The Neorealist in Winter : Stories

Name: The Neorealist in Winter : Stories
Brand: Autumn House Press

Autumn House Press

The Neorealist in WinterStories\nAuthor(s): Salvatore Pane\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Autumn House Press, United States\nImprint: Autumn House Press\nISBN-13: 9781637680780, 978-1637680780\nSynopsis\nEleven short stories following Italian characters exploring life in an era of media oversaturation.\n Salvatore Panes The Neorealist in Winter is a collection of eleven short stories that explore what it means to be human in an age of media oversaturation. Utilizing methods of speculative, historical, and postmodern storytelling, Pane grapples with legacies of immigration, poverty, toxic masculinity, and moral failures, while focusing on working-class issues, family drama, and PTSD. Following eleven Italian narrators, Pane builds a cast of cinematic characters across disparate times and placesa struggling director attends a house party in the la dolce vita of 1960s Rome, gangsters chase a low-level lottery runner in coal valley Scranton, a woman contemplates experimental surgery to p.