"The most interesting Italian writer”—Sciascia: VITALIANO BRANCATI—Lost Years

Description: • For Your Consideration: • “THE LOST YEARS”(Harvill | Harper Collins, 1993) (Trade paperback, First Edition Thus) • BY VITALIANO BRANCATI • “Without doubt, the most interesting Italian writer of the ’40s and ’50s.” —LEONARDO SCIASCIA • “Nothing happens in Natàca that escapes a thousand watchful eyes; nothing happens that eludes a thousand sardonic tongues; but then…BUSCAINO arrives, ostensibly on his return from America, and sets about raising funds to build a panoramic tower…the apathetic townsfolk are for a moment galvanized….” —THE PUBLISHER • “BRANCATI prefigures the fables of BORGES and the steely irony of MILAN KUNDERA…. I found myself wanting to turn back the pages again and again so that I could fully appreciate his comic one-liners and the rich vein of ideas lies beneath them.” —KATE CHISHOLM, SUNDAY TELEGRAPH • “Has all GOGOL’s satirical ability to create comic grotesques, to flay small-town silliness…to mock self-serving delusions.” —JOSEPH FARRELL, INDEPENDENT • “THE LOST YEARS is a most comic novel, such as a writer in the nostalgic mold of SCOTT FITZGERALD and CESARE PAVESE might conceive.”—LE MONDE • “For all its languor, this strange allegory with its cast of no-hopers and misfits has a peculiar charm which is effectively captured by PATRICK CREAGH’s wittily sure-footed translation.”—EILEEN BATTERSBY, IRISH TIMES • • For other details about this book, please see below. • TITLE: “THE LOST YEARS” AUTHOR: VITALIANO BRANATI TRANSLATOR: PATRICK CREAGH COVER ART: TAMARA DE LEMPIKA TYPE: TRADE PAPERBACKPAGES: 207 PUBLISHER, LOCALE, & YEAR: Harvill | Harper Collins (England), 1993 EDITION: First Edition Thus* FIRST PUBLISHED: 1943 *RE: On the Copyright Page, “This edition first published in 1993” & this Number Row: “9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1.” NOTE: This copy is NOT ex-library NOR a book-club edition. ISBN: 0-00-271206-7 CONDITION OF WRAPS: VERY GOOD.Corners are rubbed; spine tips are bumped. Light shelf-wear at edges. Sides have persistent scratching & smudging (mostly light) but wraps are still, overall, bright & clean. CONDITION of BOOK ITSELF: VERY GOOD PLUS.Book is square. Spine is tight—with no creasing. Text-block edge are clean but lightly scratched with a small smudge on the fore edge. Pages are bright & clean—with no writing, no doodling, no tears, no stains, no foxing, etc. LOOKS UNREAD. SHIPPING NEWS: This book will be wrapped with care before being shipped in a cushioned and sturdy box or mailer. THANK YOU! ********************** /\___/\=•ᆺ•= “We believe it’s good business to be good to our customers.” *********** FLAPPINCAT’s HOUSE RULES ***********1. GENERAL TREATMENT. We enjoy treating FLAPPINCAT customers with honesty & respect & warmth because that’s how we like to be treated when we buy things on eBay.2. GENERAL ATTITUDE. 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