La bella estate

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La bella estate is a 1949 coming-of-age novella by Italian writer Cesare Pavese that explores youth, desire, and disillusionment in pre-war Turin.

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instanceOf coming-of-age story
novella
adaptationCountry Italy
adaptationType feature film
adaptedInto La bella estate (film)
linked to: La bella estate
author Cesare Pavese
awarded Strega Prize
awardYear 1950
countryOfOrigin Italy
genre Italian literature
coming-of-age fiction
hasLiteraryForm prose
includedWith Il diavolo sulle colline
Tra donne sole
literaryMovement Neorealism
mainCharacter Ginia
mainThemes desire
disillusionment
loss of innocence
youth
narrativePerspective third-person narration
notableFor portrayal of adolescent awakening in fascist-era Italy
originalLanguage Italian
partOf La bella estate (triptych of novellas)
linked to: La bella estate
protagonistGender female
publicationYear 1949
publisher Einaudi
settingCountry Italy
settingLocation Turin
settingPeriod pre-World War II

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Cesare Pavese notableWork La bella estate
La bella estate partOf La bella estate (triptych of novellas)
linked to: La bella estate
La bella estate adaptedInto La bella estate (film)
linked to: La bella estate