The World is a Prison

Cloth Text – $69.95
ISBN 978-0-8101-6050-7Trade Paper – $19.00
ISBN 978-0-8101-6051-4Publication Date
October 1999
Categories
Page Count
129 pages
Trim Size
5 x 8
ISBN
0-8101-6051-X
The World is a Prison
This classic of war literature is the story of Guglielmo Petroni--not only his experiences in the hands of Fascist police and the Gestapo, but a meditation on the survival and growth of his compatriots and his nation. Terror, uncertainty, the fear of death, and the brutality he encounters at nearly every turn are all described in concrete terms, but the author's restrained tone, informed by a sense of paradox and the absurd, conveys a depth of feeling that makes this memoir all the more remarkable.
Reviews
"A jewel of a memoir. . . . A small masterpiece." --Kirkus Reviews
"[A] stark and eloquent testament to the virtues of fortitude and forbearance." --Publishers Weekly