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The Street Kids by Pasolini, Pier Paolo; Goldstein, Ann is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.

What is The Street Kids about?

The “provocative” novel about hard-living teenagers in poverty-stricken postwar Rome, by the renowned Italian filmmaker ( The New York Times ). Set during the post–World War II years in the Rome of the borgate —outlying neighborhoods beset by poverty and deprivation— The Street Kids  tells the story of a group of adolescents belonging to the urban underclass. Living hand-to-mouth, Riccetto and his friends eke out an existence doing odd jobs, committing petty crimes, and prostituting themselves. Rooted in the neorealist movement of the 1950s,  The Street Kids  is a tender, heart-rending tribute to an entire social class in danger of being forgotten. Heavily censored and criticized, lambasted by much of the general public upon its publication, The Street Kids nevertheless had a force and vitality that eventually led to its being considered a masterpiece. This new translation comes from Ann Goldstein, the acclaimed translator of Elena Ferrante’s Neapolitan novels.

Who reads The Street Kids?

Author

Pasolini, Pier Paolo; Goldstein, Ann

Publisher

Europa Editions, Incorporated

Published

2016

Language

EN

ISBN

9781787700475

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Fiction, True Crime, Political Science

Rating

3.7 / 5 (38 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14