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Cesare Pavese

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And then we cowards …

Cesare Pavese

Dawn on the black hill, and up on the roof …

Cesare Pavese

The drunk mechanic is happy to be in the ditch. …

Cesare Pavese

Deola passes her mornings sitting in a cafe, …

Cesare Pavese

I’m eating a little supper by the bright window. …

Cesare Pavese

It’s a fine fact that whenever I sit in a tavern corner …

Cesare Pavese

The hard thing’s to sit without being noticed. …

Cesare Pavese

He’s brought me to hear his band. He sits in a corner …

Cesare Pavese

Rain will fall again …

Cesare Pavese

The big front wall that blocks off the courtyard …

Cesare Pavese

We would go down to the fish market early …

Cesare Pavese

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