Cesare Pavese, The moon and the bonfire, Chapter I, p. 9.
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That you need a village, if only for the pleasure of leaving it. Your own village means that you're not alone, that you know there's something of you in the people and the plants and the soil, that even when you are not there it waits to welcome you.
— Cesare Pavese on Hometown
What It Means
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About Cesare Pavese
Cesare Pavese (9 September, 1908 – 27 August 1950) was an Italian novelist, poet, short-story writer, literary critic and translator.
About Cesare Pavese
Cesare Pavese (9 September, 1908 – 27 August 1950) was an Italian novelist, poet, short-story writer, literary critic and translator.
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