Children Of The Sun: The Slum Dwellers Of Naples
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
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Markings: Previous owner
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
In the shadow of Mount Vesuvius, amid the crumbling alleyways and desperate poverty of post-war Naples, Morris West's Children of the Sun presents a searing, unflinching portrait of the city's most forgotten inhabitants — the abandoned street children known as *scugnizzi*. Drawing on his direct, first-hand experiences living among Naples' destitute slum communities, West chronicles the harrowing daily realities of these young souls: their survival instincts, their fleeting joys, and the crushing social indifference that condemns them to lives of hardship. Described on the cover itself as a passionate protest against man's inhumanity, the work is as much a moral indictment as it is a human document. West's prose is precise yet deeply compassionate, wielding journalistic clarity in service of a profound humanitarian argument that refuses to let the reader look away. Children of the Sun stands as a landmark work of social reportage, illustrating how poverty, war, and institutional neglect conspire to rob an entire generation of its childhood. This work preceded West's celebrated career as a novelist — most famously The Shoes of the Fisherman — and reveals the empathetic moral conscience that would define all of his writing. One cannot read his account of Naples' street children without asking a question that remains urgently relevant today: who bears responsibility for the children a society leaves behind?
Author: Morris West
Format: Paperback
Genre: Society & culture
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Markings: Previous owner
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
In the shadow of Mount Vesuvius, amid the crumbling alleyways and desperate poverty of post-war Naples, Morris West's Children of the Sun presents a searing, unflinching portrait of the city's most forgotten inhabitants — the abandoned street children known as *scugnizzi*. Drawing on his direct, first-hand experiences living among Naples' destitute slum communities, West chronicles the harrowing daily realities of these young souls: their survival instincts, their fleeting joys, and the crushing social indifference that condemns them to lives of hardship. Described on the cover itself as a passionate protest against man's inhumanity, the work is as much a moral indictment as it is a human document. West's prose is precise yet deeply compassionate, wielding journalistic clarity in service of a profound humanitarian argument that refuses to let the reader look away. Children of the Sun stands as a landmark work of social reportage, illustrating how poverty, war, and institutional neglect conspire to rob an entire generation of its childhood. This work preceded West's celebrated career as a novelist — most famously The Shoes of the Fisherman — and reveals the empathetic moral conscience that would define all of his writing. One cannot read his account of Naples' street children without asking a question that remains urgently relevant today: who bears responsibility for the children a society leaves behind?