In Danger
A Pasolini Anthology
August 2010
Trade Paperback · 250 Pages
$16.95 U.S. · $17.95 CAN · £11.99 U.K. · €11.99 E.U.
ISBN 9780872865075
City Lights Publishers
Trade Paperback · 250 Pages
$16.95 U.S. · $17.95 CAN · £11.99 U.K. · €11.99 E.U.
ISBN 9780872865075
City Lights Publishers
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Description
Pier Paolo Pasolini (1922–1975) was a major cultural figure in post-WWII Italy, well-known as a poet, novelist, communist intellectual, and filmmaker. In Danger is the first anthology in English devoted to his political and literary essays, with a generous selection of his poetry. Against the backdrop of post-war Italy, and through the mid-'70s, Pasolini's writings provide a fascinating portrait of a Europe in which fascists and communists violently clashed for power and where journalists ran great risks. The controversial and openly gay Pasolini was murdered at the age of fifty-three; In Danger includes his final interview, conducted hours before his death.
About the Authors
Pier Paolo Pasolini (1922–1975) was a major cultural figure in post-WW2 Italy, well-known as a poet, novelist, communist intellectual, and filmmaker. Controversial and openly homosexual, Pasolini was brutally murdered at the age of 53. Editor Jack Hirschman is an internationally-renowned poet and translator. A former poet-laureate of San Francisco, and editor of The Artaud Anthology, Hirschman has written many books, including Front Lines: Selected Poems, All That's Left, and his 900-page masterwork The Arcanes.