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دنیای کوچک دن کامیلو

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شخصیت‌ها� اصلی در دنیای کوچک دن کامیلو. نمادهای ساده و زنده دو جریان عمده حاکم بر شرایط جامعه و زمان و مکان خویشند. به عبارتیفاگر هریک از عناصر اصلی «این دنیای کوچک» یعنی افراد ومحیط آن. جابه عناصر نمادین دیگری بدهد -حتی عناصر و نمادهای جامعه‌‌ا� که خواننده در هرجای جهان در آن قرار دارد- نتیجه امر تقریبا مشابه همین وضع خواهد بود. دن کامیلو، کشیشی است باهوش، رند، ساده، خوش قلب، جوانمرد، خشن، مومن، زورمند. جوج� روستایی؛ په پونه نیز مردی است زورمند، جوج خوشقلب، مهربان، خشن ساده لوح، جوانمردفجزم اندیش، کم سواد، با روحیه‌‌ا� نا مستحکم مایل به حیله گری اما ناتوان، از آن روستایی و� کمونیست. محیط عمل و میدان تعارض این دو شخصیت، قصبه‌‌ا� است در کنار رودخانه‌‌ا� در حاشیه یکی از شهرهای ایتالیایی: دن کامیلو کشیش این قصبه است و به په پونه شهردار آن، که در عین حال مکاتب قصبه هم هست. واین دو به لحاظ اختلاف دو ایدوولوژی و بینشی که بدان پایبندند، دائم با هم گلاویز� نیز باید به وجود یک شخصیت سوم هم در این «دنیای کوچک» اشاره کرد. این شخصیت مجسمه عیسی مسیح است که بر فراز محراب کلیسا نصب شده و در جریان وقایع. گاه به دخالت‌های� ظریف. ما حاصل را به خیر و عافیت می‌کشان� و در نتیجه هرچند ظاهرا در پایان هر ماجرا نوعی تعادل و توازن بین دو عنصر نمادین داستان (کشیش و شهردار مارکسیست) برقرار می‌شو�. اما حضور و دخالت مجسمه نیروی کشیش را کمی «مساوی‌تر� می‌کن�. داستان‌ها� دن کامیلو، در اروپا شهرت بسیار دارد و قهرمان آن. کشیش شجاع و ساده قلب همچون «شوایک» قهرمان کتاب طنز آمیز «یاروسلاوها شک» شخصیتی بسیار محبوب و معروف است. بعضی از این داستان‌ها� طنز به صورت فیلم در امده که فرناندل، هنرپیشه فقید سینمای کمدی فرانسه، بازیگر نقش دن کامیلو و جینوچروی، هنر پیشه ایتالیایی، نقش په پونه را در آن بازی کرده‌ان�.

264 pages, Paperback

First published March 1, 1948

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Giovannino Guareschi

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Giovannino 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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Don Camillo: Mondo Piccolo = The Little World of Don Camillo (Don Camillo #1), 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�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.

تاریخ نخستین خوانش: روز پنجم ماه دسامبر سال1992میلادی

عنوان: دنیای کوچک دن کامیلو؛ نویسنده: جووانی گوارسکی؛ مترجم جمشید ارجمند؛ تهران، فاریاب، سال1363؛ در259ص؛ شابک9649082131؛ چاپ دیگر تهران، پرواز، سال1379؛ در264ص؛ چاپ دیگر سال1381؛ چاپ دیگر سال1392؛ موضوع داستانهای نویسندگان ایتالیا - سده20م

عنوان: دنیای کوچک دن کامیلو؛ نویسنده: جووانی گوارسکی؛ مترجم ابراهیم یونسی؛ بابل، کتابسرای بابل، سال1369؛ در220ص؛

دنیای کوچک «دن کامیلو»، بیست و هشت داستان کوتاه، به هم پیوسته است، که هر کدام‌شا� یکی از ماجراهای طنزآمیز را باز می‌گویند� گاهی شیرین‌کار� «دن کامیلو» و رفتارهای او که به رفتارهای یک کشیش نمی‌ماند� مثل شکار قاچاق، تنبیه ‌ها� وقت و بی‌وقت� که علیه این و آن، و به� ویژه «په‌پونه� به کار می‌گیرد� بوکس‌باز� و ...؛ گاهی نیز کم خِرَدی «په‌پونه»� و دار و دسته ‌‌اش� که کم‌سوا� و ابله ‌هستند� و بیش‌تر� ماجراهایی که «په‌پونه� و «دن کامیلو»، برای شکست آن دیگری؛ و در موارد انگشتشمار یاری ‌رساند� به آن دیگری که هر کدام طرح ‌ریز� کرده ‌اند� «دن کامیلو» و «په‌پونه»� با هم،� آن اندازه که دشمن یکدیگرند، دوست هم نیز هستند؛ به همین برهان بجز در ماجرای پایانی در کتاب، کار به جاهای باریک نمی‌کشد� و رویارویی این ‌دو� گاه لبخندی نیز به لب خوانشگر می‌نشان�

دو گونه اندیشه، و نیز دوستی آن دو با همدیگر؛ البته «دن کامیلو» قهرمان اصلی داستان‌ها� طنزآمیز این کتاب است؛ او کشیشی ساده لوح، جوانمرد، خشن، و جزم‌اندی� است، که با شهردار منطقه ی خود آقای «په پونه»، از نظر باور و سلیقه، تفاوت اساسی دارد، زیرا «په پونه» به مارکسیسم باور دارد؛ میدان ستیز این دو شخصیت، دهکده‌ا� است در کنار رودخانه ‌ا� در حاشیه ی یکی از شهرهای «ایتالیا»؛ ستیهیدن و نزاع همیشگی آن دو، بر سر انگارهای پیش پا افتاده، برای خود آن دهکده است، کشمکشها از بینش و ایدئولوژی، هر دو سرچشمه می‌گیرند� قهرمان سوم داستان نیز تندیس «عیسی مسیح» است، که «دن کامیلو» از آن تندیس برای گشایش دشواریها، یاری می‌خواه�

تاریخ بهنگام رسانی 04/01/1400هجری خورشیدی؛ 01/11/1400هجری خورشیدی؛ ا. شربیانی
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April 26, 2017
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Che dire? Una piccola chicca.

Don Camillo e Peppone (interpretati dai meravigliosi Fernandel e Cervi) sono (o dovrebbero essere) una specie di monumento nazionale, di cui non ho compreso il reale significato fin a quando non sono stata un po' più cresciutella. Perché Mondo Piccolo/Don Camillo non è solo la storia di un'amicizia tra un prete da battaglia e un compagno comunista, ma è la storia di un pezzetto d'Italia.

Di episodio in episodio si compone una piccola cittadina, compaiono i suoi abitanti, le sue figure storiche, le sue situazioni strane, le sue lotte fra cittadini� Qui si chiamano Don Camillo e Peppone, Lo Smilzo, la signora Cristina, ect.; in verità, si tratta di situazioni che potrebbero benissimo adattarsi a qualunque realtà (calata ovviamente nel suo contesto storico).

E con ironia profonda, Guareschi ci accompagna tra i suoi personaggi rendendoli, con le loro reazioni e azioni, dannatamente realistici. A onor del vero, questa episodicità nella narrazione mi aveva, all'inizio, lasciata un po' perplessa, perché quasi mi pareva che i personaggi non venissero ben realizzati scegliendo una tale forma di racconto, ma mi sono dovuta ricredere. C'è spazio non solo per personaggi forti e credibili, per battute salaci, ma anche per riflessioni profonde.

Insomma, che dire di più? Da leggere!
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December 6, 2016
‎دوستان� گرانقدر، این داستان که به نوعی میتوان آنرا طنز به حساب آورد، از 223 صفحه و 22 فصل تشکیل شده است و در موردِ کشیشی به نامِ <دن کامیلو> میباشد که در کلیسایی در "درهٔ پو" و در شمالِ ایتالیا ساکن است
‎د� کامیلو، همچون دیگر افراد مذهبی و سردمدارانِ دینی، عقده ای و کینه جو و در نهایت بیخرد است که دست در هر کجایی کرده و خود را در هر مسئله ای همچون سیاست، دخالت میدهد و از دین و مذهب به نفع خویش بهره میبرد
‎موضو� اصلی داستان حولِ محورِ اختلاف میانِ <دن کامیلو> و <پپونه> شهردارِ کمونیستِ منطقه، میچرخد
‎داستا� هیچ نکتهٔ خاصی ندارد و تنها موضوع جالب، مکالمه هایی است که میانِ کشیش <دن کامیلو> و <مجسمهٔ عیسی مسیح> انجام میشود و <مسیح> پی در پی با او کل کل و با کارهای کشیش مخالفت میکند
‎� البته لجبازی هایِ کودکانهٔ <دن کامیلو> و <پپونه> با یکدیگر، چشم و همچشمی و دعوا و کتک کاری هایِ این دو نیز جالبِ توجه و خنده آور است
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‎امیدوار� این ریویو جهتِ معرفی این کتاب، کافی و مفید بوده باشه
�<پیروز باشید و ایرانی>
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August 27, 2012
Letto, riletto e riletto ancora. Ogni tanto sentire l'esigenza, e rileggerlo nuovamente. Dapprima nell'edizione originale a casa dei miei, quando ero ragazzo, poi in quella da me acquistata nel '91. Polverizzate le diatribe politiche e le ideologie, restano le storie di un'umanità senza Pc, senza cellulare, senza Suv, né Sky, né viaggi esotici in comitiva. Storie con cui ristorare l'anima di semplicità e 'senso' perduti.
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June 3, 2019
As a child, I loved the Little World of Don Camillo. I first found the book in my local library � a huge volume, with a yellow cover. Although I have never been greatly fond of short stories, I enjoyed these and have enjoyed re-visiting them.

Don Camillo is the huge, brave, impetuous priest in the small, Po valley in Northern Italy, after WWII. Peppone � equally enormous, and stubborn, is the leader of the local communists and the town mayor. For most of the stories in this volume, the two men are at loggerheads with each other, although, ironically, they are often each other’s most likely confidantes and allies, when things get tough.

The author of these stories, Giovannino Guareschi, was a journalist, who, like the characters in this book, shared a history in WWII. Indeed, the character of Don Camillo himself was, supposedly, based upon a real priest, who was a partisan and, later prisoner at Dachau, during the war. Although the war is only alluded to by Peppone and Don Camillo, it is obvious that both men were comrades, during that time, and their shared history has made them trust each other.

The other main character in these books is Christ, on the cross, who watches Don Camillo and, indeed, chats to him, like the friend that he is. He acts as Don Camillo’s conscience and chides him when he gets carried away, but always gently. I have enjoyed re-entering this world, that I once knew so well. A very enjoyable collection and a fascinating world, with characters that stay with you.

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February 13, 2019
che Mondo grande che sarebbe!



Lo confesso subito: la quarta stella è tutta merito di Fernandel e Gino Cervi.
Senza la serie di film ispirata ai libri di Guareschi, che ho sempre "adorato" e che non perdo occasione di rivedere in tv ogni volta che li trasmettono, probabilmente il mio giudizio sarebbe stato leggermente inferiore: un po' perché non sospettavo minimamente che il Don Camillo non fosse un romanzo con un corpo unitario, bensì un insieme di scenette che alla fine compongono un quadro abbastanza variegato e omogeneo, un po' perché in alcuni frangenti il linguaggio è superato e talvolta ci sono riferimenti a usanze contadine della Bassa con l'utilizzo di termini a me incomprensibili.




Detto questo ho fatto un po' di fatica nella lettura, anche se riconosco a Guareschi una grande prova di spirito: uno spirito libero che scrive e ragiona guardando oltre le fazioni e gli schieramenti politici e religiosi; alcuni brani, come quelli che ho riportato nelle note, sarebbero più utili di tanti incontri di catechismo o di tanti comizi dei sindacati: il Mondo piccolo è un mondo dove si litiga, ci si scontra, ci si contrappone, ma dove alla fine i sentimenti più genuini trionfano sempre.
In questa "guerra", come ho già letto in un altro commento, si tifa per entrambe le fazioni, ed è bellissimo uscirne sempre vincitori.


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June 2, 2019
The stories in this collection are fun.....but they are really not for me. I have read about half of them, and I have had enough. I do not think it is advisable to read one story after another, but neither do I have the urge to return to them after I have put them aside.

Each story takes only about ten minutes to listen to. Each story has the same message, so I have no desire to proceed to the next. They are cute. They are sweet. They illustrate the friendship between a communist mayor and a hot-headed Catholic priest. The setting is right after the Second World War in a small village in the Po valley of Italy.

The stories are amusing. Camillo, the priest, continually addresses Il Cristo, a voice from the crucifix, presenting his worries and difficulties. Il Cristo is in fact Camillo’s conscience. It is the wording that is funny. The humor is ironical and pokes fun at human behavior and politics.

For my taste, too often disputes get out of hand and Camillo and the mayor end up physically assaulting each other. Most importantly, the tales are too repetitive.

Pers Dudgeon narrates the audiobook. He does a fine job. The narration is good, so I have given it three stars.

You should at least try a few of the stories. Get the book at the library, then you can return it when you have had enough.




"What follows is the introduction to The Little World, in which Guareschi tells how he came to be the man who wrote the Don Camillo stories. Guareschi's history is in many ways a reflection of and counterpoint to Italy's history from the Great War through the 1960s."

I dare you to read this link and not laugh:


I enjoyed the link more than the stories!

This book is being discussed during June 2019 in the GR group, Reading the 20th Century.
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March 6, 2019
اگر از من بپرسند از خواندن چه کتابی بیشتر از همه لذت بردی، یکی از اولین اسم‌های� که به ذهنم می‌رس� «دنیای کوچک دن‌کامیلو� است؛ نوشته جووانی گوارسکی با ترجمه عالی جمشید ارجمند. این کتاب تشکیل شده از چند داستان چند صفحه‌ا� که در هر کدام ماجرایی اتفاق می‌افت�. محل داستان‌ه� دهکده‌ا� است در ایتالیا و زمان آن بلافاصله بعد از جنگ جهانی دوم و کنار رفتن فاشیست‌ه� و آزادی نسبی و رقابت احزاب مسیحی و کمونیست. در این دهکده هم پپونه (شهردار درشت‌اندا�) نماینده کمونیست‌هاس� و دن‌کامیل� (کشیش درشت‌اندا� دهکده) نماینده مسیحی‌ه�. این دو رقبا و حتی می‌شو� گفت دشمنان سرسختی هستند و در عین حال رفقای قدیمی که چند سال پیش از آن در یک سنگر علیه فاشیست‌ه� جنگیده‌ان�. گوارسکی این داستان‌ه� را در اوایل دهه ۵۰ نوشته و این شخصیت‌ه� در ایتالیا و کشورهای اطرافش (سوییس و فرانسه و ...) حسابی معروف بوده‌ان� و چند سریال و فیلم هم از روی این کتاب‌ه� ساخته شده.

دنیای کوچک دن‌کامیل� را نشر پرواز منتشر کرده (چاپ اولش را نشر فاریاب سال ۱۳۶۳ منتشر کرده بود) و ۲۵۰ صفحه است

داستان اول کتاب را که حدودا چهار صفحه است خوانده‌ا� و این‌ج� می‌توانی� بشنویدش (شرمنده بابت تپق‌ه�):



دنیای کوچک دن‌کامیل� اولین کتابی بوده که گوارسکی با این شخصیت‌ه� نوشته، اما بعدا این مجموعه را ادامه داده است. نشر مرکز پنج کتاب دیگر از مجموعه دن‌کامیل� را با ترجمه مرجان رضایی ترجمه کرده که عکس جلدشان را این‌ج� گذاشته‌ا�:



من این‌ه� را هم خیلی دوست داشتم، گرچه هم خود داستان‌ه� و هم ترجمه دنیای کوچک دن‌کامیل� چیز دیگری است. شاید هم چون اولین کتابی بود که از این مجموعه خواندم این حس را بهش دارم.
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September 24, 2022
این کتاب دو شخصیت اصلی داره، دن‌کامیل� کشیش و په‌پون� شهردار کمونیست که در همه‌� موارد رقیب و مخالف هم هستن و تقابل این دو شخصیت به اضافه‌� صحبت هایی که دن‌کامیل� با مسیح می‌کن� موقعیت های طنزی به وجود میاره. طنز‌ه� جالب هستند اما چیز استثنایی نیستند که بگی جای دیگه نمیشه پیدا کرد. کتاب به صورت ماجراهایی منفک از هم روایت شده با شخصیت‌ها� مشابه. بیشتر شبیه به نوشته‌ها� یک ستون از یک مجله یا هفته‌نامه‌� فکاهی هست و من خیلی طرفدار این مدل کتابها نیستم ولی ممکنه باب سلقه‌� یکی دیگه باشه.ه
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January 14, 2018


Un poetico ed esilarante spaccato di un piccolo pezzo d'Italia del dopoguerra, un grande classico da leggere e rileggere.
Si ride parecchio e si piange pure (alla morte della vecchia maestra Cristina una lacrimuccia mi è scappata..), ci si appassiona alle vicende del paesello come nessuna soap opera moderna potrà mai fare (e ci mancherebbe), e chi come me è cresciuto con i film di Fernandel e Cervi non potrà fare a meno di leggere i dialoghi tra parroco e sindaco con le voci dei due attori nella testa.
Uno dei migliori libri che abbia mai letto.
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March 24, 2016

I want to say "charming", but there is more going on than that in this collection of short stories centering on the priest of a small, post-WWII north Italian village and his mostly comic assorted tribulations with local people and politics.

The first chapter of the edition I read was a brief autobiography by the author, putting things in context but only for those with enough history (or who were there at the time) to read between the lines to realize how hair-raising it all must have been. One mild paragraph described how he was drafted into the Italian army for criticizing the Fascists just in time to be taken prisoner by the Germans when the Italian war effort collapsed, and mentions aside that because he refused to work for the Germans was sent to a prison camp in Poland instead... I see there is an autobiography about that, which I may pursue when I have more endurance. But this background informs the work and the writer, for all the apparent simplicity of the tales.

Meanwhile, I see there are further collections about Don Camillo, which my library might supply.

Ta, L.

Later: Aha. I just figured out how to post/copy my book reviews directly to my blog. Shall try this.
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June 13, 2022
سالیانی قبل که اصلا یادم نیست چه سالی بود ولی مطمئنم“فیتیله”هنو� پخش می‌شد�
یکی از نزدیکان مادر به *چوخ رفت و مادر و خواهرانش برای تشیع جنازه،عازم روستا شدند.
مادر زنگ زد و فرمود که شب را به دلیل بارش برف در روستا می‌مانند�
باید برای خودم شام تدارک می‌دیدم�
یخچال را باز نمودم و مقداری گوشت برداشتم �
گوشت را به آب اضافه کرده و گاز را روشن کردم�
بوی گوشت یا آب یا هرچه که بود حالم را بهم زد�
آن شب شام نخوردم ولی گرسنه هم نبودم.
الان نزدیک به پنج‌ما� است که ساعت ۸ صبح بیدار می‌شوم،جی� میکنم و به سر تمرین نمایش دن‌کامیل� میروم�
این کار برایم به مثال همان شامیست که بخاطر بوی بد آن‌ر� نخوردم ولی گرسنگی‌ا� را رفع کرد�
البته که کار هنوز اجرا نشده و ۱۸ تیرماه قرار است به روی صحنه برود.و این ریویو صرفا یک «Vorutteil»یعنی پیش‌داوریست�
دن‌کامیل� یکی از بهترین نمایشنامه‌ها� کمدی داخلی‌ست،هرچن� اقتباسی. نمایشی که قبلا به دست خود نویسندهٔ آقای کوروش نریمانی کارگردانی شده:با بازی هوتن شکیبا ،مهران احمدی ،بهرام افشاری و�
داستانی جذاب و پر تنش و کمیک که جدالیست بین� مذهب و سیاست�
پنج ماه است که درگیر این متن هستم.متنی که قرار است آن را به زبان کُردى روی صحنه ببریم�
اکثربازیگران‌ما� تجربه‌� صحنه ندارند.
آموزش ندیده‌ان�.
کار ندیده‌ان�.
و کارگردان که باید کارگر+دان باشد،سیگاری روشن می‌کن� و وظیفه‌ا� را به کارگری که تازه بیل به دست گرفته می‌سپار�.
بعد از پنج‌ما� کار هنوز نمایش پختگی لازم را ندارد و لنگ می‌زن� و لنگ خواهد زد�
اما کسی این ناپختگی را قبول نمی‌کند،د� حالی که این ناپختگی اشتهای مرا کور کرده�
در این پنج ماه هیچ تمرین بدن و بیانی انجام نشده و کارگردان اصلا به همچین تمریناتی اعتقادی ندارد و این قضیه خیلی طنز است.بیشتر از خود کار.
ریتم کار بشدت کند است، نیم ساعت اول نمایش،مخاطب از دست می‌رود،د� حالی که نمایش تایمی حدود ۲ ساعت دارد�
دکور و صحنه بشدت ضعیف‌� دم دستی‌هستن� � هیچ خلاقیتی درونشان نهفته نیست.
میزان‌سن‌ها� ساده و دم دستی که هر هنروری در وهله اول به فکر آن می‌افت�.
بازی‌ه� و بازیگرها حتی در حد تیپ هم ظاهر نمی‌شون� و بارها قطع� و وصلی در آنها دیده میشود.
کمدی کار بشدت ضعیف و دست و پا شکسته است�
موقعیت‌ها� کمدی در نمایش درست تعریف نشده‌ان� و در اصل ما هیچ موقعیت طنزی نمی‌بینیم�
بازی در سکوتی وجود ندارد،و همانطور که اوایل ورودم به این عرصه فکر میکردم که باید فقط دیالوگ گفت،بازیگران فقط دیالوگ می‌گوین� �
دو ساعت تمام دیالوگ،و قطعا،قطعا،قطعا مخاطب تاب نیم‌ساع� شنیدن این حجم از دیالوگ را هم ندارد.
ارتباط بین کاراکترها و حتی بازیگران وجود ندارد.
هیچ کاراکتری با کاراکتر دیگر ارتباطی ندارد ،به مثال دو انسان از دو قاره.
حتی خارج از تمرین نیز هیچ ارتباطی بین شخصیت‌ه� وجود ندارد.
و این در کار کمدی غیر قابل قبول است.
می‌شو� خیلی راحت این گوشت‌ر� نجات داد.البته اگر مادر«کارگردان»باشی.
این فقط یک پیش‌داور� بود،که به قول هانس گورگ گادامر،یکی از بزرگترین نمایندگان هرمنوتیک مدرن:«می‌توان� درست از آب در بیایید یا غلط و فقط یک پیش داوریست.»
برای این نمایش قطعا هورا هم خواهند کشید ولی من این گوشت را با این که خودم می‌پز� نمیخورم.


یک اجرای ناموفق که گرسنگی مردم کُرد ارومیه را رفع خواهد کرد.
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641 reviews162 followers
July 1, 2019

(foto tratta nel profilo "fotografie_della_storia" di Instagram*)

Un anno di cronache� inventate

…ma molto più verosimili di quelle vere: basta fermarsi sulla strada a guardare una casa colonica affogata in mezzo al granturco e alla canapa, e subito nasce una storia. (pag. 9)

Però� sono arrivata all’ultima pagina e ho provato una grande delusione.
Non me l’aspettavo...

era finito troppo presto!
Avrei voluto rimanere ancora in compagnia di Peppone e don Camillo, con quella voce bonaria del Cristo in sottofondo, in quella fettaccia di terra tra il fiume e il monte, [dove] possono succedere cose che da altre parti non succedono. Cose che non stonano mai col paesaggio. E là tira un'aria speciale che va bene per i vivi e per i morti, e là hanno un'anima anche i cani. Allora si capisce meglio don Camillo, Peppone e tutta l'altra mercanzia. E non ci si stupisce che il Cristo parli e che uno possa spaccare la zucca a un altro, ma onestamente, però, cioè senza odio. E che due nemici si trovino, alla fine, d'accordo nelle cose essenziali. (pag. 26)

...insomma, ero arrivata alla fine e non volevo lasciare i miei amici. E allora non mi è rimasto altro che ricominciare daccapo, da quelle tre storie introduttive, per ritrovarmi alla poesia delle ultime pagine, coi preparativi del Natale 1947. E alla rilettura si gusta ancora di più, come godere della compagnia di amici ormai conosciuti e noti: si entra in sintonia, si ascolta, si partecipa, se ne apprezza la semplicità, ci si diverte per la naturale ironia� immersi in un "mondo piccolo", ma vero.
Grazie agli amici aNobiiani che mi hanno permesso di superare la momentanea delusione e di tornare a innamorarmi di Giovannino;-)

(Questo scrivevo, nel finire dell'anno 2010, ancora residente ad aNobii).
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Riletto ora, dopo quasi dieci anni, a voce (molto!) alta alla mia mamma quasi centenaria, riprendendo quella "Guareschiterapia" che aveva già dato ottimi risultati. E anche questa volta ha giovato a lei che ascoltava con partecipazione e a me che leggevo con nostalgia... mentre mi passavano nitide nella mente le immagini di don Camillo-Fernandel e Peppone-Gino Cervi di vecchie pellicole ancora... nuove.

* ... in Italia abbiamo avuto un'indimenticabile coppia [del cinema]: Fernandel e Gino Cervi!
I due attori, quasi coetanei, divennero subito grandi amici, tanto da fare da testimoni al matrimonio di Carlotta Guareschi, figlia dello scrittore che diede vita ai personaggi di Don Camillo e Peppone.
Il sodalizio artistico e personale tra i due attori fu talmente profondo, che quando Fernandel morì (sul set del sesto film della saga, quel “Don Camillo e i giovani d’oggi�, poi mai finito di realizzare) nel 1971, Gino Cervi si rifiutò di proseguire l’opera. La loro amicizia profonda e sincera, durò quasi vent'anni e ci lascia 7 film, amatissimi anche dai più giovani.
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567 reviews291 followers
February 12, 2023
Nutro un affetto smisurato nei confronti di Guareschi, quindi già si sa che questa recensione, ovunque vada a parare, anche se cerco di iniziarla con considerazioni obiettive, finirà sempre e comunque per essere di parte.

Questo libro stra-famoso si compone di brevi episodi o aneddoti, più o meno legati tra loro da una sorta di sottotrama, accomunati da protagonisti e ambientazione. Li si può ritrovare negli ancor più famosi film: alcuni episodi sono riproposti pari-pari come nel libro, altri sono stati leggermente modificati o assommati tra loro, qualcuno presente sulle pagine scritte risulta invece assente nei film, ed è un peccato, specialmente per l'episodio conclusivo che ha una magia tutta sua.
Sono aneddoti scritti con un lessico a dir poco elementare, e caratterizzati da un pattern piuttosto ripetitivo. Detta così non sembra gran cosa, ma allora com'è che al lettore brillano gli occhi di gioia ogni volta che prende in mano un libro di Guareschi? La risposta, a parer mio, è nella grazia: questi raccontini elementari, fatti di personaggi e luoghi elementari, sono esposti e proposti con una tale grazia ed equilibrio che è difficile non stupirsi e meravigliarsi e riscoprire sempre qualcosa di nuovo, rilettura dopo rilettura. Dopo di lui ci hanno provato in tanti a raccontare il grande fiume, ma nessuno è più riuscito a cogliere nel segno; dopo di lui ci hanno provato proprio tutti a rivolgersi al lettore, nelle prefazioni, con ammiccamenti e una qualche spiritosata, e sugli esiti di queste emulazioni possiamo ben sorvolare. Guareschi è stato l'anima più gentile ed aggraziata, opportunamente nascosta sotto la scorza più ruvida ed improbabile, ad aver posato penna sul foglio. Non so bene come concludere e trarre una morale da queste note, preferisco riguardarmi questo spezzone de "gli incontri" di Montanelli, visto per caso una sera di quest'estate, con un'inedita "caccia all'orso grigio": è un po' lunghetto ma vale la pena di prendersi il tempo.

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92 reviews6 followers
June 3, 2012
In an age of overly complex plots, multiple story lines, stream of consciousness prose, dozens of characters, globetrotting characters, worldwide implications it is great to enjoy a book like this. All of the events take place in a small Italian town, with virtually no plot implications beyond the town and its inhabitants. These include main characters Don Camillo, the Catholic Priest and Peppone, the mayor and communist party leader.
Guareschi's short tales center on disagreements between the political Peppone, and the religious Don Camillo - though Jesus plays a major role as he communicates with Camillo through the church's Crucifix.
The stories are simple, straightforward and dispense with lengthy examinations of setting and long descriptions of the cast - the author moves through letting the character's actions define them. Cleverly, their actions often are completely different than the things they say, or the roles they play. Even Christ, more often than not, chastises the Priest in light of his actions regarding Peppone.
On might think that the simplicity described is a weakness, but it is most assuredly a strength, as stripped down tales are surprisingly deep, and complex in terms of human understanding.
Its not hard to see why this book was in print for more than 30 editions. Highly recommended.
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1,235 reviews100 followers
January 30, 2019
Vienīgais iemesls, kāpēc es iepazinos ar Donu Kamilo ir tas, ka Džovanīno Gvareski ir dzimis 1. maijā (un tāda tēma šomēnes ir grāmatu klubā). Un atzīstos, ka kādu pirmo grāmatas trešdaļu es domāju, ka tas paliks vienīgais iemesls, kāpēc es to izlasīšu, jo sākumā nekādi nespēju ielasīties.
Tomēr esmu sava laika produkts, un grāmata arī ir sava laika produkts - teksts mūs ieved pasaulē, kurā par normālu lietu uzskata, ka puikas ar akmeņiem nomētā zosis un vecāki tik vien kā kaimiņiem dod vietā jaunas, dzīvas. Tur ir normāli suni uzrīdīt ceļa strādniekiem un noskatīties, kā viņi to nosit. Un normāli ir tas, ka ciema vecākais Peopone un priesteris Dons Kamilo regulāri viens otru iekausta. Man nekas no tā neliekas normāli.
Bet ar laiku pamanīju, ka man tie stāsti iepatīkas, atmetot to, ka viņu pasaule ir citāda, tekstam ir piemīt neatvairāms šarms. Un trešais galvenais varonis galu galā ir Jēzus skulptūra (jā, tā regulāri runā ar donu Kamilo un tas man neliekas jocīgi, turklāt viņa teikties ir patiešām interesants un vērtīgs, un asprātīgs), kā gan man tas varētu nepatikt.
Tad nu uz beigām atzīstu, ka paplašināt lasāmvielas apvārsni ir derīgi un patīkami. Bet, ņemot vērā, ka tik grūti nācās ielasīties, un citi atsaucās, ka esot smējušies šo lasot, bet es reti vārgi pasmaidīju, vairāk kā 3 zvaigznes laikam nevar likt.
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375 reviews150 followers
August 27, 2014
"Poesia, solo poesia"
Vero capolavoro di delicatezza, umorismo e senso della misura, questa prima raccolta di racconti con Peppone e Don Camillo come protagonisti-antagonisti, conserva intatti nel tempo la sua freschezza e il suo valore di onestà intellettuale.
Capace di divertire, come di commuovere e suscitare concreti spunti di riflessione a livello morale, Guareschi in patria è stato a lungo sottovalutato e molto semplicisticamente considerato uno scrittore "popolare" nel senso più deteriore del termine, quando all'estero l'apprezzamento per le sue doti letterarie non ha conosciuto cedimenti. È stato quindi relegato nella schiera dei personaggi minori, forse perché "scomodi"; lo testimonia anche la sistematica esclusione dei suoi scritti dalla maggior parte delle antologie del Novecento.
Una graduatoria di merito e una "dimenticanza" tipicamente italiane.
La sua prosa, lungi dall'essere "povera" e banale, come spesso viene definita da certa critica, è la risultanza di un felice connubio tra la riproduzione a livello sintattico e lessicale della parlata regionale emiliana ed una limpida linearità logico-deduttiva, caratteristica delle classi sociali a cui appartengono i personaggi dei suoi racconti e, tacitamente, il narratore stesso.
L'esposizione dei fatti, poi, mette in rilievo tematiche di altissimo spessore etico e sociale, con una coerenza programmatica degna della più alta letteratura.
La satira di Guareschi è bonaria senza essere ingenua, lucida senza scadere nell'invettiva o nella volgarità e, soprattutto, imparziale, in quanto rivolta alle debolezze e agli errori - e memore delle ragioni quanto dei torti - di entrambe le "fazioni" che si fronteggiano.
Non ci sono “buoni� e “cattivi�, ma soltanto uomini, in quanto al di sopra delle ideologie e delle passioni determinate dal particolare momento storico, ciò che riveste il ruolo primario è l’umana dignità.
Prendono così vita, in un'atmosfera a tratti sospesa tra fiaba e realtà, alcuni ritratti che, pur essendo collocati in un contesto cronologico e geografico ben definito, risultano "eterni" allo stesso modo delle più indimenticabili figure del panorama letterario di ogni tempo.
Al di là dei due protagonisti, che, oltre ad essere potentemente caratterizzati sulla pagina scritta, hanno avuto in dono i tratti e le movenze degli straordinari Gino Cervi e Fernandel, basti ricordare il vescovo “piccolo vecchio e tutto bianco�, esile nelle membra ma granitico e gigantesco nella dimensione psicologica e morale; o la vecchia maestra impavida e autoritaria, di fronte alla quale tutti provano sempre la stessa soggezione di quando erano bambini.
E, su tutto e tutti, svetta la geniale invenzione dell'umanissimo Cristo parlante, che vede, prevede, provvede, chiosa, comprende e consiglia, ma di fronte alle intemperanze e bizzarrie di certi suoi proseliti sospira rassegnato, definendoli una "banda di matti".
"Don Camillo" è da leggere, perché Guareschi è un grande scrittore.
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March 12, 2020
Don Camillo e Peppone, quando la politica era ancora un ideale e nonostante le divergenze c'era stima e rispetto per chi non era dello stesso orientamento politico. Una fotografia dell'Italia del dopoguerra, quando la diatriba fra Stato e Chiesa era accesa, soprattutto se il sindaco del paese era un comunista convinto. Ricordo con affetto mio nonno che si sbellicava dalle risate davanti ai film in bianco e nero dei nemici/amici che si scontravano a colpi di sermone e scherzi da prete. All'epoca non potevo capire, ma adesso mi rendo conto cosa faceva sorridere il nonno: la genuinità dei loro battibecchi, le botte e gli scherzi fatti a tradimento. Due uomini completamente diversi, fedeli entrambi ai loro "leader": per Don Camillo chiaramente Dio, per Peppone Stalin. Eppure, questi due personaggi così agli antipodi, si aiutano sempre nei momenti di bisogno e difficoltà e riescono anche a collaborare per aiutare la gente della Bassa. Immagino che la vita nell'immediato dopoguerra non fosse proprio una passeggiata, ma leggendo queste pagine, mi sono sentita quasi limitata a non aver assaporato quel clima di ideali sinceri che, ahimè, sono ormai scomparsi!
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March 6, 2013
The stories of Don Camillo, the cantankerous but beloved priest, and his sidekick, Communist mayor Peppone, continue to make me laugh every time I read them. Their Cold War adventures, mishaps, arguments, and reconciliations have a timeless quality. To appreciate the true genius of author Guareschi, delve deeper into the latent spiritual meaning that many of his stories contain --but don't get bogged down in the scholarly search for the meaning of life. Don Camillo tales allow us to appreciate a sacred awareness of the world, an understanding communicated through friendships, foes, objects, gestures, expressions, and actual religious rites. I loved reading the many tales and hope you will too -- and I'll bet you laugh out loud when you read about Don Camillo skinny dipping and talking "smack" with his friend and foe Peppone.
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1,174 reviews198 followers
January 15, 2015
So funny I just kept laughing yet also found so much spiritual wisdom in this book. This was on my to read list for awhile. Now it is on my read again list.
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July 24, 2020
I borrowed 'The World of Don Camillo' from the lockdown library of friendship, having not heard of it before. I was assured that it's fun, thus it turned out to be the last remotely cheerful unread book in my flat. (Edinburgh public libraries won't start reopening for another two weeks, so I've emergency-ordered ten second-hand novels off eBay.) I found it a funny and often heart-warming read. This collected volume includes all five books of short stories about shenanigans and mayhem in a little Italian village a few years after the Second World War. The titular Don Camillo is the village priest and constantly feuds with his nemesis/best friend Peppone, who happens to be the village's communist mayor. The two of them are constantly faced by moral and political dilemmas, which they generally resolve in the least mature way possible via practical jokes and/or fistfights. Both are huge strong men, ready at any moment to break furniture over each other's head, thus there is a certain Asterix-in-the-1950s vibe. The stories are largely told from Don Camillo's perspective and he frequently chats with God, who takes a delightfully sardonic tone with him:

As he passed by the altar, the Lord frowned down at him.
"Lord," said Don Camillo, "Whosoever shall exalt himself shall be humbled and he that shall humble himself shall be exalted."
"Don Camillo," said the Lord, "for some time now you've been skating on thin ice."
"With God's help, no ice is too thin," said Don Camillo.


Although the tone throughout is one of farce, the many serious situations aren't treated entirely lightly. The brutal legacy of the war is ever-present, not least in the availability of machine guns; the poverty of the village explains the appeal of communism; and disasters natural and man-made occur regularly. Peppone and Don Camillo attempt to solve local problems, quite a few of which they created, while competing for the villagers' hearts and minds and arguing about Russia. Ultimately, though, they often team up and share responsibility for the village's welfare. As well as owning a dog together, an adorable detail. Both of them are defensive of their dignity, quick to anger, and pragmatic after calming down for a moment. They share a bottle of wine more often than they punch each other. Their frenemy rivalry remains entertaining for more than 500 pages as Guareschi is such a witty writer. He ingeniously creates endless opportunities for the two of them to clash, co-operate, or both.

Memorable episodes include the village being flooded, Don Camillo helping Peppone get his school certificate, and both men being caught out by hire purchase schemes. My favourite sequence dominated the final book in the collection, 'Comrade Don Camillo'. In this, the priest blackmails Peppone into inviting him on a communist party trip to the USSR. This is both interesting for its depiction of soviet propaganda visits, moving for its moments recalling the horrors of the Eastern Front, and hilarious for all the absurdity of Don Camillo's fake communist persona and Peppone's annoyance. I appreciated that the narrative sympathises with both characters, indeed it seems clear that they could quite easily swap places and ideologies. The underlying message is that compassion and practicality are far better than religious or political dogmatism. The only notable drawback to an otherwise joyful read was a dispiriting normalisation of domestic violence towards women, children, and animals.
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July 3, 2019
. Just when Julie and Scott were ready to start breaking candles over some heads, Christ got a word in. "Just one," he said. "Just one."

Original review below
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You would be hard pressed to find a more charming book anywhere than this set of short stories.

Set in a small Italian village soon after World War II, we see the priest Don Camillo repeatedly come up against his sworn enemy Peppone. Peppone is an atheist who is the head of the local Communist party and, therefore, against Christianity. Both are hotheads who are inclined to solve problems with their fists and the occasional Tommy gun before turning to more peaceful measures. One soon learns that both men quarrel because they are so much alike that neither will give way and that, when push comes to shove, they will work together for the common good.

Whenever Don Camillo is in over his head, he talks to Christ on the crucifix in his church. We get to hear Christ's wise advice and his occasional, necessary words of reproval as Don Camillo goes about shepherding the souls of the village. In this scene the local communists have threatened to shoot anyone who participates in a scheduled religious procession.
... Don Camillo found the square as bare as a billiard ball.

"Are we going now, Don Camillo?" asked Christ from above the altar. "The river must be beautiful in this sunshine. I'll enjoy seeing it."

"We're going all right," replied Don Camillo. "But I am afraid that this time I shall be the entire procession. If You can put up with that..."

"Where there is Don Camillo he is sufficient in himself," said Christ smiling.

Don Camillo hastily put on the leather harness with the support for the foot of the cross, lifted the enormous crucifix from the altar and adjusted it in the socket. Then he sighed: "All the same, they need not have made this Cross quite so heavy."

"You're telling Me!" replied the Lord smiling. "And I never had shoulders such as yours."

A few moments later Don Camillo, bearing his enormous crucifix, emerged solemnly from the door of the church. The village was completely deserted; people were cowering in their houses and watching through the cracks of the shutters.

"I must look like one of those friars who used to carry a big black cross through villages smitten by the plague," said Don Camillo to himself. Then he began a psalm in his ringing baritone, which seemed to acquire volume in the silence.

After crossing the Square he began to walk down the main street, and here again was emptiness and silence. A small dog came out of a side street and began quietly to follow Don Camillo.

"Go away!" muttered Don Camillo.

"Let it alone," whispered Christ from His Cross. "Then Peppone won't be able to say that not even a dog walked in the procession."

The street curved and then came the lane that led to the river bank. Don Camillo had no sooner turned the bend when he found the way unexpectedly obstructed.

Two hundred men had collected and stood silently across it with folded arms. In front of them stood Peppone, his hands on his hips.

Don Camillo wished he were a tank. But since he could only be Don Camillo, he advanced until he was within a yard of Peppone and then halted. Then he lifted the enormous crucifix from its socket and raised it in his hands, brandishing it as though it were a club.

"Lord," cried Don Camillo. "Hold on tight; I am going to strike!"

But there was no need, because the men scattered before him and the way lay open. Only Peppone, his arms akimbo and his legs wide apart, remained in the middle of the road. Don Camillo put the crucifix back in its socket and marched straight at him and Peppone moved to one side.

"I'm not shifting myself for your sake, but for His," said Peppone, pointing to the crucifix.

"Then take that hat off your head!" replied Don Camillo without so much as looking at him. Peppone pulled off his hat, and Don Camillo marched solemnly through two rows of Peppone's men.

When he reached the river bank he stopped. "Lord," said Don Camillo in a loud voice, "if the few decent people in this filthy village could build themselves a Noah's Ark and float safely upon the waters, I would ask You to send a flood that would break down this dike and submerge the whole countryside. But as these few decent folk live in brick houses exactly like those of their rotten neighbors, and as it would not be just that the good should suffer for the sins of scoundrels like Mayor Peppone and his gang of Godless brigands, I ask You to save this countryside from the river's waters and to give it every prosperity."

"Amen," came Peppone's voice from just behind him.

"Amen," came the response of all the men who had followed the crucifix.

Don Camillo set out on the return journey and when he reached the doorway of the church and turned around so that Christ might bestow a final blessing upon the distant river, he found standing before him: the small dog, Peppone, Peppone's men and every inhabitant of the village, not excluding the druggist, who was an atheist, but who felt that never in his life had he dreamed of a priest like Don Camillo, who could make even the Eternal Father quite tolerable.
At first because of the format and simplicity of some of the stories I mistakenly thought that these were simply light hearted tales, featuring simplistic morality. Nothing could be further from the truth. However, the simplicity is deceptive and the problems that the characters must solve are often true to life and painful.

There are so many good moments that I could post the entire book. However, I will leave you with this additional lengthy excerpt which answers the question of whether praying for your favorite team to win works or not. Christ's fondness for his priest even when he has done the wrong thing makes me smile and this is a good example.
Don Camillo was bewildered. He ran off to the church and knelt in front of the altar. "Lord," he said, "why did You fail me? I have lost the match."

"And why should I help you more than the others?

Your men had twenty-two legs and so had the Dynamos, Don Camillo, and all legs are equal. Moreover, they are not My business. I am interested in souls. Don Camillo, where are your brains?"

"I can find them with an effort," said Don Camillo. "I was not suggesting that You should have taken charge of my men's legs, which in any case were the best of the lot. But I do say that You did not prevent that dishonest referee from calling an unjust foul against my team."

"The priest can make a mistake in saying Mass, Don Camillo; why do you deny that others can make a mistake and yet be in good faith?"

"Errors happen in most circumstances, but not in sport! When the ball is actually there ... Binella the clock-maker is a scoundrel ..." Don Camillo was unable to go on because at that moment he heard an imploring voice and a man came running into the church, exhausted and gasping, his face convulsed with terror.

"They want to kill me," he sobbed. '"Save me!"

The crowd had reached the church door and was about to pour into the church itself. Don Camillo seized a weighty candlestick, and brandished it menacingly. "Back! In God's name or I strike!" he shouted. Remember that anyone who enters here is sacred and immune!" The crowd hesitated.

"Shame on you, you pack of wolves! Get back to your lairs and pray God to forgive you your savagery."

The crowd stood in silence, heads were bowed and there was a general retreat.

"Make the sign of the cross," Don Camillo ordered them severely, and as he stood there brandishing the candlestick in his huge hand, he looked like Samson.

Everyone made the sign of the cross.

Don Camillo stood back and closed the church door, drawing the bolt, but there was no need. The fugitive had sunk into a pew and was still panting. "Thank you, Don Camillo," he murmured.

Don Camillo made no immediate reply. He paced to and fro for a few moments and then pulled up opposite the man. "Binella!" he said furiously. "Binella, here in my presence and that of God you dare not lie! There was no foul! How much did that heretic Peppone give you to call a foul in a tied game?"

"Two thousand five hundred lire."

"M-m-m-m!" roared Don Camillo, thrusting his fist under his victim's nose.

"But then ..." moaned Binella.

"Get out," bawled Don Camillo, pointing to the door.

Alone again, Don Camillo turned toward Christ. "Didn't I tell You that the swine had sold himself? Haven't I a right to be mad?"

"None at all, Don Camillo," replied Christ. "You started it when you offered Binella two thousand lire to do the same thing. When Peppone bid five hundred lire more, Binella accepted."

Don Camillo raised his hands. "Lord," he said, "but looking at it that way makes me the guilty man!"

"Exactly, Don Camillo. When you, a priest, made the first offer, he assumed it wasn't wrong and then, quite naturally, he took the more profitable bid."

Don Camillo bowed his head. "And do You mean to tell me that if that unhappy wretch gets beaten up by my men, it will be my fault?"

"In a certain sense, yes, because you were the first to lead him into temptation. Nevertheless, your sin would have been greater if Binella, accepting your offer, had agreed to cheat on behalf of your team. Because then the Dynamos would have done the beating up, and you would have been powerless to stop them."

Don Camillo reflected awhile. "In fact," he said, "it works out better that the others won."

"Exactly, Don Camillo."

"Then, Lord," said Don Camillo,'"I thank You for having let me lose. And if I say that I accept the defeat as a punishment for my dishonesty, You must believe that I am really penitent. Because, to see a team like mine, who could easily swallow and digest a couple of thousand Dynamos, to see them beaten ... is enough to break one's heart, and cries for vengeance to God!"

"Don Camillo!" Christ admonished him, smiling.

"You don't understand me," sighed Don Camillo. "Sport is a thing apart. Either one cares or one doesn't. Do I make myself clear?"

"Only too clear. I understand you so well that ... Come now, when are you going to get your revenge?"

Don Camillo leaped to his feet, his heart swelling with delight. "Six to nothing!" he shouted. "Six to nothing that they never even see the ball! Do You see that confessional?"

He flung his hat up in the air, caught it with a neat kick as it dropped and sent it like a thunderbolt into the little window of the confessional.

"Goal!" said Christ, smiling.
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1,133 reviews224 followers
September 11, 2018
Ho comprato questo libro sull'entusiasmo di un'utente su aNobii, ma chissà perché, non mi ero mai decisa a leggerlo!!

Forse pensavo si rivelasse una lettura pesante e diciamolo, parecchio datata (visto che è stato scritto nel 1949!).. Quanto mi sbagliavo!
L'ho divorato e ora che è finito, mi mancano terribilmente Don Camillo, i suoi dialoghi con Cristo, Peppone e le loro folli avventure..

Mi ha fatto troppo ridere!

Don Camillo e Peppone sono due personaggi magistrali: passano il loro tempo a infastidirsi a vicenda, a punzecchiarsi e a farsi dispetti.. Però poi alla resa dei conti, nonostante sembrino (e a volte lo siano :D) personaggi bellicosi, intransigenti e veramente fastidiosi, agiscono nel modo 'giusto', più spesso che no aiutando la loro controparte che avevano messo nei guai!
E' un libro che non ha una vera e propria trama, ma una serie di vicende che hanno come protagonisti Don Camillo e Peppone, anche se ogni tanto ritornano episodi successi precedentemente.. Al di là delle vicende in sé, che divertono, stupiscono e intrattengono brillantemente, viene anche delineata la situazione socio-politica dell'Italia degli anni '40, con i 'rossi' in lotta con i liberali, con la chiesa e con il mondo intero, gli scioperi, le figure politiche (anche se appena accennate!).. Poi mi è piaciutissimo l'amicizia -strana, ma sempre amicizia!- che traspare tra don Camillo e Peppone.. L'uno non può fare a meno dell'altro e si proteggono a vicenda, pur facendo mille storie e lamentandosi a go-go!
Consigliatissimo!!
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252 reviews
June 12, 2019
Non si può leggere questo libro senza sovrapporre ad ogni frase, ogni descrizione, ogni parola i visi, le mimiche e le movenze di Gino Cervi e Fernandel.




Non è possibile, ed è bellissimo che sia così; perché leggendo le storie del Mondo Piccolo nella mia testa risentivo le voci del film, con le loro musicali intonazioni dialettali, rivedevo il cipiglio di Peppone, la faccia tosta di Don Camillo, la pacata rassegnazione del Cristo crocifisso motteggiante; una magnifica lettura multisensoriale!
E in queste storie vere che diventano inventate e storie inventate che diventano vere di un paese come tanti, ho ritrovato i racconti dei miei nonni e della loro gioventù, un mondo più piccolo e apparentemente più violento del nostro, ma anche più solidale e umano.
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Author19 books510 followers
December 11, 2014
I was introduced to the wonderful Don Camillo series years ago by a much older cousin, to whom I will be eternally indebted. Because Don Camillo, the hot-headed, unconventional Catholic priest of Giovanni Guareschi’s books, is a delightful character—and each book is, in itself, a gem. Not so much for brilliant storytelling, but for Guareschi’s wit, the quiet wisdom of the stories, and a set of characters that have universal appeal.

It is just after the Second World War. In a little village in Northern Italy's Po Valley, the local priest is the big, burly Don Camillo, who has little compunction about poaching game, breaking the law, or letting fly with his fists, benches (or even a stolen tommy gun) at anyone who doesn’t agree with his views. The political bigwig in the village is the Communist Mayor, Giuseppe Botazzi 'Peppone', with whom Don Camillo has an ongoing feud. A feud that involves everything from sabotaging an annual church procession, to disrupting a visiting politician’s speech—and invariably with results that are comical, but also a heart-warming reflection on human beings. On people, their ability to straddle two worlds, to be traditional and modern, leftist and thoroughly orthodox Catholic, enemy and friend.

The Little World of Don Camillo is less one story and more a series of slightly connected vignettes: little episodes that depict life in a small secluded corner of Italy, a place still recovering from the ravages of World War II. It is peopled with some utterly memorable characters: Don Camillo; The Crucified Christ (with whom Don Camillo has many conversations, including arguments); Peppone and his red-scarved minions; local landowners and crooks and peasants and ex-partisans�

This book made me smile. It made me laugh out loud. And it brought, occasionally, a lump to my throat. Pure gold.

And yes, the illustrations—by the author—are every bit as delightful as the writing itself.
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375 reviews150 followers
December 6, 2012
Il Mondo piccolo di Guareschi non finisce mai di stupire, incantare, divertire e commuovere.
È un mondo ‘piccolo� perché circoscritto ad una limitata zona rurale della pianura padana nel dopoguerra e perché popolato da gente modesta, di paese e di campagna, con le sue piccole storie e i suoi problemi quotidiani.
La semplicità dei fatti narrati e del linguaggio, tuttavia, non deve trarre in inganno facendo magari presumere ingenuità nell’autore o futilità dei temi trattati. Questi anonimi personaggi, del tutto comuni e apparentemente insignificanti, sanno infatti farsi veicolo di un messaggio di ampia portata e di una lezione di vita universalmente valida.
Spesso in conflitto tra loro per motivi ideologici o su banali questioni locali, non esitano a fare fronte comune contro le ingerenze e i soprusi del mondo esterno alla loro piccola comunità, alla quale tutti, senza distinzione di ruolo o di convinzioni politiche e religiose, sentono di appartenere profondamente e con orgoglio.
Al di sopra di ogni rivalità intestina e di ogni incomprensione personale, inoltre, si afferma costantemente il senso della giustizia e dell’onore, facendo prevalere un rispetto per il prossimo, pur se ‘altro� da sé, che troppo spesso appare in disuso nella nostra realtà presente.
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805 reviews144 followers
January 15, 2021
Review for the Easy Reader version. 1 star

I can only guess it was because the characters of Don Camillo and Peppone are so famous, that it got made into an easy reader for learners of Italian.

Unfortunately, there are 3 problems with that.

1. the world of the stories is long out of date and many of the tiny culturalisms or political problems of rural Italy in the '30s-'40s Guareschi based the stories on are no longer recognisable or understandable, especially not when they've been simplified for a foreign audience. We'd need notes to really get his point.

2. Some of the stories are written in a confusing manner, or much longer dialogues have been simplified down to the point of making it difficult to understand exactly who is doing what and why.

3. some of the vocabulary/expressions are somewhat out of date or are not in general usage.

All-in-all, there are much better easy readers for Italian out there. If you want to read about Don Camillo, read the original in your own language. Skip this one.
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1,218 reviews318 followers
March 15, 2015
Poichè l'autore me ne ha gentilmente dato il permesso, riporto qui la recensione che ScaP ha scritto del libro. Parole migliori non credo esistano per commentarlo.

Letto, riletto e riletto ancora. Ogni tanto sentire l'esigenza, e rileggerlo nuovamente. Dapprima nell'edizione originale a casa dei miei, quando ero ragazzo, poi in quella da me acquistata nel '91. Polverizzate le diatribe politiche e le ideologie, restano le storie di un'umanità senza Pc, senza cellulare, senza Suv, né Sky, né viaggi esotici in comitiva. Storie con cui ristorare l'anima di semplicità e 'senso' perduti.

Grazie ScaP. :-)


PS: La recensione originale la trovate qui:

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376 reviews11 followers
April 23, 2022
Come mi è piaciuto!!!

Per me questo libro è stato un tuffo nel passato, in quei giorni a casa dei nonni a guardare Don Camillo, in bianco e nero, e a pensare che in fondo i preti erano simpatici, non tutti seriosi e imbronciati insomma.
I racconti di Guareschi riportano davvero 'nella Bassa', -in su e in giù lungo il fiume per quella fettaccia di terra che sta tra il Po e l'Appennino- insieme agli abitanti del paese che alla fine arriviamo a conoscere per nome e diventano i nostri vicini di casa. Gli episodi raccontati passano dal comico al commovente, mantenendo un linguaggio semplice e rendendo la lettura lineare, in qualche modo 'rilassante'. Davvero un piacere da leggere.
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