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Synopsis
Aldo Palazzeschi (1885-1974) is arguably the major twentieth-century Italian writer who has been most neglected by the English-speaking world. Born in Florence and trained as an actor, Palazzeschi ranks high as a poet and fiction writer in his homeland. His work, which attempts to recreate the experience of a spectator watching and listening to a character on stage, won him the praise of F.T. Marinetti, the founder of Italian futurism, who enrolled the young poet in his avant-garde coterie despite the fact that, stylistically, Palazzeschi's work had little in common with futurism.
A Tournament of Misfits brings together a selection of Palazzeschi's short fiction for the first time in English. Through clear and fluid translations, Nicolas J. Perella demonstrates Palazzeschi's use of laughter to debunk social and literary myths. As a social being, Palazzeschi felt himself a deviant, but he was saved from a self-destructive bitterness by his capacity for irony, which he often directed at himself as well as at others. Yet, it would be a mistake not to see the desperate yearning for liberation from society's rigid code behind the irony and the fun in Palazzeschi's work. With this translation, Perella brings Palazzeschi to life for a new audience to appreciate.
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À propos des auteurs
Aldo Palazzeschi (1885-1974) was an Italian novelist, poet, journalist, and essayist of the neoavanguardia movement.
Nicolas J. Perella is a professor emeritus in the Department of Italian Studies at the University of California, Berkeley.
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A Tournament of Misfits: Tall Tales and Short (Lorenzo Da Ponte Italian Library)
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University of Toronto Press, 2005
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ISBN 13 : 9780802048899
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A Tournament of Misfits: Tall Tales and Short (Lorenzo DaPonte Italian Library)
Edité par
University of Toronto Press, 2005
ISBN 10 : 0802048897
ISBN 13 : 9780802048899
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Soft cover. Etat : Very Good. Paperback, xliii + 200 pages, NOT ex-library. Signs of light wear. Interior is clean and bright with unmarked text, free of inscriptions and stamps, firmly bound. Spine free of creases. Covers show regular shelfwear, a bit of rubbing to the edges. -- Aldo Palazzeschi (1885-1974) is arguably the major twentieth-century Italian writer who has been most neglected by the English-speaking world. Born in Florence and trained as an actor, Palazzeschi ranks high as a poet and fiction writer in his homeland. His work, which attempts to recreate the experience of a spectator watching and listening to a character on stage, won him the praise of F.T. Marinetti, the founder of Italian futurism, who enrolled the young poet in his avant-garde coterie despite the fact that, stylistically, Palazzeschi's work had little in common with futurism. "A Tournament of Misfits" brings together a selection of Palazzeschi's short fiction for the first time in English. Through clear and fluid translations, Nicolas J. Perella demonstrates Palazzeschi's use of laughter to debunk social and literary myths. As a social being, Palazzeschi felt himself a deviant, but he was saved from a self-destructive bitterness by his capacity for irony, which he often directed at himself as well as at others. Yet, it would be a mistake not to see the desperate yearning for liberation from society's rigid code behind the irony and the fun in Palazzeschi's work. With this translation, Perella brings Palazzeschi to life for a new audience to appreciate. -- Contents: Introduction: Tall Tales and Short; A Solitary Gentleman; Servite Domino in Laetitia; The Black Mark; Our Friend Galletti; Bistino and the Marquis;A Small Sentimental Gem; Little Maria; The Beautiful King; Dagobert; The Gift; A Small Gastronomic Gem; The Portrait of the Queen; The Hunchback; Summer Noontide; Silence. N° de réf. du vendeur 011230
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