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Beauty and the Inferno Oonagh Stransky

Beauty and the Inferno By Oonagh Stransky

Beauty and the Inferno by Oonagh Stransky

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Summary

Roberto Saviano is best known for his work on the Italian mafia, but Beauty and the Inferno also tackles universal themes with great insight and humanity, with urgency, and often with anger.

Beauty and the Inferno Summary

Beauty and the Inferno by Oonagh Stransky

Roberto Saviano is best known for his work on the Italian mafia, but Beauty and the Inferno also tackles universal themes with great insight and humanity, with urgency, and often with anger. This important collection includes essays on the legacy of the earthquake at L'Aquila, a town at risk of becoming overrun by mafia; on boxing as an escape route; on the life of the legendary South African jazz singer, Miriam Makeba; on an encounter with Salman Rushdie, and a tribute to Frank Miller, author of the graphic novel 300; on Michael Herr's Dispatches. One essay reflects on the aftermath of the publication of his book and subsequent film, Gomorrah, and how his life has been conditioned by the mafia's death threats, and the final essay in the collection celebrates the life of the Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya.

Beauty and the Inferno Reviews

'It is good to be reminded of the raw bravery of the Savianos of this world and to salute them for sacrifices they have made in their challenges to power' Duncan Campbell, Guardian. 'Its tone is angry and urgent ... the essays in Beauty and the Inferno are in some sense a celebration of bravery and an expression of rage against corruption and cowardice ... Saviano appears to be on a crusade to educate and galvanize Italy' Caroline Moorhead, TLS.

About Oonagh Stransky

Roberto Saviano writes for La Repubblica as well as many newspapers around the world. After the success of Gomorrah, he received several serious death threats that obliged the Italian government to provide him with 24-hour protection. He has been living in hiding since 2006. Oonagh Stransky's translations have twice been nominated for the Dublin IMPAC Award.

Table of Contents

Preface: The Dangers of Reading. SOUTH: Letter to My Land; Miriam Makeba - The Anger of the Brotherhood; From Scampia to Cannes; Fighting Evil with Art; Truth, Despite All Else, Exists; When the Earth Shudders, Cement Kills. MEN: Brittle Bones; Playing It All; Tatanka Skatenato; The Man That Was Donnie Brasco; Siani, a True Journalist; The Lighthouse Keeper; In the Name of the Law and the Daughter; Felicia. BUSINESS: The Magnificent Merchandise; Constructing, Conquering; The Plague and Gold; Vollmann Syndrome; Apocalypse Vietnam; Today Is Yours Forever. NORTH: The Ghosts of Nobel; Speech at the Swedish Academy; The Demon and Life; The Infinite Conjecture; Never Again in a World Apart; He Who Writes Dies. Acknowledgements. Appendix I: Sources. Appendix II: Glossary.

Additional information

GOR002816855
9780857050083
0857050087
Beauty and the Inferno by Oonagh Stransky
Oonagh Stransky
Used - Very Good
Hardback
Quercus Publishing
20110526
288
Winner of Le Prix Livre Europeen / Europe Book Prize, Essay Category 2010
Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
This is a used book - there is no escaping the fact it has been read by someone else and it will show signs of wear and previous use. Overall we expect it to be in very good condition, but if you are not entirely satisfied please get in touch with us

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