Sunday, January 08, 2017

Untouchable 96

Leonardo Sciascia's statue
in Racalmuto,
his native town in Sicily.


Leonardo Sciascia (January 8, 1921 – November 20, 1989)

Leonardo Sciascia Web (italiano)

9 comments:

  1. What a great idea for a statue. I have never heard of him.

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    1. "I call it the coffee line, the strong black coffee line... It's rising like mercury in a thermometer... this strong coffee line, this scandal line, rising up throughout Italy and already passed Rome...” ― Leonardo Sciascia, The Day of the Owl

      The dark stain has spread much wider, actually, such as I do begin to yearn to leave (sometimes).

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    2. I wonder how often people will tell their neighbours: "Imagine, today I ran into Leonardo Sciascia."
      Despite knowing you are not a fervent reader of fiction I do suggest: In case you have two pairs of trousers sell one and buy his books.

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    3. I believe I could manage that outlay without selling the trousers, but which book? The Day of the Owl or another? Not that I am promising to follow your suggestion, but I will consider it.

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    4. Hm, difficult to decide. My first encounter with Sciascia's work was The Day of the Owl.
      Then followed:
      - To Each His Own;

      - Equal Danger;

      - The Mystery of Majorana, which in the German translation is a book of its own; The Moro Affair I haven't read yet, but hopefully will.

      - Simple Story; in the German translation the book also contains "Death and the Knight" which you would find in Open Doors and three Novellas.

      Finally for now, I recommend The Wine Dark Sea.

      Whatever book you decide to give a try: I hope you will like it.




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    5. I do begin to wonder if there is more truth to be found in fiction than in many words presented as fact.

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    6. My dear friend, in fiction, in satire, in (political) cabaret. Almost certainly, in the fiction of Leonardo Sciascia.
      'Post-truth' / 'postfaktisch' has become 'word of the year' in Germany.

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  2. Now he's on my list too.

    The wonderful statue reminds me of the marvelous collection of street bronzes in Portland.

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    1. Wonderful. Please let me know, when you have finished the first book and ordered the second. :)
      No street bronzes in Halifax then? I

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