{"product_id":"9781803091587-selected-poems","title":"Selected Poems","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe first English translation of an Italian poet known for his uncompromising integrity and strong leftist sympathy for the working man.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Born in a sub-proletarian ghetto in Italy in 1930 under the fascist regime, Luigi Di Ruscio was an urchin running wild in the countryside, a Communist with clear anarchist leanings, a jack-of-all-trades. In 1957 he emigrated to Oslo, where he worked for forty years in a steel-wire factory, spending his evenings at the typewriter, delving with furious energy into his native Italian. Di Ruscio insisted that whereas the language of power is always a contrived, one-way fabrication, the language of the underprivileged is upfront and direct, aiming straight and sharp for the truth. Caustic as a shopfloor scouring agent, exhilarating in its overabundance, humor, and outspokenness, \u003ci\u003eSelected Poems \u003c\/i\u003estands as a testament of tenacity, a record of class struggle, and a vital presence for our times.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40956211036257,"sku":"9781803091587","price":15.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_26974826.jpg?v=1721396402","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781803091587-selected-poems","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}