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DON CAMILLO #2
丿賳 賰丕賲賷賱賵 賵 倬爻乇 賳丕禺賱賮
丿丕爻鬲丕賳鈥屬囏� 丿乇 蹖讴 丿賴讴丿賴貙 蹖讴 芦丿賳蹖丕蹖 讴賵趩讴禄 丿乇 丿賵乇丕賳 倬爻 丕夭 噩賳诏 噩賴丕賳蹖 丿賵賲 乇禺 賲蹖鈥屫囐嗀� 賵 趩賵賳 亘乇禺蹖 丕夭 鬲賯丕亘賱鈥屬囏й� 丕噩鬲賲丕毓蹖 丨丕丿 丌賳 夭賲丕賳貙 丕夭 賯亘蹖賱 鬲賯丕亘賱 讴賴賳賴 賵 賳賵貙 蹖丕 鬲賯丕亘賱 讴賱蹖爻丕 賵 丕蹖丿卅賵賱賵跇蹖 趩倬 乇丕 鬲氐賵蹖乇 賲蹖鈥屭┴必嗀� 賵 賳蹖夭 亘賴 丿賱蹖賱 胤賳夭 賳蹖乇賵賲賳丿 丿丕爻鬲丕賳鈥屬囏� 賵 爻乇夭賳丿诏蹖 賵 噩匕丕亘蹖鬲 卮禺氐蹖鬲鈥屬囏ж� 禺賵丕賳賳丿诏丕賳 亘爻蹖丕乇蹖 蹖丕賮鬲賳丿貨
丿賳 讴丕賲蹖賱賵貙 讴卮蹖卮 丿賴讴丿賴貙 賵 乇賯蹖亘卮 倬倬賵賳賴貙 卮賴乇丿丕乇 趩倬鈥屭必ж� 賵 賳蹖夭 氐丿丕蹖 賲爻蹖丨 讴賴 丕夭 賮乇丕夭 蹖讴 氐賱蹖亘 亘夭乇诏 丿乇 讴賱蹖爻丕蹖 丿賴讴丿賴 賳丕馗乇 賵賯丕蹖毓 丕爻鬲 丕乇讴丕賳 丕氐賱蹖 賲丕噩乇丕賴丕蹖 丕蹖賳 丿賳蹖丕蹖 讴賵趩讴鈥屫з嗀�
丿賳 讴丕賲蹖賱賵貙 讴卮蹖卮 丿賴讴丿賴貙 賵 乇賯蹖亘卮 倬倬賵賳賴貙 卮賴乇丿丕乇 趩倬鈥屭必ж� 賵 賳蹖夭 氐丿丕蹖 賲爻蹖丨 讴賴 丕夭 賮乇丕夭 蹖讴 氐賱蹖亘 亘夭乇诏 丿乇 讴賱蹖爻丕蹖 丿賴讴丿賴 賳丕馗乇 賵賯丕蹖毓 丕爻鬲 丕乇讴丕賳 丕氐賱蹖 賲丕噩乇丕賴丕蹖 丕蹖賳 丿賳蹖丕蹖 讴賵趩讴鈥屫з嗀�
280 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1953
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Giovannino Guareschi
188听books213听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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December 23, 2018
Don Camillo e il suo gregge = Don Camillo and The Prodigal Son鈥€忊€� (Don Camillo #2), Giovannino Guareschi
Don Camillo is a character created by the Italian writer and journalist Giovannino Guareschi, whose name, and some of his character, is based on an actual Roman Catholic priest, World War II partisan and detainee at the concentration camps of Dachau and Mauthausen, named Don Camillo Valota (1912鈥�1998). Guareschi was also inspired by Don Alessandro Parenti, a priest of Trepalle, near the Swiss border. The fictional Don Camillo is one of two main protagonists of Guareschi's short stories, the other being the communist mayor of the town, Peppone. The stories are set in what Guareschi refers to as the "small world" of rural Italy after World War II. Most of the Don Camillo stories came out in the weekly magazine Candido, founded by Guareschi with Giovanni Mosca. These "Little World" (Italian: Mondo piccolo) stories amounted to 347 in total and were put together and published in eight books, only the first three of which were published when Guareschi was still alive.
鬲丕乇蹖禺 賳禺爻鬲蹖賳 禺賵丕賳卮: 乇賵夭 蹖丕夭丿賴賲 賲丕賴 丌诏賵爻鬲 爻丕賱 2012 賲蹖賱丕丿蹖
毓賳賵丕賳: 丿賳 讴丕賲蹖賱賵 賵 倬爻乇 賳丕禺賱賮貨 賳賵蹖爻賳丿賴: 噩賵賵丕賳蹖 诏賵丕乇爻讴蹖貨 賲鬲乇噩賲: 賲乇噩丕賳 乇囟丕蹖蹖貨 鬲賴乇丕賳貙 賳卮乇 賲乇讴夭貙 1385貨 丿乇 277 氐貙 賲氐賵乇貙 卮丕亘讴: 9643058727貨 趩丕倬 丿賵賲 1386貨 爻賵賲 1388貨 毓賳賵丕賳 丿蹖诏乇: 丿賳蹖丕蹖 讴賵趩讴 丿賳 讴丕賲蹖賱賵貨 賲賵囟賵毓: 丿丕爻鬲丕賳賴丕蹖 賳賵蹖爻賳丿诏丕賳 丕蹖鬲丕賱蹖丕卅蹖 - 爻丿賴 20 賲
賲丕噩乇丕賴丕 丿乇 蹖讴 丿賴讴丿賴貙 噩丕蹖蹖 丿乇 丿乇賴鈥� 蹖 乇賵丿 芦倬賵禄 丿乇 丿賵乇丕賳 倬爻 丕夭 噩賳诏 噩賴丕賳蹖 丿賵賲 乇禺 賲賷丿賴賳丿. 亘乇禺蹖 丕夭 亘乇禺賵乇丿賴丕蹖 丕噩鬲賲丕毓蹖 丿卮賵丕乇 丌賳 夭賲丕賳貙 乇賵丿乇乇賵蹖蹖 讴賱蹖爻丕 亘丕 丕蹖丿卅賵賱賵跇蹖 趩倬 亘丕 夭亘丕賳 胤賳夭 丕爻鬲. 芦丿賳 讴丕賲蹖賱賵禄 讴卮蹖卮 丿賴讴丿賴 丕爻鬲貙 賵 乇賯蹖亘卮 卮賴乇丿丕乇蹖 趩倬鈥屭必ж池� 賵 氐丿丕蹖 賲爻蹖丨 讴賴 丕夭 賮乇丕夭 蹖讴 氐賱蹖亘 亘夭乇诏 丿乇 讴賱蹖爻丕蹖 丿賴讴丿賴 賳诏丕賴诏乇 乇禺丿丕丿賴丕爻鬲. 丕. 卮乇亘蹖丕賳蹖
Don Camillo is a character created by the Italian writer and journalist Giovannino Guareschi, whose name, and some of his character, is based on an actual Roman Catholic priest, World War II partisan and detainee at the concentration camps of Dachau and Mauthausen, named Don Camillo Valota (1912鈥�1998). Guareschi was also inspired by Don Alessandro Parenti, a priest of Trepalle, near the Swiss border. The fictional Don Camillo is one of two main protagonists of Guareschi's short stories, the other being the communist mayor of the town, Peppone. The stories are set in what Guareschi refers to as the "small world" of rural Italy after World War II. Most of the Don Camillo stories came out in the weekly magazine Candido, founded by Guareschi with Giovanni Mosca. These "Little World" (Italian: Mondo piccolo) stories amounted to 347 in total and were put together and published in eight books, only the first three of which were published when Guareschi was still alive.
鬲丕乇蹖禺 賳禺爻鬲蹖賳 禺賵丕賳卮: 乇賵夭 蹖丕夭丿賴賲 賲丕賴 丌诏賵爻鬲 爻丕賱 2012 賲蹖賱丕丿蹖
毓賳賵丕賳: 丿賳 讴丕賲蹖賱賵 賵 倬爻乇 賳丕禺賱賮貨 賳賵蹖爻賳丿賴: 噩賵賵丕賳蹖 诏賵丕乇爻讴蹖貨 賲鬲乇噩賲: 賲乇噩丕賳 乇囟丕蹖蹖貨 鬲賴乇丕賳貙 賳卮乇 賲乇讴夭貙 1385貨 丿乇 277 氐貙 賲氐賵乇貙 卮丕亘讴: 9643058727貨 趩丕倬 丿賵賲 1386貨 爻賵賲 1388貨 毓賳賵丕賳 丿蹖诏乇: 丿賳蹖丕蹖 讴賵趩讴 丿賳 讴丕賲蹖賱賵貨 賲賵囟賵毓: 丿丕爻鬲丕賳賴丕蹖 賳賵蹖爻賳丿诏丕賳 丕蹖鬲丕賱蹖丕卅蹖 - 爻丿賴 20 賲
賲丕噩乇丕賴丕 丿乇 蹖讴 丿賴讴丿賴貙 噩丕蹖蹖 丿乇 丿乇賴鈥� 蹖 乇賵丿 芦倬賵禄 丿乇 丿賵乇丕賳 倬爻 丕夭 噩賳诏 噩賴丕賳蹖 丿賵賲 乇禺 賲賷丿賴賳丿. 亘乇禺蹖 丕夭 亘乇禺賵乇丿賴丕蹖 丕噩鬲賲丕毓蹖 丿卮賵丕乇 丌賳 夭賲丕賳貙 乇賵丿乇乇賵蹖蹖 讴賱蹖爻丕 亘丕 丕蹖丿卅賵賱賵跇蹖 趩倬 亘丕 夭亘丕賳 胤賳夭 丕爻鬲. 芦丿賳 讴丕賲蹖賱賵禄 讴卮蹖卮 丿賴讴丿賴 丕爻鬲貙 賵 乇賯蹖亘卮 卮賴乇丿丕乇蹖 趩倬鈥屭必ж池� 賵 氐丿丕蹖 賲爻蹖丨 讴賴 丕夭 賮乇丕夭 蹖讴 氐賱蹖亘 亘夭乇诏 丿乇 讴賱蹖爻丕蹖 丿賴讴丿賴 賳诏丕賴诏乇 乇禺丿丕丿賴丕爻鬲. 丕. 卮乇亘蹖丕賳蹖
June 27, 2021
Ogni volta che leggo qualcosa di Guareschi non mi capacito di come uno scrittore coi controfiocchi come lui sia oggi cos矛 poco letto e commentato.
Perci貌, per rendergli giustizia, questo po' po' di libro meriterebbe una lunga recensione, schietta, curata, attenta e imparziale, ma di fronte a don Camillo e a Peppone io non riesco ad essere obiettivo, non chiedetemelo.
Perch茅 io, con i film del pretone della Bassa, ci sono cresciuto, e in questi brevi racconti ho ritrovato le medesime atmosfere; certo, le pellicole rinunciano in parte alla violenza ed all'elemento soprannaturale per assecondare il gusto neorealista, ma i contenuti, la ciccia insomma, 猫 la stessa, e si ride tantissimo. Sempre.
Con le storie del suo Mondo Piccolo e dei suoi due protagonisti, eternamente contrapposti, ma sempre uniti e solidali sulle cose che contano davvero, per me Guareschi ci ha regalato uno dei pi霉 bei ritratti letterari dell'amicizia, nella sua forma pi霉 alta e nobile.
Perci貌, per rendergli giustizia, questo po' po' di libro meriterebbe una lunga recensione, schietta, curata, attenta e imparziale, ma di fronte a don Camillo e a Peppone io non riesco ad essere obiettivo, non chiedetemelo.
Perch茅 io, con i film del pretone della Bassa, ci sono cresciuto, e in questi brevi racconti ho ritrovato le medesime atmosfere; certo, le pellicole rinunciano in parte alla violenza ed all'elemento soprannaturale per assecondare il gusto neorealista, ma i contenuti, la ciccia insomma, 猫 la stessa, e si ride tantissimo. Sempre.
Con le storie del suo Mondo Piccolo e dei suoi due protagonisti, eternamente contrapposti, ma sempre uniti e solidali sulle cose che contano davvero, per me Guareschi ci ha regalato uno dei pi霉 bei ritratti letterari dell'amicizia, nella sua forma pi霉 alta e nobile.
June 18, 2016
Follow-on to The Little World of Don Camillo (my review here /review/show... ) , a continuation of more of the same. If you liked the first, you will probably like the second. The sense of looking at a lost time and place (some aspects of which are very much better staying lost) is strong and interesting; also of looking at a time and place undergoing change both in its recent past and its unsuspected future, the latter of which angle would not have been available to its original 1950s readers, and which occasionally supplies a slightly creepy frisson. (Communism, gender relations, etc.)
Ta, L.
Ta, L.
September 17, 2021
賮讴乇讴賳賲 胤賳夭 蹖賴 趩蹖夭蹖賴 (丿賯蹖賯丕賸 趩蹖夭) 讴賴 賲賵賯毓 鬲賵賱丿 鬲賵 禺賵賳 賲乇丿賲 丕蹖鬲丕賱蹖丕 鬲夭乇蹖賯 賲蹖鈥屫促�
丕賱亘鬲賴 丌賲乇蹖讴丕貙 爻賵卅丿 賵 禺蹖賱蹖 讴卮賵乇賴丕蹖 丿蹖诏賴 賴賲 丿乇 胤賳夭 爻亘讴 禺賵丿卮賵賳 乇賵 丿丕乇賳貙 丕賲丕 胤賳夭 丕丿亘蹖丕鬲 丕蹖鬲丕賱蹖丕 亘乇丕蹖 賲賳 蹖賴 趩蹖夭 丿蹖诏賴鈥屫池�. 卮丕蹖丿 亘賴 丿賱蹖賱 卮亘丕賴鬲鈥屬囏й� 賮乇賴賳诏蹖 亘丕卮賴. 丕賲丕 賲蹖鈥屫堎嗁� 亘丕 倬賵爻鬲 賵 丕爻鬲禺賵賳 丿乇讴卮 讴賳賲. 卮賵禺蹖鈥屬囏ж� 賳賴 禺蹖賱蹖 爻亘讴賴 賵 賳賴 丕賵賳賯丿乇 爻賳诏蹖賳 讴賴 賴賳诏丕賲 禺賳丿蹖丿賳 蹖讴 鬲讴亘乇蹖 丕夭 亘丕賴賵卮蹖 丿乇讴 卮賵禺蹖 鬲賵蹖 賵噩賵丿 丌丿賲 亘蹖丕丿. 丿賯蹖賯 賵 丿乇爻鬲 賵 亘乇丕蹖 賴賲賴.
诏賵丕乇爻讴蹖 丨鬲蹖 丿乇 賳賵卮鬲賳 夭賳丿诏蹖賳丕賲賴鈥屫� 賴賲 亘丕 胤賳夭 賮賵賯鈥屫з勜关ж団€屫� 丌丿賲 乇賵 睾丕賮賱诏蹖乇 賲蹖鈥屭┵嗁囏� 趩賴 亘乇爻賴 亘賴 賲噩賲賵毓賴 讴鬲丕亘鈥屬囏й屰� 亘丕 賲賵賯毓蹖鬲 賵 卮禺氐蹖鬲鈥屬囏й屰� 丕賳賯丿乇 賮賵賯鈥屫з勜关ж� 賵 亘丕 倬鬲丕賳爻蹖賱 亘丕賱丕 亘乇丕蹖 禺賱賯 蹖讴 丕孬乇 胤賳夭 讴賴 丌丿賲 乇賵 賲丨讴賵賲 賲蹖鈥屭┵嗁� 亘賴 禺賳丿蹖丿賳.
爻丕賱鈥屬囏� 倬蹖卮 讴賵乇賵卮 賳乇蹖賲丕賳蹖 賴賲 亘乇 丕爻丕爻 丕蹖賳 賲噩賲賵毓賴貙 賳賲丕蹖卮蹖 乇賵 丿乇 鬲賴乇丕賳 亘賴 氐丨賳賴 亘乇丿 (卮丕蹖丿 賴賲 丿賵 爻賴 亘丕乇). 讴賴 丕賵賳 賴賲 賳賲丕蹖卮 噩丕賱亘蹖 亘賵丿.
丕賱亘鬲賴 丌賲乇蹖讴丕貙 爻賵卅丿 賵 禺蹖賱蹖 讴卮賵乇賴丕蹖 丿蹖诏賴 賴賲 丿乇 胤賳夭 爻亘讴 禺賵丿卮賵賳 乇賵 丿丕乇賳貙 丕賲丕 胤賳夭 丕丿亘蹖丕鬲 丕蹖鬲丕賱蹖丕 亘乇丕蹖 賲賳 蹖賴 趩蹖夭 丿蹖诏賴鈥屫池�. 卮丕蹖丿 亘賴 丿賱蹖賱 卮亘丕賴鬲鈥屬囏й� 賮乇賴賳诏蹖 亘丕卮賴. 丕賲丕 賲蹖鈥屫堎嗁� 亘丕 倬賵爻鬲 賵 丕爻鬲禺賵賳 丿乇讴卮 讴賳賲. 卮賵禺蹖鈥屬囏ж� 賳賴 禺蹖賱蹖 爻亘讴賴 賵 賳賴 丕賵賳賯丿乇 爻賳诏蹖賳 讴賴 賴賳诏丕賲 禺賳丿蹖丿賳 蹖讴 鬲讴亘乇蹖 丕夭 亘丕賴賵卮蹖 丿乇讴 卮賵禺蹖 鬲賵蹖 賵噩賵丿 丌丿賲 亘蹖丕丿. 丿賯蹖賯 賵 丿乇爻鬲 賵 亘乇丕蹖 賴賲賴.
诏賵丕乇爻讴蹖 丨鬲蹖 丿乇 賳賵卮鬲賳 夭賳丿诏蹖賳丕賲賴鈥屫� 賴賲 亘丕 胤賳夭 賮賵賯鈥屫з勜关ж団€屫� 丌丿賲 乇賵 睾丕賮賱诏蹖乇 賲蹖鈥屭┵嗁囏� 趩賴 亘乇爻賴 亘賴 賲噩賲賵毓賴 讴鬲丕亘鈥屬囏й屰� 亘丕 賲賵賯毓蹖鬲 賵 卮禺氐蹖鬲鈥屬囏й屰� 丕賳賯丿乇 賮賵賯鈥屫з勜关ж� 賵 亘丕 倬鬲丕賳爻蹖賱 亘丕賱丕 亘乇丕蹖 禺賱賯 蹖讴 丕孬乇 胤賳夭 讴賴 丌丿賲 乇賵 賲丨讴賵賲 賲蹖鈥屭┵嗁� 亘賴 禺賳丿蹖丿賳.
爻丕賱鈥屬囏� 倬蹖卮 讴賵乇賵卮 賳乇蹖賲丕賳蹖 賴賲 亘乇 丕爻丕爻 丕蹖賳 賲噩賲賵毓賴貙 賳賲丕蹖卮蹖 乇賵 丿乇 鬲賴乇丕賳 亘賴 氐丨賳賴 亘乇丿 (卮丕蹖丿 賴賲 丿賵 爻賴 亘丕乇). 讴賴 丕賵賳 賴賲 賳賲丕蹖卮 噩丕賱亘蹖 亘賵丿.
September 28, 2019
La perfezione. 脠 il quarto libro di Guareschi che leggo, il terzo della saga di Don Camillo e Peppone e ancora non ho trovato un difetto.
Recensione quantomeno scarna ma non trovo ci sia molto da aggiungere. Penso sia la mia isola felice; rientra a pieno titolo tra i libri/autori terapeutici, un balsamo per l'umore, un antidepressivo culturale, il bicchiere d'acqua dopo che ti sei mangiata mezzo etto di crudo di Parma (per restare in tema). Tutto questo 猫 Giovannino Guareschi. Autore inspiegabilmente troppo poco conosciuto -ben pochi sanno che i film di Don Camillo e Peppone sono ripresi da libri- ma che ha saputo descrivere con maestria, simpatia e giusto un pizzico di cattiveria l'Italia povera del dopoguerra popolata da gente tenace ed ignorante (assolutamente non da intendersi nel senso dispregiativo del termine) ma estremamente coraggiosa.
I film sono bellissimi, li guardavo e apprezzavo fin dalla tenera et脿 e tuttora l矛 guardo di tanto in tanto in streaming ma date una possibilit脿 anche ai libri. Non ve ne pentirete e scoprirete tante storie e tanti personaggi che la pellicola ha tralasciato.
Recensione quantomeno scarna ma non trovo ci sia molto da aggiungere. Penso sia la mia isola felice; rientra a pieno titolo tra i libri/autori terapeutici, un balsamo per l'umore, un antidepressivo culturale, il bicchiere d'acqua dopo che ti sei mangiata mezzo etto di crudo di Parma (per restare in tema). Tutto questo 猫 Giovannino Guareschi. Autore inspiegabilmente troppo poco conosciuto -ben pochi sanno che i film di Don Camillo e Peppone sono ripresi da libri- ma che ha saputo descrivere con maestria, simpatia e giusto un pizzico di cattiveria l'Italia povera del dopoguerra popolata da gente tenace ed ignorante (assolutamente non da intendersi nel senso dispregiativo del termine) ma estremamente coraggiosa.
I film sono bellissimi, li guardavo e apprezzavo fin dalla tenera et脿 e tuttora l矛 guardo di tanto in tanto in streaming ma date una possibilit脿 anche ai libri. Non ve ne pentirete e scoprirete tante storie e tanti personaggi che la pellicola ha tralasciato.
November 27, 2015
鬲丕 丌賳噩丕蹖蹖 讴賴 賲蹖鈥屫堌з嗀池� 賲噩賲賵毓賴鈥屰� 丿賳 讴丕賲蹖賱賵 乇丕 禺賵丕賳丿賲貙 賴賲乇丕賴 亘丕 讴鬲丕亘 禺賳丿蹖丿賲 賵 丨丕賱賲 诏乇賮鬲賴 卮丿貙 丿卮賲賳蹖 丿賳 讴丕賲蹖賱賵 賵 倬倬賵賳賴 乇丕 丕夭 禺蹖賱蹖 丿賵爻鬲蹖 賴丕 亘蹖卮鬲乇 丿賵爻鬲 丿丕乇賲貙 丿賳 讴丕賲蹖賱賵 禺賵亘 賲胤賱賯 賳蹖爻鬲 丕賲丕 爻毓蹖 賲蹖鈥屭┵嗀� 禺賵丿卮 乇丕 亘賴 賲毓蹖丕乇 禺賵亘 亘賵丿賳 賳夭丿蹖讴 讴賳丿 . 丕賲丕 賴賲蹖卮賴 乇丿 倬丕蹖 讴賲蹖 卮蹖胤賳鬲 賲噩丕夭 鬲賵蹖 乇賮鬲丕乇卮 賴爻鬲.
丌賳噩丕蹖蹖 讴賴 乇賵丿禺丕賳賴 胤睾蹖丕賳 讴乇丿賴 亘賵丿 乇丕 亘蹖卮鬲乇 丕夭 賴賲賴 丿賵爻鬲 丿丕卮鬲賲 賲禺氐賵氐丕 丕賳噩丕蹖蹖 讴賴 倬倬賵賳賴 丨丕囟乇 賲蹖鈥屫促堌� 倬蹖卮 丿賳 讴丕賲蹖賱賵 乇賵蹖 囟毓蹖賮鈥屫臂屬� 賳賯胤賴鈥屰� 爻丿 賲賳鬲馗乇 賲蹖鈥屬呚з嗁嗀� 鬲丕 賲乇丿賲 亘丕 丕鬲讴丕 亘賴 丌賳賴丕 亘賴 讴丕乇賴丕蹖 禺賵丿卮丕賳 亘乇爻賳丿.
丌賳噩丕蹖蹖 讴賴 乇賵丿禺丕賳賴 胤睾蹖丕賳 讴乇丿賴 亘賵丿 乇丕 亘蹖卮鬲乇 丕夭 賴賲賴 丿賵爻鬲 丿丕卮鬲賲 賲禺氐賵氐丕 丕賳噩丕蹖蹖 讴賴 倬倬賵賳賴 丨丕囟乇 賲蹖鈥屫促堌� 倬蹖卮 丿賳 讴丕賲蹖賱賵 乇賵蹖 囟毓蹖賮鈥屫臂屬� 賳賯胤賴鈥屰� 爻丿 賲賳鬲馗乇 賲蹖鈥屬呚з嗁嗀� 鬲丕 賲乇丿賲 亘丕 丕鬲讴丕 亘賴 丌賳賴丕 亘賴 讴丕乇賴丕蹖 禺賵丿卮丕賳 亘乇爻賳丿.
July 17, 2019
賲噩賲賵毓賴 賷 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 賴丕賷 丿賳 賰丕賲賷賱賵 賲丕噩乇丕賴丕賷 賷賰 賰卮賷卮 賵 賷賰 卮賴乇丿丕乇 賰賲賵賳賷爻鬲 丕爻鬲 賰賴 胤賳夭 爻賷丕爻賷 丕噩鬲賲丕毓賷 噩匕丕亘賷 爻丕禺鬲賴. 賯卮賳诏 鬲乇賷賳 亘禺卮 賰鬲丕亘 賯爻賲鬲 賴丕賷賷 丕爻鬲 賰賴 亘賴 禺賵丕賳賳丿賴 賷丕丿丕賵乇賷 賲賷賰賳丿 丿乇 賳賴丕賷鬲 丕賳爻丕賳賷鬲 賵乇丕賷 賲賰丕鬲亘 爻賷丕爻賷 丕爻鬲 賵 丕賳爻丕賳 賴丕賷 卮乇賷賮 亘賴 丌賳 倬丕賷亘賳丿 賲賷 賲丕賳賳丿. 卮賵禺賷 賴丕 丿賱倬匕賷乇貙 賲賵賯毓賷鬲 賴丕 噩丕賱亘 賵 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 賴丕 倬乇 賰卮卮 賵 爻乇诏乇賲 賰賳賳丿賴 賴爻鬲賳丿. 卮禺氐賷鬲 丿賳 賰丕賲賷賱賵 賵 丿賷丕賱賵诏 賴丕賷卮 亘丕 賲噩爻賲賴 賷 賲爻賷丨 賲丨乇丕亘 賴賲 亘乇丕賷 賲賳 噩丕賱亘 亘賵丿.
June 29, 2024
Not as good as the first book, but still charming in its kindly and humorous look at a rural Italian community in the immediate post-war period as cold war tensions raged.
March 18, 2022
C'猫 un discorso che questo libro presenta su un piatto d'argento al lettore/lettrice millenial, un po' alternativo, un po' ateo o quantomeno agnostico, pomposamente "obbiettivo" (secondo se stesso) riguardo le grandi guerre del passato, e il comunismo e il fascismo, un lettore diciamo comodamente seduto sul proprio rigetto del clero e delle nefandezze dell'istituzione cattolica (in Italia e nel mondo) - questo discorso 猫 il rapporto con la religione della propria italianit脿 storica.
Naturalmente descrivo me stessa, e intavolo questo discorso con quello che mi 猫 stato rubato - da un lato e dall'altro - crescendo, questa spiritualit脿 che viene dal basso (dalla Bassa?) dalla terra che fuma la sera sotto il concime sparso, e non imposta dall'alto, dalla domenica mattina in chiesa. Una spiritualit脿 fatta di sfide e di dialoghi interiori non comandati, di vita umana che cede alla poesia anche quando non sa che si chiama cos矛, di atrocit脿 che esplodono come bolle in un mondo piccolo cos矛 che per貌 猫 tutto quello che c'猫. Questa spiritualit脿 che 猫, in fondo, come nella storia di Yann Martel, tra due versioni il racconto che preferiamo ascoltare.
Naturalmente, il racconto di Guareschi non pu貌 - per forza di cose - essere lo stesso che vorrei sentire. Peppone e don Camillo li ha scritti un uomo bianco democristiano quasi settant'anni fa. Nella storia che vorrei sentire cambierebbe probabilmente quasi tutto (e Peppone forse le prenderebbe di meno). Ma credo che persino io l'ultima parola la lascerei a quel crocifisso che cos矛 spesso chiude questi capitoli. Pure io che Peppone lo vedo un giorno s矛 e uno no allo specchio.
Un mondo in cui un Cristo cos矛 esiste forse non 猫 quello che voglio sentire, ma 猫 quello che preferisco ad uno senza.
Naturalmente descrivo me stessa, e intavolo questo discorso con quello che mi 猫 stato rubato - da un lato e dall'altro - crescendo, questa spiritualit脿 che viene dal basso (dalla Bassa?) dalla terra che fuma la sera sotto il concime sparso, e non imposta dall'alto, dalla domenica mattina in chiesa. Una spiritualit脿 fatta di sfide e di dialoghi interiori non comandati, di vita umana che cede alla poesia anche quando non sa che si chiama cos矛, di atrocit脿 che esplodono come bolle in un mondo piccolo cos矛 che per貌 猫 tutto quello che c'猫. Questa spiritualit脿 che 猫, in fondo, come nella storia di Yann Martel, tra due versioni il racconto che preferiamo ascoltare.
Naturalmente, il racconto di Guareschi non pu貌 - per forza di cose - essere lo stesso che vorrei sentire. Peppone e don Camillo li ha scritti un uomo bianco democristiano quasi settant'anni fa. Nella storia che vorrei sentire cambierebbe probabilmente quasi tutto (e Peppone forse le prenderebbe di meno). Ma credo che persino io l'ultima parola la lascerei a quel crocifisso che cos矛 spesso chiude questi capitoli. Pure io che Peppone lo vedo un giorno s矛 e uno no allo specchio.
Un mondo in cui un Cristo cos矛 esiste forse non 猫 quello che voglio sentire, ma 猫 quello che preferisco ad uno senza.
January 13, 2012
蹖賴 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 丕蹖鬲丕賱蹖丕蹖蹖 讴賴 賵賯鬲蹖 丌丿賲丕貙 乇賵丕亘胤 賵 丨乇賮 賴丕卮賵賳 乇賵 賲蹖 亘蹖賳蹖 賮讴乇 賲蹖 讴賳蹖 賲丨賱 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 禺賵丿 禺賵丿 丕蹖乇丕賳賴. 丕夭 賯賵蹖鬲乇蹖賳 胤賳夭賴丕蹖蹖 亘賵丿 讴賴 鬲丕 丨丕賱丕 禺賵賳丿賴 亘賵丿賲
August 5, 2012
賵賯鬲蹖 亘賴 丕賳丿丕夭賴 蹖 蹖讴 賮乇賴賳诏 賱睾鬲 賳丕爻夭丕 鬲賵蹖 匕賴賳 丌丿賲 亘丕卮丿貙 亘蹖 賮丕蹖丿賴 丕爻鬲 讴賴 丌丿賲 卮乇賵毓 亘賴 诏賮鬲賳 丌賳賴丕 亘讴賳丿
May 13, 2017
Reading stories of Don Camillo is to travel to the Valley of the River Po, Italy's widest and most fertile plain, with its unique atmosphere, culture and natural history. And to do so in the incomparable company of a cast of characters who testify to the exquisite humor and humanity of their creator.
Giovanni Guareschi, himself a native of the Lower Plain, first drew breath in Fontanelle di Roccabianca on May Day, 1908, returning to buy a house there in Roncole Verdi in 1952, after a decade of getting himself arrested, variously by Mussolini's Fascists, Hitler's Nazis, and Italy's President, Luigi Einaudi.
The Einaudi arrest occurred after Giovanni's satirical magazine, Candido, which had helped engineer the defeat of the 'Fronte Popolare' (the Communists) in '48, depicted Einaudi at the Quirinal Palace, surrounded by a presidential guard of giant bottles of Nebbiolo wine, suggesting perhaps that his love for the wine he produced on his farm near Dogliani might have eclipsed his commitment to the people.
The cartoon was judged a lese-majesty (an offence against the dignity of a reigning sovereign or State). Giovanni received a suspended prison sentence, later imposed after a further bust-up with the authorities, when Prime Minister Acide De Gasperi sued him for libel.
Conflict marked Giovanni's life. The combination of a humorously provocative nature and the creative talents of a cartoonist and writer was always bound to get him noticed, and quite possibly into trouble. That he survived his detractors and became not only bed-time reading for Pope Benedict XVI but also a household name across the world, was down to something else.
The Don Camillo stories reflect Giovanni's life of conflict, but also his search for enlightenment. In episode after episode, the hot-headed Catholic priest, Don Camillo, and the equally pugnacious Communist mayor, Peppone, confront one another, sometimes in a serious and violent manner. But the clever bit is the way Giovanni not only engineers a resolution to this, but transforms the situation to the great benefit of the local community, so that the two men put their political
convictions aside and, however begrudgingly, develop respect for each other.
To enable this, Giovanni created a third main character, his finest creation and the most surprising. Il Cristo presides over proceedings from a crucifix above the altar of the town church and counsels Don Camillo, exposing and undermining the stubborn priest's personal polities and prejudices and, with fascinating insights and gentle humor, suggests paths of action which, with the benefit of hindsight, we come to see make things right.
Giovanni claimed that the voice from the crucifix was merely the voice of his own conscience, but in the stories, it is a living reality which enables solutions so simple that they are beyond the reach of political minds clouded with ideology and the need to win.
Victory, as such, is never sought; the wry wisdom of il Cristo seeks not supremacy but equanimity within the Little World, which is achieved through an understanding and acceptance of what being human means. Giovanni's message is that what works at the micro level of the Little World can be made to work universally, the world over.
Another aspect of the appeal is that the Little World is inspired by the spirit of a real place and its people. The Lower Plain is a region where often 'the passion for polities is so intense that it becomes worrying' as Giovanni once said. But its people 'are pleasant and hospitable and generous, and have a high sense of humor' Creating his fictional world was second nature to him, because he himself was imbued with the spirit of it.
Giovanni Guareschi, himself a native of the Lower Plain, first drew breath in Fontanelle di Roccabianca on May Day, 1908, returning to buy a house there in Roncole Verdi in 1952, after a decade of getting himself arrested, variously by Mussolini's Fascists, Hitler's Nazis, and Italy's President, Luigi Einaudi.
The Einaudi arrest occurred after Giovanni's satirical magazine, Candido, which had helped engineer the defeat of the 'Fronte Popolare' (the Communists) in '48, depicted Einaudi at the Quirinal Palace, surrounded by a presidential guard of giant bottles of Nebbiolo wine, suggesting perhaps that his love for the wine he produced on his farm near Dogliani might have eclipsed his commitment to the people.
The cartoon was judged a lese-majesty (an offence against the dignity of a reigning sovereign or State). Giovanni received a suspended prison sentence, later imposed after a further bust-up with the authorities, when Prime Minister Acide De Gasperi sued him for libel.
Conflict marked Giovanni's life. The combination of a humorously provocative nature and the creative talents of a cartoonist and writer was always bound to get him noticed, and quite possibly into trouble. That he survived his detractors and became not only bed-time reading for Pope Benedict XVI but also a household name across the world, was down to something else.
The Don Camillo stories reflect Giovanni's life of conflict, but also his search for enlightenment. In episode after episode, the hot-headed Catholic priest, Don Camillo, and the equally pugnacious Communist mayor, Peppone, confront one another, sometimes in a serious and violent manner. But the clever bit is the way Giovanni not only engineers a resolution to this, but transforms the situation to the great benefit of the local community, so that the two men put their political
convictions aside and, however begrudgingly, develop respect for each other.
To enable this, Giovanni created a third main character, his finest creation and the most surprising. Il Cristo presides over proceedings from a crucifix above the altar of the town church and counsels Don Camillo, exposing and undermining the stubborn priest's personal polities and prejudices and, with fascinating insights and gentle humor, suggests paths of action which, with the benefit of hindsight, we come to see make things right.
Giovanni claimed that the voice from the crucifix was merely the voice of his own conscience, but in the stories, it is a living reality which enables solutions so simple that they are beyond the reach of political minds clouded with ideology and the need to win.
Victory, as such, is never sought; the wry wisdom of il Cristo seeks not supremacy but equanimity within the Little World, which is achieved through an understanding and acceptance of what being human means. Giovanni's message is that what works at the micro level of the Little World can be made to work universally, the world over.
Another aspect of the appeal is that the Little World is inspired by the spirit of a real place and its people. The Lower Plain is a region where often 'the passion for polities is so intense that it becomes worrying' as Giovanni once said. But its people 'are pleasant and hospitable and generous, and have a high sense of humor' Creating his fictional world was second nature to him, because he himself was imbued with the spirit of it.
January 19, 2020
The hot-headed, broad-shouldered Catholic priest, Don Camillo, shepherd to his flock in a little town in the Po Valley, faces trial after trial. There鈥檚 the promising schoolboy who, sent to study in the city, seems to have become surprisingly recalcitrant. There is a beautiful young woman who looks destined to give birth out of wedlock unless her ardently communist lover and her very orthodox father can come to terms with each other. There are floods, local skirmishes and disagreements, and an old and ugly figurine of the Madonna whom Don Camillo would rather not have (dis)gracing his church鈥�
And there is Peppone, the communist mayor of the town, who is not just Don Camillo鈥檚 arch enemy but ultimately and unfailingly his best friend too.
Giovanni Guareschi鈥檚 Don Camillo books are always a joy to read, and Don Camillo and his Flock is no different. This isn鈥檛 a novel, but a series of vignettes, short chapters that are sometimes loosely connected to each other, sometimes not. They bring alive a little town in postwar Italy very vividly, what with tradition battling modernity, rural life aspiring to emulate (and often simultaneously condemning) city life. There is the Marshall Plan, aiming to reconstruct Italy after the war; there are Peppone and his party, opposing the Americans鈥� largesse for all they鈥檙e worth. There are the shared memories, of times when they were all on the same side, fighting for what was right.
As always happens when I read a Don Camillo book, I found myself laughing at times, tearing up at times鈥攁nd, just as often, nodding in agreement at the simple wisdom and humanity that shines through in this series. There鈥檚 something very heartwarming about these stories, where eventually it is humanity and goodness that triumph. Not in a syrupy, preachy way, but in a style that鈥檚 often cloaked in humour. Peel away the humour, and there鈥檚 a deeper truth that is very touching.
Highly recommended.
And there is Peppone, the communist mayor of the town, who is not just Don Camillo鈥檚 arch enemy but ultimately and unfailingly his best friend too.
Giovanni Guareschi鈥檚 Don Camillo books are always a joy to read, and Don Camillo and his Flock is no different. This isn鈥檛 a novel, but a series of vignettes, short chapters that are sometimes loosely connected to each other, sometimes not. They bring alive a little town in postwar Italy very vividly, what with tradition battling modernity, rural life aspiring to emulate (and often simultaneously condemning) city life. There is the Marshall Plan, aiming to reconstruct Italy after the war; there are Peppone and his party, opposing the Americans鈥� largesse for all they鈥檙e worth. There are the shared memories, of times when they were all on the same side, fighting for what was right.
As always happens when I read a Don Camillo book, I found myself laughing at times, tearing up at times鈥攁nd, just as often, nodding in agreement at the simple wisdom and humanity that shines through in this series. There鈥檚 something very heartwarming about these stories, where eventually it is humanity and goodness that triumph. Not in a syrupy, preachy way, but in a style that鈥檚 often cloaked in humour. Peel away the humour, and there鈥檚 a deeper truth that is very touching.
Highly recommended.
March 14, 2017
Not sure why I found this a bit disappointing, but it felt a bit flat after having watched throughout my childhood the Don Camillo and Peppone film with the magnificent Fernandel. Also made the mistake of reading the foreword, which explained all about how the stories were sort of meant to be a parody of the Cold War. Until then they were just hilarious Italian stories with quite a lot of wisdom thrown in, even if often it is Jesus himself who makes you or Don Camillo see it.
August 28, 2018
What can I say? Don Camillo is always excellent. I first read of him many years ago and am now enjoying a reread with this new edition, along with some never before translated stories.
April 1, 2019
丿賳 讴丕賲蹖賱賵貙 讴卮蹖卮蹖 丕爻鬲 亘丕賴賵卮貙 乇賳丿貙 爻丕丿賴貙 禺賵卮鈥屬傎勜ㄘ� 噩賵丕賳賲乇丿貙 禺卮賳貙 賲賵賲賳貙 夭賵乇賲賳丿貙 賱噩賵噩... 乇賵爻鬲丕蹖蹖貨 倬賴 倬賵賳賴 賳蹖夭 賲乇丿蹖 丕爻鬲 夭賵乇賲賳丿貙賱噩賵噩貙 禺賵卮賯賱亘貙 賲賴乇亘丕賳貙 禺卮賳貙 爻丕丿賴鈥屬勝堌� 噩賵丕賳賲乇丿貙 噩夭賲鈥屫з嗀屫簇� 讴賲 爻賵丕丿貙 亘丕 乇賵丨蹖賴鈥屫й� 賳丕賲爻鬲丨讴賲貙 賲丕蹖賱 亘賴 丨蹖賱賴鈥屭臂� 丕賲丕 賳丕鬲賵丕賳 丕夭 丌賳貙 乇賵爻鬲丕蹖蹖 賵 ... 讴賲賵賳蹖爻鬲. 賲丨蹖胤 毓賲賱 賵 賲蹖丿丕賳 鬲毓丕乇囟 丕蹖賳 丿賵 卮禺氐蹖鬲貙 賯氐亘賴鈥屫й� 丕爻鬲 丿乇 讴賳丕乇 乇賵丿禺丕賳賴鈥屫й� 丿乇 丨丕卮蹖賴 蹖讴蹖 丕夭 卮賴乇鈥屬囏й� 丕蹖鬲丕賱蹖丕蹖蹖: 丿賳 讴丕賲蹖賱賵 讴卮蹖卮 丕蹖賳 賯氐亘賴 丕爻鬲 賵亘賴 倬賴 倬賵賳賴 卮賴乇丿丕乇 丌賳貙 讴賴 丿乇 毓蹖賳 丨丕賱 賲讴丕賳蹖讴 賯氐亘賴 賴賲 賴爻鬲. 賵 丕蹖賳 丿賵貙 亘賴 賱丨丕馗 丕禺鬲賱丕賮 丿賵 丕蹖丿卅賵賱賵跇蹖 賵 亘蹖賳卮蹖 讴賴 亘丿丕賳 倬丕蹖亘賳丿賳丿貙 丿丕卅賲 亘丕 賴賲 诏賱丕賵蹖夭... 賳蹖夭 亘丕蹖丿 亘賴 賵噩賵丿 蹖讴 卮禺氐蹖鬲 爻賵賲 賴賲 丿乇 丕蹖賳 "丿賳蹖丕蹖 讴賵趩讴" 丕卮丕乇賴 讴乇丿. 丕蹖賳 卮禺氐蹖鬲 賲噩爻賲賴 毓蹖爻蹖 賲爻蹖丨 丕爻鬲 讴賴 亘乇 賮乇丕夭 賲丨乇丕亘 讴賱蹖爻丕 賳氐亘 卮丿賴 賵 丿乇 噩乇蹖丕賳 賵賯丕蹖毓貙 诏丕賴 亘賴 丿禺丕賱鬲鈥屬囏й屰� 馗乇蹖賮貙 賲丕 丨丕氐賱 乇丕 亘賴 禺蹖乇 賵 毓丕賮蹖鬲 賲蹖鈥屭┴簇з嗀� 賵 丿乇 賳鬲蹖噩賴貙 賴乇 趩賳丿 馗丕賴乇丕賸 丿乇 倬丕蹖丕賳 賴乇 賲丕噩乇丕 賳賵毓蹖 鬲毓丕丿賱 賵 鬲賵丕夭賳 亘蹖賳 丿賵 毓賳氐乇 賳賲丕丿蹖賳 丿丕爻鬲丕賳( 讴卮蹖卮 賵 卮賴乇丿丕乇 賲丕乇讴爻蹖爻鬲 ) 亘乇賯乇丕乇 賲蹖鈥屫促堌� 丕賲丕 丨囟賵乇 賵 丿禺丕賱鬲 賲噩爻賲賴貙 賳蹖乇賵蹖 讴卮蹖卮 乇丕 讴賲蹖 "賲爻丕賵蹖鈥屫�" 賲蹖鈥屭┵嗀�.
December 4, 2017
The ultimate in comfort reading for me. Life can be difficult and a struggle but love can triumph...
The Bicycle is possibly my favourite short story of all time. Thank goodness for these wonderful stories. Now I'm hankering for Italy!
The Bicycle is possibly my favourite short story of all time. Thank goodness for these wonderful stories. Now I'm hankering for Italy!
August 30, 2022
La primera mitad del libro tiene historias algo m谩s duras y oscuras, pero a partir de Las Historias del Destierro y del Regreso y hasta el final, vuelven a ser como las historias del primer volumen. Me han gustado la bendici贸n de Pascua, el tanque, la loter铆a鈥�
June 19, 2020
Don Camillo! Don Camill-lloooooo!!
September 6, 2023
I vaguely think that I read this because Helen Lewis or some other bluestocking recommended it. These are charmingly simple short stories about a mostly-honest priest who always comes out ahead in an ongoing rivalry with his communist frenemy. Everything in the stories are simple and easily resolved in under a thousand words. My main complaint is that the priest *always* wins, and this feels both unlikely and biased. My second complaint is that they are clearly dated. My third is that they lacked all substance. I did not finish this book, but I'm glad I started it.
April 1, 2023
Don Camillo is a cultural Icon, and one very found Childhood Memory of mine.
Written by Giovanni Guareshi, is serves as a political Satire focussing on Themes of religion, patriotism, and politics from a anti Communist right-wing Perspective.
His Storys play around the cold war 脛ra, and reference the Politics of that Time.
The older I get im more and more in odds whit his Worldview, and want to express this Points, but my respect for Camillo as a cult Figur, and positive Childhood Memory is not gone yet.
Therefore I am under a bit of pressure, to give the Story the Justice it deserves.
Something undeniable no matter which political, and moral Spectrum your on is Guareshis great talent as Storyteller. For him the Region itselfe is the most important Charakter of all, and all Figures in his Books are formed by it. By living, and by growing up in that Envioument.
He knows how to create real, living, breading People, while grabbing your Attention whit his Plots.
As a deeply conservative, and religious Man, daily Prayer, and the Sunday walk to Church is a natural Part of everyones live, and God is in the constant Mind of all Charakters, at all Times.
If someone denys good, its not because they are non Belifers, its an act of defiance.
While he loves, and straight up idealizes his Home, he despises the big City, and everyone who comes from there. There charakterized as loude, unfriendly, decadent, and boastfull.
The Story itselfe plays at the Cold war 脛ra, in the late years of Stalins Life, and years after his Death.
Im no political Historican, and cant tell you how the political Climate was at the Time, certainly not the Itanian one.
From what I gateered whit a short research, the Country was heavily devided by Communists, and pro Republic right Wingers, and as such the small little Village Brescello serves as Microcosmos of the conflict outside.
Lets talk about the Main Dynamic itselfe.
The Story, and later especially the Movies claim, the two Main Charakters, Don Camillo, and Peppone are very different in there Ideals, but ultimatically want the best for there little Town.
This is somewhat correct, but most of the Time, there more focused in making the other ones Life miserable.
In other Storys, actions from one Side are absolutely correct, and aknowledged as such by the other Side, but the other Side got mearly envious of the attention, and respect, and wants its Part of the Cake.
Its easy to see Don Camillo as just this Bud Spencer light harded Comedy whit all the Violence beeing purely humoristic. Thats certainly the best approach for enjoying the Books.
But as a Political Satire, its more important to look beyond that, and analyze the Intention.
Right wing conservatives have a History of glorifying, or trivializing violence.
In America, Prison Slavery, or solidary Confinement are justified, cause Prisoners souldnt have human rights, and its a Punishment after all.
The German Nazi Jugend, and many Conversion Therapy Camps motivated little Children to go into fights, to taffen up. Making them into Man, or beating the Gay out of them.
Therefore I cant just overlook how the Book Series just pretents there wouldnt be any consequences to violence.
Non expectingly Woman have a pretty big Role in the Franchise, from an old Teacher, multible young Girls who get engaged, a Translator, to the Mayors Wife.
While there having a whide variety of different, and well developed Personalitys, and roles, there still Woman. Besides Political Activists, and a Teacher, there mainly Housewifes, or work towards becomming one.
Significantly worse is the depiction of Minoritys, and Queer People.
Besides the Russians in Comerate Don Camillo, who whit one exception are all confined whithin there own Borders, I cant emember one single example of any Foreigner, or Gay Person in any of the four Storys I read, or the Movies.
(Probably for the Best)
The Communist Party of Peppone is basicly a Tanky Party.
Hes a big Fan of Lenin, and Stalin, but belifes truely in the Communist Dream.
Peppone glorifies Stalin as a strong autoritarian, despite him not reflecting Peppones actual Ideals.
Under Peppone, the KPI supports modern Ideals like Polyamorism, and Atheism, but is depicted as disshonest, and hypocritical.
Non of Peppones Staff is truely an Atheist, and most of them attent the Church each Week, but because of the Vaticans Action to excommunicate all Communist, and because of the lack of any strong opposition-Party in Town, they see the Church as the next biggest Enemy, and try to distance themselfe from God, out of principal as much as possible.
Im not sure how real Communists thought of the Church, nowadays its hard to immagine them going after Religion diectly.
Did the Communists of that Time truely see the katholic Church as an Enemy, and fought them?
Maybe its just the paranoia of a deeply religious Man, spoting People proposing Ideas contradicting religious Norms, and seeing it as an aimed Attack on his Belifes.
I follow religious Debates, and debates whit Appologetics, and as such reconize a few similaritys, but I cant say for sure.
While having some darker Chapters here and there, most Don Camillo Storys are very light hearted.
This makes it just the more confusing how incredible Dark this Book gets.
It feels straight up depressing at Times, and the corruption of certain Charakters isnt played for laughts anymore.
In "the spell of Fear breaks" the murder Case of Pizzi is closed. In a burst of Fear, the Murderer attacked Pizzis House, and tried to murder his Child, the only witness. Gets shot to death in selfe Defense.
Inn"The Ring" an old Major, and his Wife are getting murdered. The Murderer try to replace them, by buying the Support of the Communist Clan. Later get discovered by burrowing out the Ring of the old Madame.
In "The Innocent" a old homeless Man whit his little Pet Bird requests a holy mass for the former King, leading into him beeing beaten up by anti royalist Woman of the Communist Party, his little Birdy gets stepped on, and dies in the Process.
There seemns to be a shift in the writing Style as well. Many of this little Storys seemn to be alegorys.
"Madonna Bruta", and "the Ring" feel less like Events, and more like visualisations of Ideas, or political Events. Sadly I miss the Context to make sense of most of them.
I wonder if Guareshi was in a depressive Phase back then. He once lamented in one of his Books, how more and more of his Friends adapted to the Change in Time, ...and how more and more People got accepting towards Black Folks -.-
In this very specific Case, I decided to copy the main Bulk of the Review, and adjust a few Paragraphs for the respective Book.
Written by Giovanni Guareshi, is serves as a political Satire focussing on Themes of religion, patriotism, and politics from a anti Communist right-wing Perspective.
His Storys play around the cold war 脛ra, and reference the Politics of that Time.
The older I get im more and more in odds whit his Worldview, and want to express this Points, but my respect for Camillo as a cult Figur, and positive Childhood Memory is not gone yet.
Therefore I am under a bit of pressure, to give the Story the Justice it deserves.
Something undeniable no matter which political, and moral Spectrum your on is Guareshis great talent as Storyteller. For him the Region itselfe is the most important Charakter of all, and all Figures in his Books are formed by it. By living, and by growing up in that Envioument.
He knows how to create real, living, breading People, while grabbing your Attention whit his Plots.
As a deeply conservative, and religious Man, daily Prayer, and the Sunday walk to Church is a natural Part of everyones live, and God is in the constant Mind of all Charakters, at all Times.
If someone denys good, its not because they are non Belifers, its an act of defiance.
While he loves, and straight up idealizes his Home, he despises the big City, and everyone who comes from there. There charakterized as loude, unfriendly, decadent, and boastfull.
The Story itselfe plays at the Cold war 脛ra, in the late years of Stalins Life, and years after his Death.
Im no political Historican, and cant tell you how the political Climate was at the Time, certainly not the Itanian one.
From what I gateered whit a short research, the Country was heavily devided by Communists, and pro Republic right Wingers, and as such the small little Village Brescello serves as Microcosmos of the conflict outside.
Lets talk about the Main Dynamic itselfe.
The Story, and later especially the Movies claim, the two Main Charakters, Don Camillo, and Peppone are very different in there Ideals, but ultimatically want the best for there little Town.
This is somewhat correct, but most of the Time, there more focused in making the other ones Life miserable.
In other Storys, actions from one Side are absolutely correct, and aknowledged as such by the other Side, but the other Side got mearly envious of the attention, and respect, and wants its Part of the Cake.
Its easy to see Don Camillo as just this Bud Spencer light harded Comedy whit all the Violence beeing purely humoristic. Thats certainly the best approach for enjoying the Books.
But as a Political Satire, its more important to look beyond that, and analyze the Intention.
Right wing conservatives have a History of glorifying, or trivializing violence.
In America, Prison Slavery, or solidary Confinement are justified, cause Prisoners souldnt have human rights, and its a Punishment after all.
The German Nazi Jugend, and many Conversion Therapy Camps motivated little Children to go into fights, to taffen up. Making them into Man, or beating the Gay out of them.
Therefore I cant just overlook how the Book Series just pretents there wouldnt be any consequences to violence.
Non expectingly Woman have a pretty big Role in the Franchise, from an old Teacher, multible young Girls who get engaged, a Translator, to the Mayors Wife.
While there having a whide variety of different, and well developed Personalitys, and roles, there still Woman. Besides Political Activists, and a Teacher, there mainly Housewifes, or work towards becomming one.
Significantly worse is the depiction of Minoritys, and Queer People.
Besides the Russians in Comerate Don Camillo, who whit one exception are all confined whithin there own Borders, I cant emember one single example of any Foreigner, or Gay Person in any of the four Storys I read, or the Movies.
(Probably for the Best)
The Communist Party of Peppone is basicly a Tanky Party.
Hes a big Fan of Lenin, and Stalin, but belifes truely in the Communist Dream.
Peppone glorifies Stalin as a strong autoritarian, despite him not reflecting Peppones actual Ideals.
Under Peppone, the KPI supports modern Ideals like Polyamorism, and Atheism, but is depicted as disshonest, and hypocritical.
Non of Peppones Staff is truely an Atheist, and most of them attent the Church each Week, but because of the Vaticans Action to excommunicate all Communist, and because of the lack of any strong opposition-Party in Town, they see the Church as the next biggest Enemy, and try to distance themselfe from God, out of principal as much as possible.
Im not sure how real Communists thought of the Church, nowadays its hard to immagine them going after Religion diectly.
Did the Communists of that Time truely see the katholic Church as an Enemy, and fought them?
Maybe its just the paranoia of a deeply religious Man, spoting People proposing Ideas contradicting religious Norms, and seeing it as an aimed Attack on his Belifes.
I follow religious Debates, and debates whit Appologetics, and as such reconize a few similaritys, but I cant say for sure.
While having some darker Chapters here and there, most Don Camillo Storys are very light hearted.
This makes it just the more confusing how incredible Dark this Book gets.
It feels straight up depressing at Times, and the corruption of certain Charakters isnt played for laughts anymore.
In "the spell of Fear breaks" the murder Case of Pizzi is closed. In a burst of Fear, the Murderer attacked Pizzis House, and tried to murder his Child, the only witness. Gets shot to death in selfe Defense.
Inn"The Ring" an old Major, and his Wife are getting murdered. The Murderer try to replace them, by buying the Support of the Communist Clan. Later get discovered by burrowing out the Ring of the old Madame.
In "The Innocent" a old homeless Man whit his little Pet Bird requests a holy mass for the former King, leading into him beeing beaten up by anti royalist Woman of the Communist Party, his little Birdy gets stepped on, and dies in the Process.
There seemns to be a shift in the writing Style as well. Many of this little Storys seemn to be alegorys.
"Madonna Bruta", and "the Ring" feel less like Events, and more like visualisations of Ideas, or political Events. Sadly I miss the Context to make sense of most of them.
I wonder if Guareshi was in a depressive Phase back then. He once lamented in one of his Books, how more and more of his Friends adapted to the Change in Time, ...and how more and more People got accepting towards Black Folks -.-
In this very specific Case, I decided to copy the main Bulk of the Review, and adjust a few Paragraphs for the respective Book.
March 19, 2009
丕蹖賳 讴鬲丕亘 卮丕賲賱 賲噩賲賵毓賴 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 賴丕蹖 讴賵鬲丕賴 亘賴 賴賲 倬蹖賵爻鬲賴 丕蹖 丿乇 亘丕乇賴 賲乇丿賲 蹖讴 丿賴讴丿賴 丿乇 丕蹖鬲丕賱蹖丕 亘賵丿
丿賳 讴丕賲蹖賱賵 讴卮蹖卮 丿賴讴丿賴 賴爻鬲 賵 丿乇 鬲賲丕賲蹖 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 賴丕 賳賯卮 丿丕乇賴
倬倬賵賳賴 賴賲 亘禺卮丿丕乇 讴賲賵賳蹖爻鬲 丿賴讴丿賴 丕爻鬲 讴賴 亘丕 賵噩賵丿 鬲囟丕丿賴丕蹖 爻蹖丕爻蹖 賵 賲匕賴亘蹖卮 亘丕 丿賳 讴丕賲蹖賱賵 亘乇丕卮 丕丨鬲乇丕賲 夭蹖丕丿蹖 賯丕卅賱 賴爻鬲 賵 丿乇 讴賳丕乇 丕匕蹖鬲 賴丕卮 讴賱蹖 賴賲 賴賵丕卮賵 丿丕乇賴.
丿丕爻鬲丕賳 賴丕 亘賴 鬲賯丕亘賱 賲匕賴亘蹖 亘賵丿賳 丿賳 讴丕賲蹖賱賵 賵 讴賲賵賳蹖爻鬲 亘賵丿賳 倬倬賵賳賴 賲蹖 倬乇丿丕夭賴 賵 賳卮賵賳 賲蹖丿賴 丿乇 丌禺乇 噩丿丕蹖 丕蹖賳 鬲囟丕丿賴丕 乇賵丨 丕賳爻丕賳蹖鬲 丕蹖賳 丿賵 丌丿賲 丕賵賳丕 乇賵 亘賴 賴賲 噩匕亘 賲蹖 讴賳賴
丕賱亘鬲賴 丕賳鬲賴丕蹖 丕讴孬乇 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 賴丕 丕蹖賳 丿賳 讴丕賲蹖賱賵 賴爻鬲 讴賴 倬蹖乇賵夭 賲蹖卮丿!
賵賱蹖 賲蹖 卮丿 亘賴 賴賵卮 賵 匕讴丕賵鬲 賳賵蹖爻賳丿賴 丿乇 禺賱丕賱 賲鬲賳 倬蹖 亘乇丿. 胤賳夭 禺丕氐 賳賵蹖爻賳丿賴 賴丕蹖 丕蹖鬲丕賱蹖丕蹖蹖 賵 氐丨賳賴 賴丕蹖 噩丕賱亘蹖 讴賴 丕蹖噩丕丿 賲蹖 讴乇丿 亘乇丕賲 噩丕賱亘 亘賵丿
倬賳噩 卮賳亘賴 29 丕爻賮賳丿 1387
丿賳 讴丕賲蹖賱賵 讴卮蹖卮 丿賴讴丿賴 賴爻鬲 賵 丿乇 鬲賲丕賲蹖 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 賴丕 賳賯卮 丿丕乇賴
倬倬賵賳賴 賴賲 亘禺卮丿丕乇 讴賲賵賳蹖爻鬲 丿賴讴丿賴 丕爻鬲 讴賴 亘丕 賵噩賵丿 鬲囟丕丿賴丕蹖 爻蹖丕爻蹖 賵 賲匕賴亘蹖卮 亘丕 丿賳 讴丕賲蹖賱賵 亘乇丕卮 丕丨鬲乇丕賲 夭蹖丕丿蹖 賯丕卅賱 賴爻鬲 賵 丿乇 讴賳丕乇 丕匕蹖鬲 賴丕卮 讴賱蹖 賴賲 賴賵丕卮賵 丿丕乇賴.
丿丕爻鬲丕賳 賴丕 亘賴 鬲賯丕亘賱 賲匕賴亘蹖 亘賵丿賳 丿賳 讴丕賲蹖賱賵 賵 讴賲賵賳蹖爻鬲 亘賵丿賳 倬倬賵賳賴 賲蹖 倬乇丿丕夭賴 賵 賳卮賵賳 賲蹖丿賴 丿乇 丌禺乇 噩丿丕蹖 丕蹖賳 鬲囟丕丿賴丕 乇賵丨 丕賳爻丕賳蹖鬲 丕蹖賳 丿賵 丌丿賲 丕賵賳丕 乇賵 亘賴 賴賲 噩匕亘 賲蹖 讴賳賴
丕賱亘鬲賴 丕賳鬲賴丕蹖 丕讴孬乇 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 賴丕 丕蹖賳 丿賳 讴丕賲蹖賱賵 賴爻鬲 讴賴 倬蹖乇賵夭 賲蹖卮丿!
賵賱蹖 賲蹖 卮丿 亘賴 賴賵卮 賵 匕讴丕賵鬲 賳賵蹖爻賳丿賴 丿乇 禺賱丕賱 賲鬲賳 倬蹖 亘乇丿. 胤賳夭 禺丕氐 賳賵蹖爻賳丿賴 賴丕蹖 丕蹖鬲丕賱蹖丕蹖蹖 賵 氐丨賳賴 賴丕蹖 噩丕賱亘蹖 讴賴 丕蹖噩丕丿 賲蹖 讴乇丿 亘乇丕賲 噩丕賱亘 亘賵丿
倬賳噩 卮賳亘賴 29 丕爻賮賳丿 1387
April 11, 2013
亘丕 禺賵賳丿賳 丕蹖賳 讴鬲丕亘 卮蹖乇蹖賳 賲蹖卮賴 賮賴賲蹖丿 讴賴 丕丿蹖丕賳 賮乇賯 趩賳丿丕賳蹖 亘丕賴賲 賳丿丕乇賳 賵 亘賳丕蹖 賴賲賴鈥屫促堎� 亘乇 氐丿丕賯鬲 賵 丕賳爻丕賳 丿賵爻鬲蹖賴. 亘毓囟蹖 丕夭 丿丕爻鬲丕賳賴丕蹖 讴鬲丕亘 禺蹖賱蹖 噩賴丕賳蹖 亘賵丿賳 賴乇趩賳丿 鬲賵蹖 丿賴讴丿賴 讴賵趩蹖讴蹖 丕鬲賮丕賯 丕賮鬲丕丿賴 亘賵丿賳. 禺賵賳丿卮賵 鬲賵氐蹖賴 賲蹖讴賳賲
March 4, 2016
Ottimo seguito del primo Don Camillo. Pressoch茅 un tutt'uno con il primo romanzo.
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La recensione della serie 猫 in calce a .
June 8, 2009
讴鬲丕亘 亘爻賷丕乇 爻乇诏乇賲 讴賳賳丿賴 亘賵丿 賵 賲鬲賳賷 乇賵丕賳 丿丕卮鬲. 鬲賲丕賲 讴鬲丕亘 乇丕 賷讴 賳賮爻 禺賵丕賳丿賲. 胤賳夭 夭賷亘丕 賵 賴賵卮賲賳丿丕賳賴 丕賷 丿丕卮鬲 賵 讴丕賲賱丕 噩匕丕亘 賵 夭賷亘丕 亘賵丿.
September 14, 2015
A truly unique view of what Italians did, and what the Marshall plan didn't.
March 27, 2016
鬲乇讴蹖亘 賲爻蹖丨蹖鬲 賵 讴賲賵賳蹖爻鬲 賵 蹖讴 丿賴讴丿賴 讴賵趩蹖讴 讴賴 賱亘禺賳丿 乇賵蹖 賱亘丕賲 丌賵乇丿
November 24, 2019
诏夭蹖賳賴 蹖 噩丕賱亘蹖 賲蹖鬲賵賳賴 亘丕卮賴 亘乇丕 禺賵賳丿賳 蹖讴蹖 丿賵鬲丕 丕夭 丿丕爻鬲丕賳賴丕卮 賯亘賱 丕夭 禺賵丕亘. 賳賲蹖丿賵賳賲 賮囟丕蹖 賮乇賴賳诏蹖 賲鬲賮丕賵鬲 亘賵丿賴 蹖丕 鬲乇噩賲賴, 賵賱蹖 丨爻. 賲蹖讴賳賲 胤賳夭 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 讴丕賲賱 賲賳鬲賯賱 賳賲蹖卮賴 亘賴 禺賵丕賳賳丿賴.
September 29, 2023
It is important to remember the context of any work, especially one like this which is a collection of semi-serial fiction published within a decade of WWII and reflective of the post war recovery in Italy. Anyone even slightly familiar with the period knows of the turmoil in Italian politics, especially the strength of the Communist Party. The Mayor Peppone and Don Camillo represent the duality of the Italian rural population, raised within the Church, witness to the Spanish Civil War, and then basically occupied by the Germans in the Po Valley after the Italian surrender in early September, 1943.
Peppone and Don Camillo's respect for each other was apparantly forged during their time together as members of the resistance to the Germans and that bond is reflected throughout the stories, especially the last one. This respect overcomes obstacles and allows them to settle issues pragmatically, as opposed to their opposition to each other as Communist or Catholic.
Having read the series as a middle school student investigating a possible vocation to the Priesthood, the rereading at age 71 provided a totally different viewpoint, and better understanding of the author's true intent with the stories both politically and as entertainment.
Peppone and Don Camillo's respect for each other was apparantly forged during their time together as members of the resistance to the Germans and that bond is reflected throughout the stories, especially the last one. This respect overcomes obstacles and allows them to settle issues pragmatically, as opposed to their opposition to each other as Communist or Catholic.
Having read the series as a middle school student investigating a possible vocation to the Priesthood, the rereading at age 71 provided a totally different viewpoint, and better understanding of the author's true intent with the stories both politically and as entertainment.
August 29, 2022
Il grande mondo fatto di personaggi, di storie e di vita pulsante di quel 鈥渕ondo piccolo鈥� caro all鈥檃utore che ha saputo raccontare e farci amare non solo due iconici personaggi come don Camillo e il sindaco Peppone ma anche la sua terra e la sua gente. Ci si emoziona, si ride e si parteggia spudoratamente ora per il burbero sindaco rosso dal cuore d鈥檕ro, sia per l鈥檌mmenso pretaccio reazionario. Ogni libro uscito dalla penna di Guareschi meriterebbe di venir inserito nelle antologie scolastiche per la sua bella scrittura e per la sua spontaneit脿 culturale.
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