Cesare Pavese (1908–1950) Italian poet, novelist, literary critic, and translator
This Business of Living (1935-1950)
“Everyone said he was a fool.
Everyone said she was a clever woman.
They used the word ensnare.”
Selected Poems 1976-1986 (1987), Marrying the Hangman
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