The Skin (novel)
Author | Curzio Malaparte |
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Original title | La pelle |
Country | Italy |
Language | Italian |
Publisher | Aria d'Italia |
Publication date | 1949 |
Pages | 416 |
The Skin (Italian: La pelle) is a 1949 autobiographical novel by the Italian writer Curzio Malaparte.
Plot
The Skin is a fictionalised account of the Allied occupation of Naples after Italy's defeat in World War II, during which Malaparte, whose homonymous author persona appears as the book's narrator, worked as a liaison officer for the American army. The book consists of vignettes about degradation, prostitution and cruelty.
Reception
Like Malaparte's 1944 book
Adaptation
The book was adapted into the 1981 film The Skin directed by Liliana Cavani.[4]
References
- ISBN 1-899293-221.
- ^ Indiana, Gary (2006). "A Million Little Theses". Bookforum. 13 (2). Retrieved 8 November 2023.
- Time Out New York. 5 November 2013. Retrieved 8 November 2023.
- ^ "Perversity in Wartime and After". The New York Times. 6 February 2015. Retrieved 8 November 2023.