A classic examination of the american experience for hardworking italian immigrants living in new york citys lower east side shortly before the great depression, christ in concrete focuses on a familys struggle against harsh economic realities and tenement. And the book has a lean to it, which will go away when it is placed on the shelf. The dedication ceremony of pietro di donato, plaza in union city, new jersey, may 22, 2010. A 1939 title page from christ in concrete signed by pietro di donato with the hand written quote and always there was hunger and her bastard, the fear of hunger. Pietro di donato was born on april 3, 1911, in west hoboken, new jersey. Christ in concrete by pietro di donato, 1939, the bobbsmerrill company edition, in english. The book alternates passages of faulknerian streamofconsciousness the narrative often becomes. Rouben mamoulian collection library of congress a classic examination of the american experience for hardworking italian immigrants living in new york citys lower east side shortly before the great depression, christ in concrete focuses on a. The book, which portrayed the world of new yorks italianamerican construction workers during the great depression, was hailed by critics in the.
His father was geremio di donato and his mother was annunziata chinquina and he was the eldest of their eight children. Square, tightly bound, very good plus copy, showing some very faint, scattered discoloration to covers, and with office file copy stamped to top page edges, in bright, unclipped, but only good, slightly worn dust jacket, missing parts of spine. Pietro di donato was born on april 3, 1911 in west hoboken, new jersey and died on january 19, 1992. The book, which made di donato famous, was originally published by esquire magazine as a short story and was expanded into a novel by di donato. A classic examination of the american experience for hardworking italian immigrants living in new york citys lower east side shortly before the great depression, christ in concrete focuses on a familys. Christ in concrete presents the often harrowing story of an italian immigrant family in new york city in the 1920s. March 1 1937 pietro di donato christ in concrete pietro di donato march 1 1937. Truly the work of a literary genius, pretty much unheralded anymore.
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