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Hermit in Paris: Autobiographical Writings

The Italian author recalls his years as a teenager, during Mussolini's rule, the liberation, and the Cold War; his life in Paris and New York; and his travels through the United States in 1959 and 1960.

Audience
adult
Length
medium · 272 pages

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