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Kaputt (New York Review Books Classics) Paperback – April 10, 2005

by Curzio Malaparte (Author), Cesare Foligno (Translator), Dan Hofstadter (Afterword)

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Curzio Malaparte was a disaffected supporter of Mussolini with a taste for danger and high living. Sent by an Italian paper during World War II to cover the fighting on the Eastern Front, Malaparte secretly wrote this terrifying report from the abyss, which became an international bestseller when it was published after the war. Telling of the siege of Leningrad, of glittering dinner parties with Nazi leaders, and of trains disgorging bodies in war-devastated Romania, Malaparte paints a picture of humanity at its most depraved.

Kaputt is an insider's dispatch from the world of the enemy that is as hypnotically fascinating as it is disturbing.
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  1. Print length
    448 pages
  2. Language
    English
  3. Publisher
    New York Review Books
  4. Publication date
    April 10, 2005
  5. Dimensions
    5.02 x 0.92 x 7.98 inches
  6. ISBN-10
    9781590171479
  7. ISBN-13
    978-1590171479
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Kaputt
The Kremlin Ball
The Skin
About this book Sent by an Italian paper during World War II to cover the fighting on the Eastern Front, Malaparte secretly wrote this terrifying report from the abyss. This Proustian court chronicle of the excesses of Communist life could only have come from the impeccably perverse imagination of Curzio Malaparte. Malaparte’s own service as an Italian liaison officer with the Allies during the invasion of Italy was the basis for this searing and surreal novel.

Editorial Reviews

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"The great paradox of Kaputt is that it is a stunning indictment of fascism written by an unrepentant fascist. . . . Malaparte’s descriptions of modern war have not aged an iota and might well have been written for today’s conflagration in Ukraine." —Tobias Grey, The Wall Street Journal

"Partly true and partly fiction, Kaputt is based on Malparte's experiences as a journalist following the Fascist armies invading the Soviet Union...Malaparte’s grotesquely baroque stories do not need to be true. They speak honestly about the absurd horrors of war." —The Times [UK]
"Frank, glamorous and gruesome, Kaputt delivers a unique insider’s verdict on the damned elite of a damnable system." —The Independent [UK]
"…a transcendent work about the admixture of high culture, bestial depravity and human sadism. Part autobiography and part fiction, it captures seemingly unfathomable history. No work has ever revealed more about the murderous blend of zeal and indifference that is fanaticism. Simultaneously mythic and wholly human, Kaputt haunts the reader forever." —Wall Street Journal

"A scrupulous reporter? Probably not. One of the most remarkable writers of the 20th century? Certainly." — Ian Buruma

"Kaputt is a sad, astonishing, horrifying and lyrical book. It shows us the results of ideological fanaticism, racism, twisted values masquerading as spiritual purity, and the hatred of life, in their most personal and shameful aspects. It is essential for any human understanding of World War II." — Margaret Atwood

"An amazing and engrossing book…quite brilliantly done, crammed with incredible and terrifying stories." —Orville Prescott, The New York Times

"[Kaputt] is like a report from the interior of Chernobyl. Malaparte had gotten very close to the radioactive core of the Axis Powers and somehow emerged to tell the tale, simultaneously humanizing things and rendering them even more chilling as a result…. Required reading for every citizen of the Twentieth Century." —Walter Murch

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"Kaputt is a sad, astonishing, horrifying and lyrical book. It shows us the results of ideological fanaticism, racism, twisted values masquerading as spiritual purity, and the hatred of life, in their most personal and shameful aspects. It is essential for any human understanding of World War II." Margaret Atwood

Product details

  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ 1590171470
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ New York Review Books
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ April 10, 2005
  • Edition ‏ : ‎ Main
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 448 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 9781590171479
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1590171479
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 15.6 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.02 x 0.92 x 7.98 inches
  • Best Sellers Rank: #117,902 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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