The House on the Hill (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: Cesare Pavese
- First Published: 1949
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Psychological realism
- Time of Work: 1943-1944
- Setting: Northern Italy
- Genres: Long fiction, Psychological fiction
- Subjects: Self-discovery, 1940’s, World War II, Death or dying, Italy or Italians, Fascism
- Locales: Turin, Italy
Characters Discussed
Corrado (kohr-RAH-doh), the narrator, a science teacher in a private school. He is a forty- year-old, self-absorbed bachelor. He is addicted to solitude and agrees with a friend who says that he is bad-tempered, proud, and afraid. He is afraid above all of commitment, either to the people who love him or to the political causes for which his friends and acquaintances are dying, such as Fascism, anti-Fascism, and Communism. The action of the novel is generated as Corrado moves between the city of Turin and the surrounding Piedmont hills, trying to escape the...
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