Curzio Malaparte, the Proust of violence

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_rpxpx · 9h ago

Good short survey of an interesting and strange writer. I don't agree with the last paragraph however, and the sentence about "hyper-liberals" is embarassing.

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Curzio Malaparte, the Proust of violence

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