{"product_id":"the-street-kids-9781609453084","title":"The Street Kids","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe provocative novel about hard-living teenagers in poverty-stricken postwar Rome  by the renowned Italian filmmaker (The New York Times).  Set during the postWorld War II years in the Rome of the borgateoutlying neighborhoods beset by poverty and deprivationThe 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 Ferrantes Neapolitan novels.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45924447486005,"sku":"ByrdShop_1609453085","price":336.84,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9781609453084.jpg?v=1787670876","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-street-kids-9781609453084","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}