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Un Uomo (Biblioteca Universale Rizzoli) (original 1979; edition 2002)

by Oriana Fallaci

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Translated and sold in nineteen countries, the bestseller that brought Oriana Fallaci world success Published for the first time in 1979 by Rizzoli, A Man is the passionate story of Alekos Panagulis, hero of the Greek Resistance and Fallaci's partner. On May 1, 1976, Alexandros Panagulis, known as Alekos, the lonely hero of the Greek riot against tyranny and power, died tragically in a suspicious car crash. During his funeral, millions of people crowded the streets of Athens screaming "Zizizi!"--"Live, live, live!" This is the opening scene of A Man--and the final scene in the life of Alekos and of his love story with the author. The narration goes back some years, and the reader relives the breakdown of Alekos's relationship with Oriana Fallaci, starting with his attempt to kill the tyrant Papadopulos and his consequent arrest. Balancing romance and reportage, Fallaci describes Alekos's personal fight against tyranny and his desperate attempt to escape his inevitable arrest.   Alekos became a real hero for the Greek population; the political leadership could not kill him without stirring up the suspicion of the public. The government built him a prison called Boiati, where he survived tremendous torture, hunger strikes, and terribly unsanitary conditions. After his release, Fallaci met and interviewed him. They fell in love and shared years of romance, obsession, and madness, all recounted in this extraordinary book. The story centers on their strong and deep love, intertwined with the struggle of this Greek tragic hero, who desperately looked for freedom and who, in the end, was just a man.… (more)
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A Man by Oriana Fallaci (1979)

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  archivomorero | Jun 25, 2022 |
La storia di Alekos Panagulis, un uomo sempre coerente con i suoi ideali, che ha speso la sua vita combattendo per la libertà del suo popolo. Questo libro racconta l’attentato a Papadopulos, la cattura di Alekos, la sua prigionia, le terrificanti torture subite, la sua liberazione, la storia d’amore con la scrittrice e ancora la lotta da uomo libero, contro un sistema che manteneva alla guida del paese gli stessi uomini che avevano sostenuto la dittatura. Alekos, Don Chischiotte che combatte contro i mulini a vento e Oriana, Sancio Panza che lo segue in tutte le sue sventure; così come scrive la stessa Oriana Fallaci. Un libro mozzafiato, assolutamente da leggere. ( )
  Angelo_Lamacchia | Jun 6, 2017 |
"It is a dense book that leaves you no space to breathe really, it takes you and forcibly places you in the midst of a maddening situation of a hero bent on self-destruction."
read more: http://likeiamfeasting.blogspot.gr/2014/02/a-man-oriana-fallaci.html ( )
  mongoosenamedt | Feb 23, 2014 |
A gift from a French penpal, the first "brutal" book I read (in my 20's). With Portugal itself coming out of an almost 50-years dictatorship in 1974, I could easily relate to the protagonist's struggle against fascist Greece. But the torture passages are too graphic and you have to be in the mood. A powerful book. And my first contact with the sounds of the Greek language (through the numerous Greek untranslated transcriptions) - so much so that one phrase remained in my mind: "s'agapo tora ke ta s'agapo pentote" - something like "I love you now and forever". ( )
  Miguelnunonave | Aug 6, 2013 |
I'll underscore the sentiment to not let Fallaci's later writings about Islam dissuade you from reading this work. Fallaci was a terror to powerful dictatorial forces in both her life and her writing. A MAN is a masterpiece of political fiction and I want to underscore that word: political. A combination of biography, autobiography, and fiction (and the boundaries aren't clear) this screed rips her soul open and exposes itself to the reader. It's a political story, and she writes with political intent and does so with a unique ferocity. One of the other reviewers says that they received a copy from her during student strikes in Poland (I am jealous) and that it changed their life. Me too. My daughter is named after Oriana Fallaci. ( )
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Translated and sold in nineteen countries, the bestseller that brought Oriana Fallaci world success Published for the first time in 1979 by Rizzoli, A Man is the passionate story of Alekos Panagulis, hero of the Greek Resistance and Fallaci's partner. On May 1, 1976, Alexandros Panagulis, known as Alekos, the lonely hero of the Greek riot against tyranny and power, died tragically in a suspicious car crash. During his funeral, millions of people crowded the streets of Athens screaming "Zizizi!"--"Live, live, live!" This is the opening scene of A Man--and the final scene in the life of Alekos and of his love story with the author. The narration goes back some years, and the reader relives the breakdown of Alekos's relationship with Oriana Fallaci, starting with his attempt to kill the tyrant Papadopulos and his consequent arrest. Balancing romance and reportage, Fallaci describes Alekos's personal fight against tyranny and his desperate attempt to escape his inevitable arrest.   Alekos became a real hero for the Greek population; the political leadership could not kill him without stirring up the suspicion of the public. The government built him a prison called Boiati, where he survived tremendous torture, hunger strikes, and terribly unsanitary conditions. After his release, Fallaci met and interviewed him. They fell in love and shared years of romance, obsession, and madness, all recounted in this extraordinary book. The story centers on their strong and deep love, intertwined with the struggle of this Greek tragic hero, who desperately looked for freedom and who, in the end, was just a man.

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