Bread And Wine
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Condition remarks:
Book: Good , ex-library
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good , price clipped
Markings: Ex-library with usual markings
Condition remarks: Jacket protected by mylar sleeve.
A landmark of twentieth-century Italian literature, Bread and Wine chronicles the return of Pietro Spina, a disillusioned socialist revolutionary, to his native Abruzzo region during the height of Mussolini's fascist regime in the 1930s. Disguised as a priest, Spina moves through the impoverished rural landscape, confronting the moral and spiritual contradictions of a society crushed under political oppression and religious conformity. Ignazio Silone writes with a quiet, deeply humane intensity, weaving together themes of faith, betrayal, sacrifice, and the search for authentic human connection against a backdrop of fear and propaganda. The novel argues that true resistance is not merely political but profoundly personal and ethical, rooted in the simple, enduring values symbolized by bread and wine — sustenance, community, and the sacred. A work of both political urgency and timeless moral weight, it stands as one of the most powerful anti-fascist novels ever written.
Author: Ignazio Silone
Format: Hardback
Published: 1964, Victor Gollancz Ltd
Genre: Modern fiction
Condition remarks:
Book: Good , ex-library
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good , price clipped
Markings: Ex-library with usual markings
Condition remarks: Jacket protected by mylar sleeve.
A landmark of twentieth-century Italian literature, Bread and Wine chronicles the return of Pietro Spina, a disillusioned socialist revolutionary, to his native Abruzzo region during the height of Mussolini's fascist regime in the 1930s. Disguised as a priest, Spina moves through the impoverished rural landscape, confronting the moral and spiritual contradictions of a society crushed under political oppression and religious conformity. Ignazio Silone writes with a quiet, deeply humane intensity, weaving together themes of faith, betrayal, sacrifice, and the search for authentic human connection against a backdrop of fear and propaganda. The novel argues that true resistance is not merely political but profoundly personal and ethical, rooted in the simple, enduring values symbolized by bread and wine — sustenance, community, and the sacred. A work of both political urgency and timeless moral weight, it stands as one of the most powerful anti-fascist novels ever written.