Copying and pasting the first line I used for
my post on La Scomparsa di Majorana: Another
great little book by Sciascia. In this novel Sciascia paints, with his usual
realism, an accurate picture of the intrigues of a small town in Southern
Italy, with its thirst for vengeance and the oppressive Catholic values (more
oppressive than the Church itself).
As a reader, I felt proud of Laurana’s
discoveries and intuition. Yet, since the character is an intellectual, I
imagined that his aloofness would have been enough to ensure his safety.
Clearly, being Italy and being a novel about an informal investigation on a
mysterious murder, his safety might shouldn’t have exactly been taken for
granted.
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