Tristano dies : a life /

"It is a sultry August at the very end of the twentieth century, and Tristano is dying. A hero of the Italian Resistance, Tristano has called a writer to his bedside to listen to his life story, though, really, 'you don't tell a life... you live a life, and whole you're living it...

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Main Author: Tabucchi, Antonio, 1943-2012 (Author)
Other Authors: Harris, Elizabeth, 1963- (Translator)
Format: Book
Language:English
Language Notes:Translated from the Italian.
Published: Brooklyn, NY : Archipelago Books, 2015.
Edition:First Archipelago Books edition.
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Summary:"It is a sultry August at the very end of the twentieth century, and Tristano is dying. A hero of the Italian Resistance, Tristano has called a writer to his bedside to listen to his life story, though, really, 'you don't tell a life... you live a life, and whole you're living it, it's already lost, has slipped away.' Tristano Dies, one of Antonio Tabucchi's major novels, is a vibrant consideration of love, war, devotion, betrayal, and the instability of the past, of storytelling, and what it means to be a hero."--
Item Description:"First published as Tristano muore by Feltrinelli in 2004" -- Title page verso.
Physical Description:192 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm
ISBN:9780914671244
0914671243