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DON CAMILLO #6
Don Camillo Takes the Devil by the Tail
'These haunting stories about this haunting place... Somehow Guareschi made people laugh at their own predicament at a time when humour was sorely needed.' BBC Radio Four
As everyone knows, taking a serpent by the tail is not a good idea. But in the Little World of Don Camillo, where the Devil crops up in many a guise to break the quiet rhythm of everyday life, hilarious and unearthly things can happen to draw the poison from his bite...
No. 7 in the Don Camillo Series, this bumper volume of classic Tales from the Lower Plain includes 18 stories by Guareschi never before translated into English.
Beloved of 23 million readers worldwide, the appeal is universal to readers aged from 10 to 100.
As everyone knows, taking a serpent by the tail is not a good idea. But in the Little World of Don Camillo, where the Devil crops up in many a guise to break the quiet rhythm of everyday life, hilarious and unearthly things can happen to draw the poison from his bite...
No. 7 in the Don Camillo Series, this bumper volume of classic Tales from the Lower Plain includes 18 stories by Guareschi never before translated into English.
Beloved of 23 million readers worldwide, the appeal is universal to readers aged from 10 to 100.
290 pages, Kindle Edition
Published June 11, 2020
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Giovannino Guareschi
269 books215 followersGiovannino Oliviero Giuseppe Guareschi, also know as Giovanni Guareschi, was a Italian journalist, writer, humorist. Along with Giovanni Mosca and Giaci Mondaini he founded the humorous magazine "Candido". He was well know because of the "Don Camillo" series based on the stories about the two main characters: Don Camillo, the priest and Peppone, the communist Mayor.
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May 5, 2018
This is a collection of short stories - a couple of pages each - about a picturesque (which is to say, poor and hard-working) Italian village in the 40s. The Church and the Communist movement - as embodied in Don Camillo, the village priest, and Peppone, the mayor/mechanic - are CONSTANTLY locking horns, apparently viciously opposed.
And yet. In so many of these sketches, one of them saves the other or takes a hostile stance or action only to repent angrily and make some kind of conciliatory gesture, going to incredible effort the while to save face. They are ADORABLE, blustering, intelligent, GOOD men. Also quick with their fists, which is a treat. I like to see religious disputes settled with a good fist fight.
This isn't a bucolic BBC period piece; these wives get knocked around sometimes (but so do the husbands). Children go hungry. People die. AND YET - in a town where the priest has earnest conversations with the wooden Christ, and the Christ speaks back - how can one help but believe that in the end all will be well.
A very wise, compassionate, lovely book, with sweet little angel vs devil illustrations at the head of each chapter. Lovely, lovely, LOVELY stories.
And yet. In so many of these sketches, one of them saves the other or takes a hostile stance or action only to repent angrily and make some kind of conciliatory gesture, going to incredible effort the while to save face. They are ADORABLE, blustering, intelligent, GOOD men. Also quick with their fists, which is a treat. I like to see religious disputes settled with a good fist fight.
This isn't a bucolic BBC period piece; these wives get knocked around sometimes (but so do the husbands). Children go hungry. People die. AND YET - in a town where the priest has earnest conversations with the wooden Christ, and the Christ speaks back - how can one help but believe that in the end all will be well.
A very wise, compassionate, lovely book, with sweet little angel vs devil illustrations at the head of each chapter. Lovely, lovely, LOVELY stories.
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