It was to Lucania, a desolate land in southern Italy, that Carlo Levi--a doctor, painter, philosopher, and man of letters--was confined as a political prisoner because of his opposition to Italy's Fascist government at the start of the Ethiopian war in 1935. While there, Levi reflected on the harsh [...]
A tribute to Calabrians and their way of life notes their seclusion from the commercial practices of other Italian regions and describes the author's tour beside a postcard photographer who identified for him the area's most noteworthy sites and revealed local cooking secrets and cultural traditions[...]