Bread and Wine by Ignazio Silone

Bread and Wine

The Abruzzo Cycle #2

Ignazio Silone with Irving Howe (Contributor), Barry Menikoff (Contributor), Eric Mosbacher (Translator)

279 pages • first pub 1937 (editions)

fiction classics challenging reflective slow-paced
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When it first appeared in 1936, Bread and Wine stunned the world with its exposure of Italy's fascist state, depicting that regime's use of brute force for the body and lies for the mind. Through the story of Pietro Spina, who returns from fifteen...

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Community Reviews

3.81
based on 191 reviews

Moods

reflective: 83%

dark: 41%

informative: 41%

sad: 41%

challenging: 33%

inspiring: 33%

adventurous: 25%

emotional: 25%

tense: 16%

funny: 8%

lighthearted: 8%

mysterious: 8%

relaxing: 8%

Pace

50% of readers chose medium
50% of readers chose slow
medium
slow

Plot or character driven?

9% of readers chose Plot
63% of readers chose A mix
27% of readers chose Character
Plot
A mix
Character

Strong character development?

44% of readers chose Yes
44% of readers chose Complicated
11% of readers chose No
Yes
Complicated
No

Loveable characters?

44% of readers chose Yes
33% of readers chose Complicated
11% of readers chose No
11% of readers chose N/A
Yes
Complicated
No
N/A

Diverse cast of characters?

33% of readers chose Yes
11% of readers chose Complicated
22% of readers chose No
33% of readers chose N/A
Yes
Complicated
No
N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus?

33% of readers chose Yes
22% of readers chose Complicated
22% of readers chose No
22% of readers chose N/A
Yes
Complicated
No
N/A

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