Word: vittorino
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Buenos Aires' cost-of-living index has soared from 1,610 to 2,665 (from a base of 100 in January 1943). Señ Ferrer finds bread up from 4? to 8? a kilo, eggs from 14? to 47? a dozen, vegetables and fruits trebled in price. Husband Vittorino, 38, no longer goes noontimes to a restaurant; instead, he takes a sandwich and a bottle of bouillon to work. He has even given up his cheap, locally made cigarettes. His paycheck is fixed at 5,200 pesos a month (around $60 on last week's exchange market...
...final item, Kelly's review of The Red Carnation by Elio Vittorino, also has merit. Kelly explores all possible levels of the novel and writes with authority and insight. Some of his speculations on the principle character's motivations, nevertheless, are difficult to understand...
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