Chapter 18, p. 354
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Why so much innuendo, draped like ivy to hide a cesspool, when everyone knew the cesspool was there?
— Cesare Pavese
What It Means
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About Cesare Pavese
Cesare Pavese (9 September, 1908 – 27 August 1950) was an Italian novelist, poet, short-story writer, literary critic and translator.
About Cesare Pavese
Cesare Pavese (9 September, 1908 – 27 August 1950) was an Italian novelist, poet, short-story writer, literary critic and translator.
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