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Fontamara [fontaˈmaːra] is a 1933 novel by the Italian author Ignazio Silone, written when he was a refugee from the Fascist Police in Davos, Switzerland. It is Silone's first novel and is regarded as his most famous work. It received worldwide acclaim and sold more than a million and a half copies in twenty-seven languages. It was first published as a German translation in Zurich, Switzerland in 1933 and was published in English by Penguin Books in September 1934. Fontamara is derived from the Italian 'Fonte Amara' (Bitter Stream), which Victor Wolfson used as the title for his 1936 stage adaptation of the book, presented in New York at the Civic Repertory Theatre. The novel was also adapted for cinema by director Carlo Lizzani and the film Fontamara was released in 1977. Appearing on the

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  • Fontamara (Originaltitel: Fontamara) ist ein Roman des italienischen Schriftstellers Ignazio Silone. Fontamara ist der Name eines fiktiven Dorfes in den Abruzzen und Ort der Handlung. Das Buch entstand 1930 im schweizerischen Exil und erschien 1933 als Übersetzung in der Schweiz. 1961 überarbeitete Silone den Text.Die deutsche Übersetzung dieser Ausgabe erschien 1962 bei Kiepenheuer & Witsch. (de)
  • Fontamara estas la nomo de fikcia vilaĝo en Abruco kaj scenejo de romano de la itala verkisto Ignazio Silone. La libro ekestis en 1930 en svisa ekzilo kaj aperis en 1933 kiel traduko en Svislando.En 1961 Silone adaptis la tekston de la libro. (eo)
  • Fontamara [fontaˈmaːra] is a 1933 novel by the Italian author Ignazio Silone, written when he was a refugee from the Fascist Police in Davos, Switzerland. It is Silone's first novel and is regarded as his most famous work. It received worldwide acclaim and sold more than a million and a half copies in twenty-seven languages. It was first published as a German translation in Zurich, Switzerland in 1933 and was published in English by Penguin Books in September 1934. Fontamara is derived from the Italian 'Fonte Amara' (Bitter Stream), which Victor Wolfson used as the title for his 1936 stage adaptation of the book, presented in New York at the Civic Repertory Theatre. The novel was also adapted for cinema by director Carlo Lizzani and the film Fontamara was released in 1977. Appearing on the eve of the Spanish Civil War, and published just a few months after Hitler came to power, when the world was beginning to take sides for or against fascism, the novel had a galvanising effect on public opinion. Fontamara 'became the very symbol of resistance' and ‘is widely agreed to have played a major role as a document of anti-Fascist propaganda outside Italy in the late 1930s’ as it criticises the immorality and deceit of the Fascist party and its followers. Fontamara is a fictional small rural village in Marsica in the Abruzzo region. The people (the Fontamaresi) are poor and the village is so remote that the citizens are unaware of major social upheavals such as the rise of Fascism. There is a tremendous gap between the ‘’cafoni’’ (peasants) who populate ‘’Fontamara’’ and those who live in the city. The Fontamaresi work the earth to survive, turn to emigration as a means of economic improvement and are ignorant of events happening outside of their town. They are cut off from the rest of Italy and untouched by modernity and new technology. The Impresario, in stark contrast to the Fontamaresi, who have laboured for centuries to little avail, has quickly become the richest man in the region and embodies the power, authority and immorality of the Fascists. The Fontamaresi are exploited due to their naïvety and ignorance, the women are raped by the squadristi (a group of Fascists), Berardo Viola makes the ultimate sacrifice to allow the continued distribution of clandestine texts that spread the word about socialism and encourage rebellion against Fascism, and at the end the majority of the population are killed at the hands of the Government. As with many rural novels, Fontamara discusses the various seasons, and seasonal duties, such as the grape harvest in the vineyards. It is a choral novel that focuses on the lives and points of view of the peasants of Fontamara, deprived of hope yet persistent and determined. It depicts solidarity amongst the peasants and the inequality of wealth between the agricultural workers and the professional classes in the city. (en)
  • Fontamara est le premier roman de l'écrivain italien Ignazio Silone, écrit entre 1929 et 1931 à Davos en Suisse, Silone ayant fui le régime fasciste. Publié en 1933, la roman a été acclamé dans le monde entier et s'est vendu à un million et demi d'exemplaires en 27 langues. (en) a adapté le roman pour le théâtre en 1936 et la pièce Bitter Stream a été joué à New York. Carlo Lizzani a réalisé un film tiré du roman en 1980 : Fontamara. Le roman est un symbole de résistance au fascisme. (fr)
  • Fontamara è un romanzo di Ignazio Silone, pubblicato dapprima nel 1933 in lingua tedesca in Svizzera e reso disponibile per la prima volta in Italia nel 1945. Il successo del romanzo, che denunciava l'immoralità e gli inganni del partito fascista di Mussolini e dei suoi seguaci, fu straordinario, galvanizzando una parte dell'opinione pubblica internazionale dell'epoca, che fece di Fontamara un documento della propaganda antifascista fuori dall'Italia e un simbolo della resistenza ai regimi totalitari (Hitler era appena arrivato al potere in Germania). Fontamara è un villaggio la cui comunità soffre sotto il peso del fascismo e di sventure ataviche. Spaccato sociale di un proletariato oppresso e sfruttato sono i "cafoni", realisticamente descritti nella loro ingenuità e tenuti in ostaggio, attraverso una secolare ignoranza, da una classe dominante sempre più brutale e parassitaria. (it)
  • Fontamara är en roman från 1930 av Ignazio Silone. Den filmatiserades 1980 med Michele Placido i huvudrollen som Berardo Viola. (sv)
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  • First Edition of Fontamara in German Translation in 1933 Cover design by Max Bill. 20 x 13cm (en)
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  • Fontamara (Originaltitel: Fontamara) ist ein Roman des italienischen Schriftstellers Ignazio Silone. Fontamara ist der Name eines fiktiven Dorfes in den Abruzzen und Ort der Handlung. Das Buch entstand 1930 im schweizerischen Exil und erschien 1933 als Übersetzung in der Schweiz. 1961 überarbeitete Silone den Text.Die deutsche Übersetzung dieser Ausgabe erschien 1962 bei Kiepenheuer & Witsch. (de)
  • Fontamara estas la nomo de fikcia vilaĝo en Abruco kaj scenejo de romano de la itala verkisto Ignazio Silone. La libro ekestis en 1930 en svisa ekzilo kaj aperis en 1933 kiel traduko en Svislando.En 1961 Silone adaptis la tekston de la libro. (eo)
  • Fontamara est le premier roman de l'écrivain italien Ignazio Silone, écrit entre 1929 et 1931 à Davos en Suisse, Silone ayant fui le régime fasciste. Publié en 1933, la roman a été acclamé dans le monde entier et s'est vendu à un million et demi d'exemplaires en 27 langues. (en) a adapté le roman pour le théâtre en 1936 et la pièce Bitter Stream a été joué à New York. Carlo Lizzani a réalisé un film tiré du roman en 1980 : Fontamara. Le roman est un symbole de résistance au fascisme. (fr)
  • Fontamara är en roman från 1930 av Ignazio Silone. Den filmatiserades 1980 med Michele Placido i huvudrollen som Berardo Viola. (sv)
  • Fontamara [fontaˈmaːra] is a 1933 novel by the Italian author Ignazio Silone, written when he was a refugee from the Fascist Police in Davos, Switzerland. It is Silone's first novel and is regarded as his most famous work. It received worldwide acclaim and sold more than a million and a half copies in twenty-seven languages. It was first published as a German translation in Zurich, Switzerland in 1933 and was published in English by Penguin Books in September 1934. Fontamara is derived from the Italian 'Fonte Amara' (Bitter Stream), which Victor Wolfson used as the title for his 1936 stage adaptation of the book, presented in New York at the Civic Repertory Theatre. The novel was also adapted for cinema by director Carlo Lizzani and the film Fontamara was released in 1977. Appearing on the (en)
  • Fontamara è un romanzo di Ignazio Silone, pubblicato dapprima nel 1933 in lingua tedesca in Svizzera e reso disponibile per la prima volta in Italia nel 1945. Il successo del romanzo, che denunciava l'immoralità e gli inganni del partito fascista di Mussolini e dei suoi seguaci, fu straordinario, galvanizzando una parte dell'opinione pubblica internazionale dell'epoca, che fece di Fontamara un documento della propaganda antifascista fuori dall'Italia e un simbolo della resistenza ai regimi totalitari (Hitler era appena arrivato al potere in Germania). (it)
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