The Dogs of the Sinai

Franco Fortini, Alberto Toscano

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Seagull Books London Ltd
11 February 2014

Social & political philosophy; Socialism & left-of-centre democratic ideologies

Series: The Italian List

A searing introduction to Franco Fortini, a Jewish communist and a major figure in postwar Italian intellectual life, The Dogs of the Sinai is a book against—against those who love to rush to the aid of the victors, against the widespread and racist contempt for Arabs, and against the celebration of modern civilization and technology that Israel embodies. It is also the book in which Fortini sought to clarify for himself his conflicted identity as an Italian Jew.

An uncomfortably timely book, The Dogs of the Sinai combines polemic and autobiography with narrative and criticism in a terse and finely wrought reflection on politics, identity, and truthfulness in the period after the Six Day War of 1967. As topical today as it was forty-five years ago, this meditation against power is published alongside Fortini/Cani, a film by Jean-Marie Straub and Danièle Huillet, drawn from Fortini’s essay. The film includes moving scenes of the author reading excerpts from his book against quiet landscapes. The Dogs of the Sinai is a powerful text from one of the most important intellectuals of the Italian New Left.

By: Franco Fortini
Translated by: Alberto Toscano
Imprint: Seagull Books London Ltd
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 21mm, Width: 15mm, Spine: 2mm
Weight: 312g
ISBN: 9780857421722
ISBN 10: 0857421727
Series: The Italian List
Pages: 140
Publication Date: 11 February 2014
Audience: College/higher education , Further / Higher Education
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Franco Fortini (1917-94) was a poet, essayist, literary critic, Marxist intellectual, and translator of Brecht, Goethe, and Kafka, among others. Alberto Toscano teaches in the Department of Sociology at Goldsmiths, University of London. He is the author of Fanaticism and The Theatre of Production and the translator of several books by Alain Badiou.

Reviews for The Dogs of the Sinai

""Franco Fortini's poetic production, literary criticism, political writings, translations, and journalism have assured him a position of the first rank among intellectuals of the Italian postwar period.""-Italica""