Oh, Serafina!: A Fable of Ecology, Lunacy, and Love - Paperback
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Availability:Out of StockContributor:Giuseppe Berto, Gregory Conti, Matteo GilebbiSeries:Other Voices of ItalyPublish date:2023-08-11Pages:140
Languages:EnglishPublisher:Rutgers University PressISBN-13:9781978835740ISBN-10:1978835744UPC:9781978835740Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:Literary, Humorous, World LiteratureBook Topic:Black Humor, ItalySize:8.06 x 5.07 x 0.38 inchesWeight:0.34Product ID:SCJHREM208
Heir to the FIBA button factory in Lombardy, Augustus is profiting from Italy's postwar industrial boom. Yet the dreamy young man is far from your stereotypical industrialist. He is less interested in making money than in talking to the birds in the surrounding garden and in making love to a beautiful factory worker named Palmira. But when the money-hungry Palmira schemes to have him institutionalized, Augustus finds a new love among his fellow mental patients: flute-playing flower child Serafina. Can Augustus and Serafina find a way to break free and express their love of each other and of nature in this crazy world? Newly translated into English, Giuseppe Berto's charming 1973 novel Oh, Serafina! was one of the first works of Italian literature to deal with ecological themes while also questioning the destructive effects of industrial capitalism, the many forms spirituality might take, and the ways our society defines madness. This translation includes a foreword from literary scholar Matteo Gilebbi that provides biographical, historical, and philosophical context for appreciating this whimsical fable of ecology, lunacy, and love.
Languages:EnglishPublisher:Rutgers University PressISBN-13:9781978835740ISBN-10:1978835744UPC:9781978835740Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:Literary, Humorous, World LiteratureBook Topic:Black Humor, ItalySize:8.06 x 5.07 x 0.38 inchesWeight:0.34Product ID:SCJHREM208
GIUSEPPE BERTO (1914-1978) was born in a small town in Veneto, Italy, and went on to author numerous screenplays, short stories, and novels, including The Sky Is Red, written during his time as a P. O. W. in Texas. A controversial author in postwar Italy, Berto was nevertheless the recipient of the Viareggio Prize and the Campiello Prize, and his work has drawn more critical attention in recent years. GREGORY CONTI has over twenty-five published translations, including works by Emilio Lussu, Rosetta Loy, and Paolo Rumiz. His most recent translations include two books by Stefano Mancuso: The Incredible Journey of Plants and The Nation of Plants. He has lived in Perugia, Italy, since 1985.
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