuances of speech, feeling, and atmosphere, and remarkably varied, his novels offer a panoramic vision, at once sensual and finely considered, of a time of tumultuous change. This volume presents readers with Pavese's major works. <i>The Beach</i> is a wry summertime comedy of sexual and romantic misunderstandings, while <i>The House on the Hill</i> is an extraordinary novel of war in which a teacher flees through a countryside that is both beautiful and convulsed with terror. <i>Among Women Only</i> tells of a fashion designer who enters the affluent world she has always dreamed of, only to find herself caught up in an eerie dance of destruction, and <i>The Devil in the Hills</i> is an engaging road novel about three young men roaming the hills in high summer who stumble on mysteries of love and death. 237799 1968 The Selected Works of Cesare Pavese (New York Review Books Classics) total:29|5:14|4:7|3:7|2:1| 29 121 67 4 0 0 false false Mon Nov 09 18:33:55 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 09 18:35:09 -0800 2009 5 0 false false Wed Jun 17 11:35:49 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 17 11:37:01 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Thu Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Wed Nov 07 18:40:14 -0800 2007 Wed Nov 07 18:40:14 -0800 2007 more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Feb 12 19:06:49 -0800 2008 Tue Feb 12 19:07:38 -0800 2008 0 0 false false Tue Nov 24 11:05:12 -0800 2009 Tue Nov 24 11:05:12 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Thu Nov 19 11:49:22 -0800 2009 Thu Nov 19 11:49:22 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Tue Nov 10 07:55:36 -0800 2009 Tue Nov 10 07:55:36 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Mon Nov 09 18:39:44 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 09 18:39:44 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Thu Oct 22 01:54:09 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 22 01:54:09 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Mon Aug 31 23:23:28 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 31 23:23:28 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Mon Aug 31 13:42:34 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 31 13:42:34 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Mon Aug 24 07:15:17 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 25 08:36:42 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sun Aug 02 10:31:38 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 02 10:31:38 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Tue Jul 28 12:28:52 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 28 12:28:52 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Mon Jul 20 11:42:24 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 20 11:42:24 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Wed Jul 01 14:30:45 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 01 14:30:45 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Tue Jun 09 07:46:18 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 09 07:46:18 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sat Jun 06 02:39:10 -0700 2009 Sat Jun 06 02:39:10 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Tue Jun 02 03:05:05 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 02 03:05:05 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Fri May 22 04:00:06 -0700 2009 Fri May 22 04:00:06 -0700 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=245433