1937 Bread And Wine Book Collector Ignazio Silone English Hardcover Antique

Beautiful condition, first edition hardcover 1937 book Bread and Wine by Ignazio Silone - Translated from Italian to English by Gwenda David and Eric Mosbacher. Published by Harper & Brothers Publishers in New York & London in 1937 (87 years ago). Book cover is a pale blue with gold inlay lettering. No seam splitting on cover but middle of the book has one opening point that should be handled with care. The spine has a beautiful, ornate design and would look beautiful as part of an antique book display! Synopsis: Pietro Spina is a young revolutionary who is being sought by authorities. He takes on the disguise of an old priest known as Don Paolo Spada. Pietro lives in Abruzzo, in village of Pietrasecca (Marsica), and is forced to pretend to be a priest, to avoid arousing suspicion. The fascist police are on his trail, and Pietro has only a few friends to rely on. Meanwhile, the young man is in contact with the sad reality of ignorant peasants of the village of Pietrasecca: he realizes that to make a revolution against fascism is always difficult, because the problem of the revolution is at its own root. In Abruzzo, there are many backward villages, such as Pietrasecca, where the laws of nature and the peasants are inviolable. Meanwhile, Pietro Spina falls in love with a girl but can not reveal his true identity.