{"product_id":"the-skin-paperback-by-curzio-malaparte-introduction-by-rachel-kushner-translation-by-david-moore","title":"The Skin Paperback by Curzio Malaparte; Introduction by Rachel Kushner; Translation by David Moore","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n                            \n                                \n                                    \u003ch2\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eProduct Details\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n                                    \u003cul\u003e\n                                        \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cb\u003eNYRB Classics\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e(2013-11-05)\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                                        \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLanguage\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003eEnglish\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                                        \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e368\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003epages\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                                        \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e9781590176221\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                                        \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eItem Weight\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e357.21\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003egrams\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                                        \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e7.97 x 4.98 x 0.77\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003ecm\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                                    \u003c\/ul\u003e\n                                    \u003cbr\u003e\n                                    \u003cp\u003eThis is the first unexpurgated English edition of Curzio Malaparte’s legendary work \u003ci\u003eThe Skin\u003c\/i\u003e. The book begins in 1943, with Allied forces cementing their grip on the devastated city of Naples. The sometime Fascist and ever-resourceful Curzio Malaparte is working with the Americans as a liaison officer. He looks after Colonel Jack Hamilton, “a Christian gentleman . . . an American in the noblest sense of the word,” who speaks French and cites the classics and holds his nose as the two men tour the squalid streets of a city in ruins where liberation is only another word for desperation. Veterans of the disbanded Italian army beg for work. A rare specimen from the city’s famous aquarium is served up at a ceremonial dinner for high Allied officers. Prostitution is rampant. The smell of death is everywhere.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSubtle, cynical, evasive, manipulative, unnerving, always astonishing, Malaparte is a supreme artist of the unreliable, both the product and the prophet of a world gone rotten to the core.\u003c\/p\u003e\n                                    \u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n                                    \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCurzio Malaparte\u003c\/b\u003e (pseudonym of Kurt Eric Suckert, 1898–1957) was born in Prato, Italy, and served in World War I. An early supporter of the Italian Fascist movement and a prolific journalist, Malaparte soon established himself as an outspoken public figure. In 1931 he incurred Mussolini’s displeasure by publishing a how-to manual entitled \u003ci\u003eTechnique of the Coup-d’Etat\u003c\/i\u003e, which led to his arrest and a brief term in prison. During World War II Malaparte worked as a correspondent, for much of the time on the eastern front, and this experience provided the basis for his two most famous books, \u003ci\u003eKaputt\u003c\/i\u003e (1944; available as an NYRB classic) and \u003ci\u003eThe Skin\u003c\/i\u003e (1949). His political sympathies veered to the left after the war. He continued to write, while also involving himself in the theater and the cinema.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDavid Moore\u003c\/b\u003e’s translations include Flora Volpini’s \u003ci\u003eThe Women of Florence\u003c\/i\u003e, Dino Alfieri’s \u003ci\u003eDictators Face to Face\u003c\/i\u003e, and Malaparte’s \u003ci\u003eThe Volga Rises in Europe\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRachel Kushner\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of the novels \u003ci\u003eThe Flamethrowers \u003c\/i\u003e(2013) and \u003ci\u003eTelex from Cuba \u003c\/i\u003e(2008), which was a finalist for the National Book Award and a \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Notable Book. Her fiction and essays have appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Paris Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Believer\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eArtforum\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eBookforum\u003c\/i\u003e. 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