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Approfittando della tradizionale metafora degli animali il romano Trilussacompie una divertente ma spietata analisi dei vizi e delle debolezze dell'uomo. Una serie di racconti fantasiosi che con tono scanzonato ribadiscono leaspirazioni e le debolezze di tutta l'umanità.
- GenresPoetry
167 pages, Paperback
First published July 20, 1940
About the author
Trilussa
72 books9 followersCarlo Alberto Salustri was an Italian dialect poet, better known by his pen name of Trilussa (an anagram of “Salustri”). He is best known for the poems, some of them sonnets, written in the dialect of Rome.
Trilussa lived a very poor childhood, as his father had died when he was only three years old. After irregular studies, he made a very early poetical debut in 1887 on the Rugantino magazine directed by Alfredo Zanazzo. Later he wrote also for Don Chisciotte, Capitan Fracassa, Il Messaggero and Il Travaso delle idee. His first collection, Le stelle de Roma ("Rome's Stars"), is from 1889
Trilussa's fame grew in the 1920s and 1930s, though he was not a part of any literary circle, preferring to be in the streets and taverns, which were the source of his inspiration. His poetry features the petite-bourgeoisie of Rome: the housewife, the store clerk, the servant, but also contain strong satirical denounces against governments and the vices of rich people. Some of the sonnets are Aesop-like moralistic fables. Trilussa's own sketches and drawings were featured alongside his poetry.
A very popular person in his city and Italy, Trilussa was named Life Senator on December 1, 1950, by the Italian President Luigi Einaudi. He died twenty days later.
In the work known as Illustrissimi, a collection of letters written by Pope John Paul I when he was Patriarch of Venice, Trilussa is one of the recipients of the letters.
Trilussa lived a very poor childhood, as his father had died when he was only three years old. After irregular studies, he made a very early poetical debut in 1887 on the Rugantino magazine directed by Alfredo Zanazzo. Later he wrote also for Don Chisciotte, Capitan Fracassa, Il Messaggero and Il Travaso delle idee. His first collection, Le stelle de Roma ("Rome's Stars"), is from 1889
Trilussa's fame grew in the 1920s and 1930s, though he was not a part of any literary circle, preferring to be in the streets and taverns, which were the source of his inspiration. His poetry features the petite-bourgeoisie of Rome: the housewife, the store clerk, the servant, but also contain strong satirical denounces against governments and the vices of rich people. Some of the sonnets are Aesop-like moralistic fables. Trilussa's own sketches and drawings were featured alongside his poetry.
A very popular person in his city and Italy, Trilussa was named Life Senator on December 1, 1950, by the Italian President Luigi Einaudi. He died twenty days later.
In the work known as Illustrissimi, a collection of letters written by Pope John Paul I when he was Patriarch of Venice, Trilussa is one of the recipients of the letters.
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September 15, 2020
Tra questi versi ho trovato di tutto: risate e lacrime,umorismo e saggezza, satira e poesia.
Trilussa con le sue favole in miniatura — tanto piccole da poter essere conservate sul palmo di una mano— da alla luce verità scomode, spesso difficili da guardare in faccia. Lo fa in maniera unica, tutta nel suo stile, utilizzando il dialetto romano in modo magistrale e talvolta, persino commovente.
Le lezioni e le favole da cui trarre profondi spunti di riflessione infatti, sono tante, innumerevoli oserei dire.
La saggezza tutta popolare dei raramente sbaglia e immergendomi in queste pagine me ne sono convinta ancora di più.
Le cose semplici sono sempre le più vere ma anche le più preziose... e forse è proprio per questo che sono sopravvissute al tempo, passando di bocca in bocca, di esperienza in esperienza e infine di generazione in generazione
Consigliato. ♥️
Trilussa con le sue favole in miniatura — tanto piccole da poter essere conservate sul palmo di una mano— da alla luce verità scomode, spesso difficili da guardare in faccia. Lo fa in maniera unica, tutta nel suo stile, utilizzando il dialetto romano in modo magistrale e talvolta, persino commovente.
Le lezioni e le favole da cui trarre profondi spunti di riflessione infatti, sono tante, innumerevoli oserei dire.
La saggezza tutta popolare dei raramente sbaglia e immergendomi in queste pagine me ne sono convinta ancora di più.
Le cose semplici sono sempre le più vere ma anche le più preziose... e forse è proprio per questo che sono sopravvissute al tempo, passando di bocca in bocca, di esperienza in esperienza e infine di generazione in generazione
Consigliato. ♥️
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