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Word: lercara (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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Resurrection. Among other scenes. Author Levi describes the dark sulphur mines of Lercara, owned by the terrible Cyclopean figure of Signor N. In their underground world, the mine workers have only recently discovered the weapons of the trade union and the strike, and in this "ordinary, normal episode of social struggle," Levi sees something comparatively religious-a kind of resurrection...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Island of Fantasy | 9/22/1958 | See Source »

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