{"product_id":"hard-labor-9781681378787","title":"Hard Labor","description":"\u003cb\u003eA landmark translation of passionate, fiercely intelligent poetry about coming of age by one of the most influential Italian writers of the twentieth century.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCesare Pavese's 1936 collection of poems, \u003ci\u003eLavorare stanca\u003c\/i\u003e, is increasingly regarded as one of the most astonishing and powerful books of twentieth-century poetry. William Arrowsmith's translations capture the spirit and complex vitality of Pavese's voice. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis bilingual edition also contains a thorough introduction to Pavese's work, notes to individual poems, and two critical essays that he wrote about \u003ci\u003eLavorare stanca\u003c\/i\u003e, the book by which he hoped to be remembered. \"\u003ci\u003eLavorare stanca\u003c\/i\u003e,\" he once declared, \"is a book that might have saved a generation.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e New York Review of Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/17\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781681378787\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.81lbs","brand":"Cesare Pavese","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45316475584693,"sku":"9781681378787","price":18.7,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_154349dc-52b6-4def-ba50-259d2f80e31c.jpg?v=1745331427","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/hard-labor-9781681378787","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}