{"product_id":"selected-poems-9781803091587","title":"Selected Poems","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe first English translation of an Italian poet known for his uncompromising integrity and strong leftist sympathy for the working man.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Born in a sub-proletarian ghetto in Italy in 1930 under the fascist regime, Luigi Di Ruscio was an urchin running wild in the countryside, a Communist with clear anarchist leanings, a jack-of-all-trades. In 1957 he emigrated to Oslo, where he worked for forty years in a steel-wire factory, spending his evenings at the typewriter, delving with furious energy into his native Italian. Di Ruscio insisted that whereas the language of power is always a contrived, one-way fabrication, the language of the underprivileged is upfront and direct, aiming straight and sharp for the truth. Caustic as a shopfloor scouring agent, exhilarating in its overabundance, humor, and outspokenness, \u003ci\u003eSelected Poems \u003c\/i\u003estands as a testament of tenacity, a record of class struggle, and a vital presence for our times. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-15658716\"\u003eLuigi Di Ruscio\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Seagull Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/24\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 300\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.10lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781803091587\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1803091584\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-POE\"\u003ePoetry\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-POE019000\"\u003eEuropean | Italian\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLuigi Di Ruscio \u003c\/b\u003e(1930-2011) was an Italian poet and writer, who lived in Norway from 1957 through the end of his life. \u003cb\u003eCristina Viti \u003c\/b\u003eis a translator working with Italian, English, and French. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Seagull Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44426857808109,"sku":"9781803091587","price":24.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_80e5b4e5-8482-4907-94d6-f769e6b00029.jpg?v=1699988318","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/selected-poems-9781803091587","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}