Senso: (I classici italiani dell'Ottocento)

by Camillo Boito

Senso. Nuove storielle vane fu pubblicata nel 1883 ed è la seconda raccolta di racconti di Camillo Boito. Si compone di otto storie accomunate dall'avere tutte una protagonista femminile. Il più famoso è quello che dà il titolo all'opera, anche per la trascrizione cinematografica fatta da Luchino Visconti.

134 pages, Paperback

Published June 3, 2021

About the author

He was an Italian architect and engineer, and a noted art critic, art historian and novelist.
As a novelist Boito wrote several collections of short stories, including a psychological horror short story titled "A Christmas Eve", a tale of incestuous obsession and necrophilia, which bears a striking similarity to Edgar Allan Poe's "Berenice." A short film adaptation is due for release in 2011.
Around 1882 he wrote his most famous novella, Senso, a disturbing tale of sexual decadence. In 1954, Senso was memorably adapted for the screen by Italian director Luchino Visconti and then, later, in 2002 into a more sexually disturbing adaptation by Tinto Brass.
Another story, "Un Corpo" (also dealing with themes of sexual decadence and necrophilia), has recently been adapted into an opera by the Greek composer Kharálampos Goyós.

Reviews

[Romina · Rating 5 out of 5]

Stupenda novella che cattura sin dalle prime parole. Curiosa di vedere il film di Luchino Visconti.