“We were very young. I don't think I ever slept that year, but I had a friend who slept even less than I did. Some mornings you could see him strolling up and down in front of the station when the first trains were arriving and leaving.”

— Cesare Pavese

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The devil in the hills (1949)

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Italian poet, novelist, literary critic, and translator 1908–1950

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