RAGAZZI DI VITA

Garzanti, 1955, 1975. Soft cover. Near Fine. Mass market paperback, near fine, well preserved from 1975, in white green and orange pictorial wraps. All in Italian. 257 pp. including index. Pasolini. an Italian poet, novelist, critic, essayst, journalist, translator, dramatist, film director, screenwriter and philosopher, often regarded as one of the greatest minds of 20th century, was murdered violently in Rome in 1975 in circumstances not yet clarified. He was an out spoken homosexual and self- declared Communist who upset a lot people including his own government, 'The Ragazzi' first published in 1955 is based on the events in this film and tells of the poverty people faced in the slums on the outskirts of Rome, it's a case of desperate times, desperate measures and petty crime, prostitution and death are the order of the day, sounds grim?...it is, but it's also tender and all too realistic.