{"product_id":"pasolini-requiem-barth-david-schwartz-9780226335025","title":"Pasolini Requiem: Second Edition","description":"Pier Paolo Pasolini (1922-75) was one of the most important Italian intellectuals of the post-World War II era. An astonishing polymath--poet, novelist, literary critic, political polemicist, screenwriter, and film director--he exerted profound influence on Italian culture up to his untimely death at the age of fifty-three. This revised edition of what the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e has called \"the standard Pasolini biography\" introduces the artist to a new generation of readers. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Based on extensive interviews with those who knew Pasolini, both friends and enemies, admirers and detractors, \u003ci\u003ePasolini Requiem\u003c\/i\u003e chronicles his growth from poet in the provinces to Italy's leading \"civil poet\"; his flight to Rome in 1950; the scandalous success of his two novels and political writing; and his transition to film, where he started as a contributor to the golden age of Italian cinema and ended with the shocking \u003ci\u003eSal , or the 120 Days of Sodom\u003c\/i\u003e. Pasolini's tragic and still unsolved murder has remained a subject of contentious debate for four decades. The enduring fascination with who committed the crime--and why--reflects his vital stature in Italy's political and social history. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Updated throughout and with a new afterword covering the efforts to reopen the investigation--and the legal maelstrom surrounding Pasolini's demise--this edition of \u003ci\u003ePasolini Requiem\u003c\/i\u003e is a riveting account of one of the twentieth century's most controversial, ever-present iconoclasts.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Barth David Schwartz\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 022633502X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780226335025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Chicago Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/10\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 656\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.11lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.00w x 1.70d","brand":"Barth David Schwartz","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44159191843071,"sku":"9780226335025","price":34.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_6dfc91c1-4c2b-44cc-81e9-cc89cf65df79.jpg?v=1689081155","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/pasolini-requiem-barth-david-schwartz-9780226335025","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}