Cristo si è fermato a Eboli
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Christ Stopped at Eboli (Italian: Cristo si è fermato a Eboli) is a book by Carlo Levi, published in 1945, giving an account of his exile from 1935-1936 to Aliano, a remote town in southern Italy, in the region of Lucania which is known today as Basilicata. In the book he gives the town the invented name 'Gagliano'.
[edit] Film adaptation
In 1979, the book was adapted into a movie, directed by Francesco Rosi and starring Gian Maria Volontè as Carlo Levi.
