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The Perfect Pain

Ugo Riccarelli · 2004 CE · Novel · Italian · Contemporary

A Tuscan family is followed through the twentieth century, from an anarchist schoolmaster through Fascism, war and the postwar years. The novel won the Premio Strega in 2004.

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Attributes

Genre
Historical
Theme
Memory & TimeClass & InequalityPower & CorruptionWar & ViolenceLove
Plot type
Generational Saga
Symbol / motif
The House
Conflict
vs Society
Mode / tone
RealistElegiac
Culture / tradition
Italian

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