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Viva Caporetto! La rivolta dei santi maledetti
Viva Caporetto! è il battesimo letterario di Malaparte, l'ingresso rumoroso e scandaloso sulla scena della cultura italiana, dalla guerra combattuta e scritta nel duraturo calore del fuoco. Caporetto è in questo libro un cataclisma alluvionale che invade le pianure d'Italia, terrorizza la varia genìa dei borghesi, imboscati e profittatori, elevando una sconfitta storica al rango e al significato di una mistica vendetta del popolo umiliato e oppresso. Un libro riveduto dal suo autore che lo pubblicò per la prima volta nel 1921, quindi nel 1923. In appendice la storia editoriale del testo.
139 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1921
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Curzio Malaparte
103 books246 followersBorn Kurt Erich Suckert, he was an Italian journalist, dramatist, short-story writer, novelist and diplomat.
Born in Prato, Tuscany, he was a son of a German father and his Lombard wife, the former Evelina Perelli. He studied in Rome and then, in 1918, he started his career as a journalist. He fought in the First World War, and later, in 1922, he took part in the March on Rome.
He later saw he was wrong in supporting fascism. That is proved by reading Technique du coup d`etat (1931), where Malaparte attacked both Adolf Hitler and Mussolini. This book was the origin of his downfall inside the National Fascist Party. He was sent to internal exile from 1933 to 1938 on the island of Lipari.
He was freed on the personal intervention of Mussolini's son-in-law and heir apparent Galeazzo Ciano. Mussolini's regime arrested Malaparte again in 1938, 1939, 1941, and 1943 and imprisoned him in Rome's infamous jail Regina Coeli. His remarkable knowledge of Europe and its leaders is based upon his own experiences as a correspondent and in the Italian diplomatic service.
In 1941 he was sent to cover the Eastern Front as a correspondent for Corriere della Sera. He wrote articles about the front in Ukrania, but the fascist dictatorship of Mussollini censored it. But later, in 1943, they were collected and brought out under the title Il Volga nasce in Europa (The Volga Rises in Europe). Also, this experience provided the basis for his two most famous books, Kaputt (1944) and The Skin (1949).
Born in Prato, Tuscany, he was a son of a German father and his Lombard wife, the former Evelina Perelli. He studied in Rome and then, in 1918, he started his career as a journalist. He fought in the First World War, and later, in 1922, he took part in the March on Rome.
He later saw he was wrong in supporting fascism. That is proved by reading Technique du coup d`etat (1931), where Malaparte attacked both Adolf Hitler and Mussolini. This book was the origin of his downfall inside the National Fascist Party. He was sent to internal exile from 1933 to 1938 on the island of Lipari.
He was freed on the personal intervention of Mussolini's son-in-law and heir apparent Galeazzo Ciano. Mussolini's regime arrested Malaparte again in 1938, 1939, 1941, and 1943 and imprisoned him in Rome's infamous jail Regina Coeli. His remarkable knowledge of Europe and its leaders is based upon his own experiences as a correspondent and in the Italian diplomatic service.
In 1941 he was sent to cover the Eastern Front as a correspondent for Corriere della Sera. He wrote articles about the front in Ukrania, but the fascist dictatorship of Mussollini censored it. But later, in 1943, they were collected and brought out under the title Il Volga nasce in Europa (The Volga Rises in Europe). Also, this experience provided the basis for his two most famous books, Kaputt (1944) and The Skin (1949).
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November 29, 2012
Voici un document précieux, qui témoigne d'une analyse fine et ancrée dans son temps sur l'échec des troupes italiennes lors de cette fameuse bataille de la première guerre mondiale.
Il s'agit d'un essai qui recoupe et analyse le pourquoi d'un renoncement d'une nation, tant du point de vue de cette guerre que de la société dans son contexte général. La remise en contexte européenne agrandit le cadre d'analyse et fait la lumière sur des faits peu connus des néophytes. Il évoque déjà les racines d'un fascisme sous-jacent, d'une société où la dualité entre les élites et le peuple met fin au rêve d'unité sociale.
D'une lecture agréable, avec un style précis et limpide, on plonge avec intérêt dans cet ouvrage. Mais en tant que néophyte, on peut tout de même regretter le manque de cadrage d'un tel ouvrage qui s'adresse (comme cela a déjà été précisé dans d'autres commentaires) aux initiés.
Il s'agit d'un essai qui recoupe et analyse le pourquoi d'un renoncement d'une nation, tant du point de vue de cette guerre que de la société dans son contexte général. La remise en contexte européenne agrandit le cadre d'analyse et fait la lumière sur des faits peu connus des néophytes. Il évoque déjà les racines d'un fascisme sous-jacent, d'une société où la dualité entre les élites et le peuple met fin au rêve d'unité sociale.
D'une lecture agréable, avec un style précis et limpide, on plonge avec intérêt dans cet ouvrage. Mais en tant que néophyte, on peut tout de même regretter le manque de cadrage d'un tel ouvrage qui s'adresse (comme cela a déjà été précisé dans d'autres commentaires) aux initiés.
February 27, 2013
Un bel essai sur la première guerre mondiale vue des Alpes italiennes, sur le peuple des tranchées et le courage des soldats. Un texte intéressant pour comprendre l'attitude des italiens face à cette guerre -peu d'engagement patriotique, pas de haine des Autrichiens comme entre Français et Allemands, etc.
"Caporetto a été la première manifestation d'une nouvelle orientation de l'humanité. Toutes les renaissances sont italiennes".
"Caporetto a été la première manifestation d'une nouvelle orientation de l'humanité. Toutes les renaissances sont italiennes".
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