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Pavese, Cesare

Working is tiring - The companion , 1943

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Second edition, 1943, Einaudi publishing house. Paperback. Cover illustration by Francesco Menzio. Definitive edition, partly original. Excellent copy. Second edition of the collection, definitive, revised with the addition of thirty-one new poems, six deleted, and the reorganization of the songbook into six sections. In the appendix, two substantial critical writings, completely unpublished and fundamental to understanding the meaning of Cesare Pavese's poetry: «Il mestiere di poeta», dated 1934, and «A proposito di certe poesie non ancora scritto», dating back to February 1940; «Whatever my future as a writer may be, I consider the research for "Lavorare stanca" to be concluded with this prose». Copy embellished with the ownership signature and a note by the eminent literary critic Giuseppe Susini.

Next in the lot: Il compagno , Editorial paperback, 1950, Einaudi publishing house. Copy embellished with the ownership signature of the literary critic Giuseppe Susini.

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