Oct 102014
 

LA PEUR

 

Maintenance and reading, in the presence of the translator, Muriel Gallot,
(Ultimate work of De Roberto : “1917, soldiers in the Dolomites, between courage and fear”.)
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By bringing together within a single volume two the most striking news of Federico De Roberto relating to the war of 14-18, Les Éditions Cambourakis intend to do (Re)Discover one of the lesser known aspects of his work to the French-speaking public. In fear, Federico De Roberto evokes with equanimity the programmed death of five designated successively soldiers to join a sentry post, and described with mastery the crescendo of fear that seizes those destined for death soldiers while conducting an intense reflection on the fascination of courage. The ultimate wish, unpublished in France, tells in the first part – similar to the first new because of the tone and the atmosphere – the horror of war. The author is portrayed the spirit of camaraderie that binds these men doomed to the same fate, and with the determination to make the body of a fallen Captain grounded reminiscent of obstinacy and the dignity of a modern Antigone, before changing the registry to denounce the venality of wives more interested in their husband's pension by their heroism with humour and cynicism.

 

de-robertoRoberto Federico
Born in Naples in 1861 in a family of the Sicilian nobility, Federico De Roberto abandons his studies of mathematics and physics in twenty years to devote himself entirely to his literary and journalistic activity. Iron
wind advocate of naturalistic and Verismo poetry, Roberto in rigorously applied rules, to the extreme the impersonal aspect of the narrator and the rigorous observation of the facts. He gradually turned to prose and, transferred to Milan, It is introduced via Verga in the artistic and literary environment Italian. When the war broke out of 14, Federico De Roberto is too old to be sent to the front ; However, between 1919 and 1923, nine news of war appear in various journals - engaged works, carefully documented and infinitely ontemporaines that could take for real-life testimonies. Died in 1927, This great writer is one of the most characteristic representatives of the Italian Verismo, alongside his masters, Giovanni Verga and Luigi Capuana. It is the link that leads to Pirandello, Lampedusa, Sciascia or Consolo.

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