The Javelin Thrower by Paolo Volponi, Richard Dixon

The Javelin Thrower

Paolo Volponi, Richard Dixon

288 pages first pub 1981 (editions)

fiction challenging informative reflective slow-paced
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As a boy growing up in rural Italy in the 1930s, Damìn is experiencing the first stirrings of adolescence when he accidentally sees his mother having sex with the local Fascist commandant. His pain, anger, and confusion are uncomfortably intertwin...

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