Spit three times
(Comic)
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Author
Contributors
Richards, Jamie, translator.
Published
New York, NY : Seven Stories Press, [2020].
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Subjects
LC Subjects
City and town life -- Italy -- Comic books, strips, etc.
Comics (Graphic works).
Coming-of-age comics.
Graphic novels.
Male friendship -- Comic books, strips, etc.
Po River Valley (Italy) -- Comic books, strips, etc.
Romanies -- Italy -- Comic books, strips, etc.
Teenage boys -- Italy -- Conduct of life -- Comic books, strips, etc.
Comics (Graphic works).
Coming-of-age comics.
Graphic novels.
Male friendship -- Comic books, strips, etc.
Po River Valley (Italy) -- Comic books, strips, etc.
Romanies -- Italy -- Comic books, strips, etc.
Teenage boys -- Italy -- Conduct of life -- Comic books, strips, etc.
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Published
New York, NY : Seven Stories Press, [2020].
Format
Comic
Physical Desc
575 pages : chiefly illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 565-567).
Description
"Guido and his pals Moreno and Katango are rebels without a cause living in a rural town of the Po Valley, a forsaken corner of the Italian countryside turned peripheral wasteland. Disaffected students of the local vocational high school, they spend their days trying to get high as a way to forget about the bleak hopelessness around them. As children, they enjoyed being the sons of rural folks and the country seemed to them a never-ending reservoir of wonders. Now that they are almost finished with high school, they much prefer to drive to the nearby Rimini and its Riviera, check out its flashy dance clubs and end up wasted on its shores. Male friendship and camaraderie are paramount: the eroticism, the violence, the power struggles--it's all there on the page. Near Guido live the Stancic, a family of Romani who escaped the communist regime of Marshal Tito and settled there just after World War II. Running parallel to the protagonist's coming-of-age is the evolving relationship that the rural town has with this group of outsiders. The author is unsparing in his depiction of the townspeople's cruelty: there is a whole catalogue of ways in which Romani people are scapegoated and made victims of the most absurd prejudice. And yet, there are also many instances of solidarity between Guido's community and the Stancic."--Provided by publisher.
Language
Translated from the Italian.
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Citations
APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Reviati, D., & Richards, J. (2020). Spit three times (English edition.). Seven Stories Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Reviati, Davide, 1966- and Jamie, Richards. 2020. Spit Three Times. Seven Stories Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Reviati, Davide, 1966- and Jamie, Richards. Spit Three Times Seven Stories Press, 2020.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Reviati, Davide, and Jamie Richards. Spit Three Times English edition., Seven Stories Press, 2020.
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