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Miasta świata
Miasta świata – powieść niedokończona, opublikowana pośmiertnie przez wydawnictwo Einaudi w 1969 roku.
To opowieść o podróży pasterza i jego syna, którzy przeganiają owce przez tereny południowo-wschodniej Sycylii, mijając po drodze sycylijskie miasteczka. Chłopiec zobaczywszy Scicli myśli, że to miasto jest tak piękne jak Jerozolima: „To najpiękniejsze miasto jakie kiedykolwiek widzieliśmy, piękniejsze niż Piazza Armerina, niż Caltagirone, niż Ragusa, niż Nicosia czy Enna”.
Po drodze spotykają inne osoby, uciekinierów, poszukiwaczy przygód, prostytutki. Wszystkich bohaterów łączy jedno – podróż, która jest albo ucieczką przed kimś czy przed czyś, bądź też chęcią uwolnienia się od swojej przeszłości. Wszyscy bohaterowie to postaci z krwi i kości, nietuzinkowe, a miejsca do których docierają stają się ich mikrokosmosem, nie pozbawionym swojego sycylijskiego charakteru i stosunków społecznych.
To opowieść o podróży pasterza i jego syna, którzy przeganiają owce przez tereny południowo-wschodniej Sycylii, mijając po drodze sycylijskie miasteczka. Chłopiec zobaczywszy Scicli myśli, że to miasto jest tak piękne jak Jerozolima: „To najpiękniejsze miasto jakie kiedykolwiek widzieliśmy, piękniejsze niż Piazza Armerina, niż Caltagirone, niż Ragusa, niż Nicosia czy Enna”.
Po drodze spotykają inne osoby, uciekinierów, poszukiwaczy przygód, prostytutki. Wszystkich bohaterów łączy jedno – podróż, która jest albo ucieczką przed kimś czy przed czyś, bądź też chęcią uwolnienia się od swojej przeszłości. Wszyscy bohaterowie to postaci z krwi i kości, nietuzinkowe, a miejsca do których docierają stają się ich mikrokosmosem, nie pozbawionym swojego sycylijskiego charakteru i stosunków społecznych.
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First published January 1, 1974
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About the author
Elio Vittorini
91 books88 followersElio Vittorini (July 23, 1908 - February 12, 1966) was an Italian writer and novelist. He was a contemporary of Cesare Pavese and an influential voice in the modernist school of novel writing. His best-known work is the anti-fascist novel Conversations in Sicily, for which he was jailed when it was published in 1941. The first U.S. edition of the novel, published in 1949, included an introduction from Ernest Hemingway, whose style influenced Vittorini and that novel in particular.
Vittorini was born in Syracuse, Sicily, and throughout his childhood moved around Sicily with his father, a railroad worker. Several times he ran away from home, culminating in his leaving Sicily for good in 1924. For a brief period, he found employment as a construction worker in the Julian March, after which he moved to Florence to work as a type corrector (a line of work he abandoned in 1934 due to lead poisoning). Around 1927 his work began to be published in literary journals. In many cases, separate editions of his novels and short stories from this period, such as The Red Carnation were not published until after World War II, due to fascist censorship. In 1937, he was expelled from the Fascist Party for writing in support of the Republican side in the Spanish Civil War.
In 1939 he moved once again, this time to Milan. An anthology of American literature which he edited was, once more, delayed by censorship. Remaining an outspoken critic of Mussolini's regime, Vittorini was arrested and jailed in 1942. He joined the Italian Communist Party and began taking an active role in the Resistance, which provided the basis for his 1945 novel Men and not Men. Also in 1945, he briefly became the editor of the Italian Communist daily L'Unità.
After the war, Vittorini chiefly concentrated on his work as editor, helping publish work by young Italians such as Calvino and Fenoglio. His last major published work of fiction during his lifetime was 1956's Erica and her Sisters. The news of the events of the Hungarian Uprising deeply shook his convictions in Communism and made him decide to largely abandon writing, leaving unfinished work which was to be published in unedited form posthumously. For the remainder of his life, Vittorini continued in his post as an editor. He also ran a candidate on a PSI list. He died in Milan in 1966.
Vittorini was born in Syracuse, Sicily, and throughout his childhood moved around Sicily with his father, a railroad worker. Several times he ran away from home, culminating in his leaving Sicily for good in 1924. For a brief period, he found employment as a construction worker in the Julian March, after which he moved to Florence to work as a type corrector (a line of work he abandoned in 1934 due to lead poisoning). Around 1927 his work began to be published in literary journals. In many cases, separate editions of his novels and short stories from this period, such as The Red Carnation were not published until after World War II, due to fascist censorship. In 1937, he was expelled from the Fascist Party for writing in support of the Republican side in the Spanish Civil War.
In 1939 he moved once again, this time to Milan. An anthology of American literature which he edited was, once more, delayed by censorship. Remaining an outspoken critic of Mussolini's regime, Vittorini was arrested and jailed in 1942. He joined the Italian Communist Party and began taking an active role in the Resistance, which provided the basis for his 1945 novel Men and not Men. Also in 1945, he briefly became the editor of the Italian Communist daily L'Unità.
After the war, Vittorini chiefly concentrated on his work as editor, helping publish work by young Italians such as Calvino and Fenoglio. His last major published work of fiction during his lifetime was 1956's Erica and her Sisters. The news of the events of the Hungarian Uprising deeply shook his convictions in Communism and made him decide to largely abandon writing, leaving unfinished work which was to be published in unedited form posthumously. For the remainder of his life, Vittorini continued in his post as an editor. He also ran a candidate on a PSI list. He died in Milan in 1966.
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May 27, 2022
Capisco che è un libro profondo, scritto benissimo, che dovrebbe lasciare qualcosa in chi lo legge.
E a suo tempo mi costrinsi a finirlo, leggendolo poco per volta, con grande fatica. Anche perché chi me lo aveva consigliato è un caro amico, lettore e scrittore.
Ma non mi ha lasciato molto, se non un confuso ricordo di lunghe peregrinazioni e di scarni dialoghi.
E me ne dolgo.
Però...
Però ho letto che Vittorini stesso non era soddisfatto di questo lavoro, che più che incompiuto andrebbe catalogato come "work in progress".
Forse sarebbe stato più giusto non pubblicarlo.
E a suo tempo mi costrinsi a finirlo, leggendolo poco per volta, con grande fatica. Anche perché chi me lo aveva consigliato è un caro amico, lettore e scrittore.
Ma non mi ha lasciato molto, se non un confuso ricordo di lunghe peregrinazioni e di scarni dialoghi.
E me ne dolgo.
Però...
Però ho letto che Vittorini stesso non era soddisfatto di questo lavoro, che più che incompiuto andrebbe catalogato come "work in progress".
Forse sarebbe stato più giusto non pubblicarlo.
October 2, 2017
Incompiuto, certo, eppure in questo sta molto del suo fascino. Una “carta della Sicilia da completare a memoria”, l'ha definito Sciascia. Ma soprattutto mitico, simbolico, a tratti boccaccesco. E, in più, Il percorso attraverso le città della Sicilia compiuto dai personaggi del libro diventa paradigma di un’attenzione, nuova e insieme antica, al rapporto fra bellezza di un luogo e felicità dei suoi abitanti.
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