{"product_id":"selected-poems-paperback-49","title":"Selected Poems - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLuigi Di Ruscio\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eCristina Viti\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe first English translation of an Italian poet known for his uncompromising integrity and strong leftist sympathy for the working man.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Born in a sub-proletarian ghetto in Italy in 1930 under the fascist regime, Luigi Di Ruscio was an urchin running wild in the countryside, a Communist with clear anarchist leanings, a jack-of-all-trades. In 1957 he emigrated to Oslo, where he worked for forty years in a steel-wire factory, spending his evenings at the typewriter, delving with furious energy into his native Italian. Di Ruscio insisted that whereas the language of power is always a contrived, one-way fabrication, the language of the underprivileged is upfront and direct, aiming straight and sharp for the truth. Caustic as a shopfloor scouring agent, exhilarating in its overabundance, humor, and outspokenness, \u003ci\u003eSelected Poems \u003c\/i\u003estands as a testament of tenacity, a record of class struggle, and a vital presence for our times. \u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLuigi Di Ruscio \u003c\/b\u003e(1930-2011) was an Italian poet and writer, who lived in Norway from 1957 through the end of his life. \u003cb\u003eCristina Viti \u003c\/b\u003eis a translator working with Italian, English, and French. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 300\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 24, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42734661042239,"sku":"9781803091587","price":29.4,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/703a5b7a22f12c0e1aa1d14e655c351d.webp?v=1765140646","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/selected-poems-paperback-49","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}