The essay focuses on the modalities adopted by Magris in his novel, Alla cieca, to merge literature and civil engagement through a fine narrative construction. By populating his writing with precise documentary research and taking advantage of the possibilities of invention, the author succeeds in giving voice to minimum destinies of History and save their high moral lesson. This can also be seen through a comparative reading of the pages of the novel dealing with Tito’s gulag, Goli Otok, and Scotti’s book, which is a historical reconstruction provided by witnesses of the events suffered by Italians who lived there.
University of Florence, Italy
Chapter Title
Alla cieca e il testimone di secondo grado
Authors
Monica Pesce
Language
Italian
DOI
10.36253/978-88-5518-338-3.26
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Publication Year
2021
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Book Title
Firenze per Claudio Magris
Editors
Ernestina Pellegrini, Federico Fastelli, Diego Salvadori
Peer Reviewed
Publication Year
2021
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© 2021 Author(s)
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Publisher Name
Firenze University Press
DOI
10.36253/978-88-5518-338-3
eISBN (pdf)
978-88-5518-338-3
eISBN (xml)
978-88-5518-339-0
Series Title
Biblioteca di Studi di Filologia Moderna
Series E-ISSN
2420-8361