Cesare Pavese - Trying to Live - Diaries 1935-1950

The village and farm environment, in which he spent his early youth, inspired Cesare Pavese's first novel, The Moon and Bonfires, as well as his first poems. In this diary you will find more thoughts on the art of this great writer than on everyday events. We are publishing this invaluable book in full text for the first time, which was published two years after his death under the name of Living.