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Title: Christ in Concrete by Pietro Di Donato, Studs Terkel, Fred L. Gardaphe ISBN: 0-451-52575-2 Publisher: Signet Pub. Date: July, 1993 Format: Mass Market Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $7.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (4 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: A moving "symphony of struggle"
Comment: "Christ in Concrete," by Pietro di Donato, is a superb novel of the Italian-American experience. The Signet Classic edition contains a preface by Studs Terkel and a very informative introduction by Fred L. Gardaphe. Terkel notes that the book was first published in 1939, and compares it to John Steinbeck's "Grapes of Wrath."
"Christ" tells the story of an urban, working-class Italian-American family in the early part of the 20th century. Much of the book is focused on Paul, a young man who finds work as a bricklayer.
di Donato writes with a vivid style; he attains a muscular poetry of blood and concrete as he describes the workers' "symphony of struggle." He brings to life both the specifics of Italian-American life as well as the larger multicultural world in which Paul's family lives. The book deals with Italian-American folk beliefs, tenement living, bilingualism, and a young man's sexual awakening. di Donato also writes on the theme of the common person's struggle against uncaring officialdom. He also explores the question of faith in the face of suffering.
There are many vivid scenes and characters in this novel. One account of an Italian-American feast is particularly memorable. There are also some really graphic, horrifying descriptions of workplace death and injury. I believe that this powerful novel belongs on the shelf with all those great books that sympathetically look at the oppressed and the overworked in the United States. And for another author who has written eloquently on the Italian-American experience, I recommend the fiction of John Fante.
Rating: 5
Summary: Wonderfully heartrending
Comment: This tale of the Italian-American experience told through the voice of a young man whose father is killed in a bizarre construction accident is overwhelming.
It is perhaps the most overlooked American classic.
Rating: 5
Summary: the elusive dream
Comment: One of the greatest of great Italian American novels addressing the immigrant participation in the bricks and mortar of building America and those who fell short of achieving the dream.
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Title: La Storia: Five Centuries of the Italian American Experience by Jerre Mangione ISBN: 0060924411 Publisher: Perennial Pub. Date: 15 September, 1993 List Price(USD): $18.00 |
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Title: Umbertina: A Novel by Helen Barolini, Edvige Giunta ISBN: 155861205X Publisher: The Feminist Press at CUNY Pub. Date: January, 1999 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
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Title: Don't Tell Mama!: The Penguin Book of Italian American Writing by Regina Barreca ISBN: 014200247X Publisher: Penguin USA (Paper) Pub. Date: October, 2002 List Price(USD): $16.00 |
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Title: Italian-American Folklore by Frances M. Malpezzi, William M. Clements ISBN: 087483533X Publisher: August House Pub Pub. Date: September, 1998 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: In the Garden of Papa Santuzzu : A Novel by Tony Ardizzone ISBN: 0312263414 Publisher: Picador USA Pub. Date: 07 July, 2000 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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