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Article: Il cadetto.(Review)
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- World Literature Today
- Article date:
- June 22, 2000
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Cosimo Argentina, Il cadetto. Venice. Marsilio. 1999. 242 pages. L.28,000. ISBN 88-317-7166-3.
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