{"product_id":"selected-poems-luigi-di-ruscio-9781803091587","title":"Selected Poems","description":"\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 \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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Luigi Di Ruscio\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1803091584\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781803091587\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Seagull Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/24\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 300\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.10lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.87d","brand":"Luigi Di Ruscio","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44080371040511,"sku":"9781803091587","price":24.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_429e7331-b70d-43b4-a7b5-cdeb35da2467.jpg?v=1685486429","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/selected-poems-luigi-di-ruscio-9781803091587","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}