The last day of youth

The last day of youth (original title: Il ricordo della Basca ) is a thematic linked collection of eleven stories by the Italian writer Antonio Delfini , which was published in 1938 and in 1987 in a German translation by Marianne Schneider.

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In the volume, the author tells from the perspective of the passionate café visitor , always unhappy in love and punished with an overly critical eye, of his never-abandoned environment in his native Modena . As in all of his stories, it becomes a refuge for memories and unfulfilled longings. However, all of his characters also relate to himself - to his self-image as a failed bourgeois existence, his constant status as a lover and the missed opportunities of a dreamy, enthusiastic life.

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• Antonio Delfini: Il ricordo della Basca . Parenti, Florence 1938
• Antonio Delfini: The Last Day of Youth . Eleven stories and one story. Translation and afterword by Marianne Schneider, Frankfurter Verlagsanstalt , Frankfurt am Main 1987, 269 pages, ISBN 3-627-10030-1