Voices from the Plains
by Gianni Celati
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The narrator of these fictional tales has set off on a walk along the valley of the River Po. The stories of the people he meets are presented in a series of episodes and anecdotes, throughout which the landscape of the Po becomes the unifying focus of attention.Tags
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Provenendo dalla lettura del successivo Verso la foce, ho amato l'unico racconto che ne anticipa temi e tono mentre per il resto mi sono un po' perso fra questa miriade di piccoli racconti dal tono surreale e insieme amaro. Forse questi sono i "sillabari" di Celati, ma personalmente resto un po' perplesso.
Gianni Celati writes:
By this time he was a man of some maturity, and a man who, that day, had combed his hair, shaved, put on a nice red tie, and come to a realization of what life is: a web of ceremonial relationships which hold together something that has no substance.
By this time he was a man of some maturity, and a man who, that day, had combed his hair, shaved, put on a nice red tie, and come to a realization of what life is: a web of ceremonial relationships which hold together something that has no substance.
Novellerne har form at mundtlige fortællinger og skrøner - mange starter med "Der var en student fra Parma" eller lignende - og er angiveligt indsamlet under forfatterens rejser på Po-sletten. Historierne er underfundige og korte, men tonen er afgjort melankolsk. De munder oftere ud i opgivenhed, overfladiskhed og tab af mening end i identitet og mening.
Bogen opfattes som et hovedværk i italiensk litteratur, men jeg forstår ikke helt fascinationen. Formen og ideen er spændende, men historierne fangede mig ikke rigtigt.
Bogen opfattes som et hovedværk i italiensk litteratur, men jeg forstår ikke helt fascinationen. Formen og ideen er spændende, men historierne fangede mig ikke rigtigt.
Jul 21, 2009Danish
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- Canonical title
- Voices from the Plains
- Original title
- Narratori delle pianure
- Original publication date
- 1985 (Italiaans) (Italiaans); 1988 (Nederlands) (Nederlands)
- Important places*
- Italië
- Original language*
- Italiaans
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- Fiction and Literature, General Fiction
- DDC/MDS
- 853.914 — Literature & rhetoric Italian, Romanian & related literatures Italian fiction 1900- 20th Century 1945-1999
- LCC
- PQ4863 .E36 .N3 — Language and Literature French, Italian, Spanish and Portuguese literatures Italian literature Individual authors, 1961-2000
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