Gramsci's Fall

Nora Bossong's novel explores the conflicts between intense feelings for another person and fighting for great ideals, focusing on Antonio Gramsci's relationship with a Russian comrade.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 326 pages
Publication date: 05 February 2023
Publisher: Seagull Books London Ltd

Forty-six-year-old Anton Stövers marriage is broken. His affairs are a thing of the past, and his career at the university has reached a dead end. One day, he is offered the chance to go to Rome to conduct research on Antonio Gramsci, at one time the leading figure of Italian communism. Once there, he falls obsessively in love with a young woman he has met while continuing to focus his attention on the past: the frail and feverish Gramsci recovering in a Soviet sanatorium. Though Gramsci is supposed to save Italy from Mussolinis seizure of power, he falls in love with a Russian comrade instead. With a subtle sense of the absurd, Nora Bossong explores the conflicts between having intense feelings for another and fighting for great ideals.

Forty-six-year-old Anton Stövers marriage is broken. His affairs are a thing of the past, and his career at the university has reached a dead end. One day, he is offered the chance to go to Rome to conduct research on Antonio Gramsci, at one time the leading figure of Italian communism. Once there, he falls obsessively in love with a young woman he has met while continuing to focus his attention on the past: the frail and feverish Gramsci recovering in a Soviet sanatorium. Though Gramsci is supposed to save Italy from Mussolinis seizure of power, he falls in love with a Russian comrade instead. With a subtle sense of the absurd, Nora Bossong explores the conflicts between having intense feelings for another and fighting for great ideals.

Weight: 368g
Dimension: 204 x 127 x 22 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781803091891