Alberto Savinio, Author Eridanos Press $21 (146p) ISBN 978-0-941419-04-8
As explained in the foreword by art critic Ashton, Savinio is the pseudonym of Giorgio de Chirico's brother Andreas. Multitalented Savinio was also a musician and painter who created a minor stir in the surrealist circle. This quasi-autobiographical
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Alberto Savinio, trans. from the Italian by Richard Pevear. Counterpoint (PGW, dist.), $23 (176p) ISBN 978-1-61902-238-6
This collection, the acclaimed Savinio’s last completed work before his death in 1954, places itself at a disadvantage by featuring the title character in most of the selections, making for a degree of monotony. Still, these low-key, subtly humorous
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Alberto Savinio, Author, Susan Etlinger, Translator, James Brook, Translator Atlas Press (GB) $12.95 (0p) ISBN 978-0-947757-28-1
Savinio (1891-1952) takes liberties with classical myths, abuses footnotes in an almost postmodern fashion and includes a number of languages and heady allusions to unclothe humanity and civilization in this sly, cynical collection of surrealist...
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