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The Rutgers University - FALL 2010 | ||
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First Words: A Childhood in Fascist Italy (Reprint Edition) by Rosetta Loy, Gregory Conti (Translator) Paperback, 208 Pages, Published 2001 ISBN-10: 0-8050-6738-8 / 0805067388 ISBN-13: 978-0-8050-6738-5 / 9780805067385 In this understated yet scathing memoir, novelist Rosetta Loy intersperses scenes from her affluent childhood with a broader portrait of anti-Semitism in fascist Italy. The otherwise effective translation has softened Loy's original title (in Italian, "The Word Jew") but not her blistering depiction |