At 03:46 +0000 on 05/04/2000, Raffaele Lampugnani wrote:
> Would any colleague be able to suggest literary texts which deal with or
> illustrate the Italian response to the Spanish Civil War? I've been
> asked for ideas for a reader/ anthology in translation to be used in an
> interdisciplinary course in our Faculty.
> I thought of Sciascia's short stories and Goffredo Parise, but both
> authors seem to me to engage with the Spanish Civil War in a very
> indirect way.
> I should be grateful for any advice on the matter
> Raffaele Lampugnani
> Italian Studies
> Monash University
One of the most interesting texts I know of, which of course needs to be
read through a whole series of filters, is the Diary of Galeazzo Ciano; how
it looked from the "other side" - the side which, at the time, was winning
- but didn't have an easy time of it...
Tom
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