Background
Menen, Aubrey was born on April 22, 1912 in London. Son of Kali Narain and Alice Violet (Everett) Menen.
(In September 1943, Naples lay devastated by incessant bom...)
In September 1943, Naples lay devastated by incessant bombardment from Allied planes. The city, under an iron occupation by the Germans, was without food. During the bombardment, the famed scugnizzi, the street boys, of Naples grew increasingly exasperated by the passiveness of their elders. Known for their daring, verve, and enterprise, the boys staged an incredible revolt against the Germans on September 28, 1943. Dragging furniture into the roadways, they built barricades and shot at the enemy with stolen guns, inspiring many adults and Italian army deserters to join their ranks. Three days and hundreds of deaths later, the Germans left the city for good. Author Aubrey Menen, who heard the story of those historic four days from the scugnizzi themselves in 1948, here recreates the battle street by street, house by house.
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Menen, Aubrey was born on April 22, 1912 in London. Son of Kali Narain and Alice Violet (Everett) Menen.
Student, University College, London, 1930-1932.
He was also a drama critic, theater director, advertising agency executive, and an alumnus of University College London. The first sentence of "Dead Man in the Silver Market" offers an example of his good-humored approach to this contentious topic: "Men of all races have always sought for a convincing explanation of their own astonishing excellence and they have frequently found what they were looking for." Menen's humor did not undercut his love for India, however, as can be seen in his book on Hindu mystics and his text to Rolof Beny's great book of photographs of. A quote: "There are three things which are real: God, human folly, and laughter.
Since the first two pass our comprehension, we must do what we can with the third." If his top end fails him, at least his nether end won't. "The Prevalence of Witches" takes place in an uncivilized area of India which he calls "Limbo", possibly an homage to the work by Aldous Huxley whom he explicitly acknowledges in the book as one of the greatest writers of his time.
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(His 11th book, a satire on Western superiority.)
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(Speaking The Language Like A Native)
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(Rome Revealed, by Menen, Aubrey)
(Ramayana, The by Menen, Aubrey)
(Archaeology, Roman Studies)
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His essays and novels explore the nature of nationalism and the cultural contrast between his own Irish-Indian ancestry and his traditional British upbringing.
Quotations:
"There are three things which are real: God, human folly, and laughter. Since the first two pass our comprehension, we must do what we can with the third." Asked to give advice to writers, Mr. Menen, who was admired as a satirist, told the publication Contemporary Authors that the aspiring writer should perform a daily physical exercise: He should sit on his bottom in front of a table equipped with writing materials, he said.
If his top end fails him, at least his nether end won't. "The Prevalence of Witches" takes place in an uncivilized area of India which he calls "Limbo".