tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post6828021816726841427..comments2024-03-27T16:48:21.039-05:00Comments on Wuthering <br>Expectations: His mother had almost forgotten his real name - Verga's "Rosso Malpelo"Amateur Reader (Tom)http://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-23704431758633360132015-03-12T12:47:37.469-05:002015-03-12T12:47:37.469-05:00This peak period amounts to two novels and a coupl...This peak period amounts to two novels and a couple dozen stories, which in a sense is not a lot, but within that limit he is something else. He invented or defined Sicilian literature. If you read him, you'll see Sciascia here, Lampedusa there.Amateur Reader (Tom)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-821129745304997292015-03-12T11:47:52.644-05:002015-03-12T11:47:52.644-05:00You're certainly discovering a lot of new to m...You're certainly discovering a lot of new to me nuggets via your Italian reading project, signore Amateur Reader. Thanks for sharing this one, which indeed sounds fine and maybe even great.Richardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01746599416342846897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-40284612195032639882015-03-12T08:27:27.289-05:002015-03-12T08:27:27.289-05:00Pure deadpan irony.Pure deadpan irony.Amateur Reader (Tom)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-4967499607848584662015-03-12T08:24:19.822-05:002015-03-12T08:24:19.822-05:00"Pretence of objectivity": precisely. Ve..."Pretence of objectivity": precisely. Verga is not siding with the wrong side - he is merely "pretending" to; and the pretence is so deliberately transparent, that the reader's sympathies are inevitably directed against what the author literally says, and towards what he have no doubt the author actually means.<br /><br />This is among the very best stories I have come across.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com