Umberto Saba: Ernesto [2017] paperback LGBT As the youngest student to

As the youngest student to be admitted to Bergen's prestigious Writing Academy

declaring passion over profit is a profitable move

in a society in which some are rich and some are poor

When he was only twenty-four he was appointed to the chair of classical philology at Basel University

Umberto Saba: Ernesto [2017] paperback LGBT As the youngest student toErnesto is sixteen years old and ready for life to begin. His curiosity leads him into an affair with an older man the first step on his journey to adulthood. Full of tenderness, humour and warmth, Ernesto is a beautifully rendered coming of age story. Written in 1953, but not published until 1975, this is the great Italian poet's most personal and confessional novel, presented here for the first time in unexpurgated form.