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Leonardo Sciascia

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Author : Joseph Farrell
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1995

Leonardo Sciascia written by Joseph Farrell and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1995 with Literary Criticism categories.

"In this, the first critical study of Sciascia to appear in English since his death, Joseph Farrell examines the various aspects of his work as novelist, critic, essayist, journalist and acerbic political observer to show how the historical and cultural complexities of Sicily shaped his wider vision of life." "A tenacious opponent of the Mafia, Sciascia recreated the detective story both to give voice to his opposition and to continue his own quest for an order founded on the values the Mafia contradicts - justice, truth and reason. His output falls into two categories, works of historical and contemporary fiction, and 'essay-investigations' which delve into mysteries from his own time and from the past. Sciascia always confronted the central political and moral issues of the day, and with most of his work now available in translation, this is a timely study of an important and influential Italian writer."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved

The Wine Dark Sea

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Author : Leonardo Sciascia
language : en
Publisher: Granta Books
Release Date : 2014-01-02

The Wine Dark Sea written by Leonardo Sciascia and has been published by Granta Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-01-02 with Fiction categories.

Here are some of Sciascia's greatest stories - brief and haunting, the realist tradition at its best. In one tale a couple of men talk, cynically yet earnestly, about the etymology of the word 'mafia' - who they are, and why their interest is so piqued by the word, becomes apparent with frightening clarity. In another story a group of peasants are taken on board ship and promised that they will be put ashore illegally at Trenton, New Jersey; after a long time at sea, their landfall is far from what they expected. And Mussolini himself takes an interest in the case of Aleister Crowley, whose presence in Sicily has become an embarrassment.

Sicily As Metaphor

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Author : Leonardo Sciascia
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1994

Sicily As Metaphor written by Leonardo Sciascia and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1994 with Biography & Autobiography categories.

Sicily as Metaphor, an intellectual autobiography and companion piece to Sciascia's imaginative writings, resulted from the conversations he had toward the end of the 1970s with the French journalist Marcelle Padovani, correspondent for Le Nouvel Observateur in Italy and author of a history of the Italian Communist Party.

Leonardo Sciascia S French Authors

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Author : Ian R. Morrison
language : en
Publisher: Peter Lang
Release Date : 2009

Leonardo Sciascia S French Authors written by Ian R. Morrison and has been published by Peter Lang this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009 with Literary Criticism categories.

Sciascia frequently alludes to French authors, and is often taken to have a close relationship with French literature in general. However, academic critics have never given this important relationship comprehensive and detailed examination. This book focuses on the most relevant French writers. For the majority, attention falls on two complementary areas: the opinions that Sciascia expresses about the writer in his essays; and intertextual allusions to the writer in Sciascia's fiction. These allusions often shift the meaning of the host text or markedly increase its impact. This book works on the assumption that, in order to analyse these effects fully, a careful reading of the relevant French texts is needed. This exploration leads to a reappraisal of Sciascia's relations both with particular French authors and also with French literature generally.

Leonardo Sciascia 1956 1976

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Author : Giovanna R. Jackson
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1981

Leonardo Sciascia 1956 1976 written by Giovanna R. Jackson and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1981 with categories.

Sciascia Untoro

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Author : Filippo Sciascia
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2008

Sciascia Untoro written by Filippo Sciascia and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008 with categories.

Inquisition And Inquiry

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Author : Anne Mullen
language : en
Publisher: Troubador Publishing Ltd
Release Date : 2000

Inquisition And Inquiry written by Anne Mullen and has been published by Troubador Publishing Ltd this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000 with Literary Criticism categories.

This study focuses on the narrative form which figured prominently in Sciascia's literary production in the 1970s and 1980s, that is, inchiesta, the non-fiction investigative essay, based principally on Manzoni's Storia della colonna infame [The Column of Infamy]. In his inchieste Sciascia investigates episodes in history, from the time of the Inquisition through to his own contemporary times, where intolerance and injustice outmatch human weakness and fear. This study considers Sciascia's commingling of detective and investigative writing, and his attempts at historiography. One striking feature of his narrative technique is his reliance on literature to interpret the past.

Leonardo Sciascia The Man And The Writer

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Author : Joseph Farrell
language : en
Publisher: Casa Editrice Leo S. Olschki
Release Date : 2022

Leonardo Sciascia The Man And The Writer written by Joseph Farrell and has been published by Casa Editrice Leo S. Olschki this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022 with Literary Criticism categories.

Restlessness of imagination and intellect in a writer can damage his standing with critics, but Sciascia's insatiable curiosity, keen intellect, detestation of injustice wherever perpetrated have made him a writer who could not be restricted to any one genre. His reputation has been enhanced by his versatility, guaranteeing his place among the great writers of the twentieth century. He remains best known, especially outside Italy, as novelist and author of idiosyncratic detective stories which seek to discover not only 'whodunnit' but why the crime was committed, who profits by it, and what is the nature of collusion between low-level criminals and seemingly respectable figures in society. His novels, including To Each His Own and The Context, can be enjoyed as thrillers or crime stories, but they simultaneously probe questions of socio-political ethics. The investigation by his detectives is not primarily directed at individual guilt but at uncovering flaws in the very structure of society. He exposed mafia power in Sicily and Italy, and the mafia provided the lens or metaphor behind his sceptical view of all power. He once accused himself of not having great creative powers, and while this judgement is highly dubious, he did not always find fiction the most suitable vehicle for his enquiries. He devised a new genre which corresponds to no existing category but which can be conveniently described as the 'essay-enquiry'. The very idea of enquiry is the central feature of his cast of mind and of his output as a whole, fiction or non-fiction. Essay-enquiries include Death of the Inquisitor, set in the age of the Counter-Reformation, The Stabbers, an account of a plot in Palermo in the mid nineteenth century after Garibaldi's landing, and The Moro Case, an investigation into the kidnap and assassination of the politician Aldo Moro by the Red Brigades in 1970s Italy. In addition, Sciascia was what would once have been known as a 'man of letters', author of many essays and articles on literature, history and politics, as well as an acerbic commentator on current affairs, essayist, belle-lettrist and occasional poet. He acknowledged his debt to Enlightenment thinkers and his insistence on reason as the basis of civilisation has contributed to his fame outside as well as inside Italy. His focal point was his native Sicily, but his work is the product of a refined, critical spirit which is both Sicilian and cosmopolitan, which is at home in different cultures and which acknowledges its debt to such varied authors as Pirandello, Stendhal, Kafka and Borges. His tenacious campaigning for truth and justice gives him renewed importance in an age of relativist scepticism. An early enthusiast, Gore Vidal, once wrote that Sciascia has made out of his curious Sicilian experience a literature that is not quite like anything else done by a European. He himself claimed that his Sicilian experience made him a pessimist, but his works give ground for hope. This new volume attempts to give due attention to the totality of his rich and varied output, to evaluate his achievement in the context of own time and also to assess his enduring legacy. It is hoped that it will extend the appeal of this important author to an English-speaking audience.

Open Doors And Three Novellas

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Author : Leonardo Sciascia
language : en
Publisher: Vintage
Release Date : 1993-11-02

Open Doors And Three Novellas written by Leonardo Sciascia and has been published by Vintage this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1993-11-02 with Fiction categories.

“A miniature masterpiece [by] one of the most distinctive voices in 20th-century European literature.”—The New York Times Book Review From one of modern Italy’s greatest writers come four flawless novellas that combine history and fiction while mapping the treacherous relations between individuals and the state. Whether set amid the paranoia of the fascist past or the criminal and political labyrinths of present-day Italy, the novellas in Open Doors are thrillers of Kafkaesque moral gravity, beautifully written and relentlessly engrossing. “During the last quarter century, Sciascia has made of his curious Sicilian experience a literature that is not quite like anything else ever done by a European.”—Gore Vidal “Sciascia has claimed a niche in the critical pantheon comparable to [that of] Pirandello and Borges.”—Washington Post Book World “Combining fiction, historical meditation, philosophy and intellectual detective work . . . these novels [are] a poignant gleam of the elusive gold standard in literature.”—Newsday “Our century’s most brilliant writer-detective.”—Village Voice

To Each His Own

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Author : Leonardo Sciascia
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1989

To Each His Own written by Leonardo Sciascia and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1989 with Italian fiction categories.

This is a short, powerful novel dealing with the complicities and accomodations of power within Italian politics.