The Javelin Thrower by Richard Dixon, Paolo Volponi

The Javelin Thrower

Richard Dixon, Paolo Volponi

288 pages first pub 1981 (view editions)

fiction challenging informative reflective slow-paced
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As a boy growing up in rural Italy in the 1930s, Damìn is experiencing the first stirrings of adolescence when he accidentally sees his mother having sex with the local Fascist commandant. His pain, anger, and confusion are uncomfortably intertwin...

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