FROM THE CLOUD TO THE RESISTANCE
Two texts by Italian poet, essayist, and novelist Cesare Pavese—one, from Dialogues with Leucò, in which fallen gods debate mankind’s follies; the other, from The Moon and the Bonfires, recalling the brutal repression of antifascist partisans during WWII—inspire this work of era-spanning scope and dazzling, sun-dappled pastoral beauty.