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DON CAMILLO #6
丿賳 讴丕賲蹖賱賵 亘乇 爻乇 丿賵乇丕賴蹖
賲丕噩乇丕賴丕蹖 丕蹖賳 讴鬲丕亘 鈥� 賵 丿蹖诏乇 丿丕爻鬲丕賳鈥屬囏й� 賲噩賲賵毓賴贁 丿賳 讴丕賲蹖賱賵 鈥� 噩丕蹖蹖 丿乇 丿乇賴贁 乇賵丿 倬賵 丕鬲賮丕賯 賲蹖鈥屫з佖� 讴賴 鬲賳賴丕 乇賵丿 賲賴賲 丕蹖鬲丕賱蹖丕爻鬲. 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 讴賵趩讴禄貙 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 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. 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� 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�.
296 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1954
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Giovannino Guareschi
176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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March 11, 2025
Politics, philosophy, psychology and religion served up in the little world of a rural town in post-war Italy. And let's not forget humor. Delightful.
October 9, 2019
丿賳鈥屭┴з呟屬勝� 亘丕夭 賴賲 丿乇 丿賵乇賴鈥屫й� 爻禺鬲 亘乇丕蹖賲 賴賵丕蹖 丌夭丕丿 卮丿. 丨丕賱賲 乇丕 亘賴鬲乇 讴乇丿 丿乇 丕蹖賳 乇賵夭賴丕.
賲丕賳賳丿 賯亘賱蹖鈥屬囏� 讴鬲丕亘 丿丕爻鬲丕賳-丿丕爻鬲丕賳 丕爻鬲 丕夭 賲丕噩乇丕賴丕蹖蹖 讴賴 亘蹖賳 亘禺卮鈥屫ж� 讴賲賵賳蹖爻鬲 賵 讴卮蹖卮 賳丕丨蹖賴 賲蹖鈥屭柏必� 賵 胤賳夭 馗乇蹖賮 诏賵丕乇爻讴蹖 讴賴 卮蹖乇蹖賳 丕爻鬲.
丿乇 賲賯丿賲賴鈥屰� 讴鬲丕亘貙 诏賵丕乇爻讴蹖 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 噩丕賱亘蹖 乇丕 丕夭 卮讴賱鈥屭屫臂� 賵 賲卮賴賵乇 卮丿賳 丿丕爻鬲丕賳鈥屬囏й� 丿賳鈥屭┴з呟屬勝� 亘蹖丕賳 賲蹖鈥屭┵嗀�.
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丿乇 賲賯丿賲賴鈥屰� 讴鬲丕亘貙 诏賵丕乇爻讴蹖 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 噩丕賱亘蹖 乇丕 丕夭 卮讴賱鈥屭屫臂� 賵 賲卮賴賵乇 卮丿賳 丿丕爻鬲丕賳鈥屬囏й� 丿賳鈥屭┴з呟屬勝� 亘蹖丕賳 賲蹖鈥屭┵嗀�.
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�.
April 12, 2012
I love Don Camillo! I have read this book again and again just because it is so funny and moving at the same time. A small Italian village after WWII, where people are struggling to find salvation either through politics or religion. Don Camillo, the priest, is at loggerheads with Pepone, mayor and communist activist, but in essence they are two good men who trust each other and work together (in the end) for the good of the people and their souls. Great collection of stories.
September 15, 2016
Gentle, funny! Even with the conflict between the characters placed in a specific time, political climate, and place (post WW II Italy), the human foibles and truths are still the same. Folks are folks.
December 9, 2017
Thank you Giovannino! A legacy of love, written in troubling times, and a help in current troubling times.
August 12, 2012
From the reject pile in the library. Loved it. The great conflict of the catholic church vs communism treated in a gentle and humane manner. Without answers.
August 19, 2018
This book is another testament to used book stores; otherwise I would never have come across the book or the author.
These stories are set in Italy's Po River Valley in the 1950s. Each story is very short, about 10 pages; very entertaining; and different from all the others. All of them feature both Don Camillo, the priest; and Peppone, the Communist mayor; some have much more Don Camillo, some much more Peppone. Some stories are more focused on politics, and some on the personal.
Some are quite touching. My favorite is "The Excommunicated Madonna". An itinerant painter takes the local girl Celestina, a malicious, mocking, taunting woman, as the subject of an altar painting of the Blessed Virgin. He paints her as truly beautiful, both inside and outside. When the woman sees the painting, it changes her:
These stories are set in Italy's Po River Valley in the 1950s. Each story is very short, about 10 pages; very entertaining; and different from all the others. All of them feature both Don Camillo, the priest; and Peppone, the Communist mayor; some have much more Don Camillo, some much more Peppone. Some stories are more focused on politics, and some on the personal.
Some are quite touching. My favorite is "The Excommunicated Madonna". An itinerant painter takes the local girl Celestina, a malicious, mocking, taunting woman, as the subject of an altar painting of the Blessed Virgin. He paints her as truly beautiful, both inside and outside. When the woman sees the painting, it changes her:
Don Camillo looked at her ugly expression and thought of the gentle countenance of the Madonna of the River.
"It isn't your face," he said. "Come see for yourself."
The girl walked quickly to the chapel and came to a halt in front of the rail. Don Camillo took the pole and removed the cloth cover. Then he looked at Celestina. As she stood motionless, staring up at the picture, something extraordinary happened. Her face relaxed, while her eyes lost their malice and became gentler and more serene. The vulgarity disappeared, and gradually she seemed to take on the expression of the painting. The artist gripped Don Camillo's arm.
"That's how I saw her!" he exclaimed.
March 6, 2020
讴鬲丕亘蹖 亘丕賲夭賴 丕夭 賲噩賲賵毓賴 丿賵賳 讴丕賲蹖賱賵. 鬲賯丕亘賱 讴賲賵賳蹖爻鬲鈥屬囏� 賵 賲爻蹖丨蹖丕賳 丿乇 丕賵丕蹖賱 噩賳诏 爻乇丿 賵 丌睾丕夭 賳賮賵匕 爻賵爻蹖丕賱蹖爻賲 丿乇 丕乇賵倬丕蹖 亘毓丿 丕夭 噩賳诏 噩賴丕賳蹖 丿賵賲 丿爻鬲賲丕蹖賴 賳賵蹖爻賳丿賴 丕爻鬲. 鬲乇噩賲賴 乇賵丕賳 賵 賯賱賲 卮蹖賵丕蹖 賲鬲乇噩賲貙 讴鬲丕亘 乇丕 噩匕丕亘 賵 禺賵丕賳丿賳蹖 讴乇丿賴 丕爻鬲.
December 9, 2018
Arguments from of old, but the heart is what counts.
August 25, 2019
A humorous collection of short stories describing the ugly feuds and begrudged reconciliations between the village priest and the head of the communist party set in the rustic Italian countryside.
February 23, 2023
Wonderful, funny and entertaining.
February 14, 2021
賲賳 丿賳 讴丕賲蹖賱賵 賵 卮蹖胤丕賳 乇賵 禺賵賳丿賴 亘賵丿賲 賵 禺賵賳丿賳 丕蹖賳 讴鬲丕亘 賴賲 賲孬賱 丕賵賳 亘乇丕賲 賱匕鬲 亘禺卮 亘賵丿
亘丕 丕蹖賳讴賴 鬲賵蹖 夭賲丕賳 賯丿蹖賲 賳賵卮鬲賴 卮丿賴 賵賱蹖 亘乇丕蹖 丕蹖賳 夭賲丕賳 賴賲 賯丕亘賱 丿乇讴 賴爻鬲貙 卮丕蹖丿 亘禺丕胤乇 丕蹖賳讴賴 匕丕鬲 丕賳爻丕賳賴丕 鬲賵蹖 诏匕卮鬲 夭賲丕賳 賴賳賵夭 亘丿賵賳 鬲睾蹖蹖乇 賲賵賳丿賴...
亘丕 丕蹖賳讴賴 鬲賵蹖 夭賲丕賳 賯丿蹖賲 賳賵卮鬲賴 卮丿賴 賵賱蹖 亘乇丕蹖 丕蹖賳 夭賲丕賳 賴賲 賯丕亘賱 丿乇讴 賴爻鬲貙 卮丕蹖丿 亘禺丕胤乇 丕蹖賳讴賴 匕丕鬲 丕賳爻丕賳賴丕 鬲賵蹖 诏匕卮鬲 夭賲丕賳 賴賳賵夭 亘丿賵賳 鬲睾蹖蹖乇 賲賵賳丿賴...
July 12, 2012
Originally published on my blog in May 2000.
While the later collections of Guareschi's tales of the little world of Don Camillo never quite match the freshness of the first one, Don Camillo's Dilemma is one of the best of them. The politics are rather more clearly apparent, and despite the words given to Christ saying that he is part of no political party it is clear where Guareschi's own sympathies lie - almost all the stories end with the triumph of the church over (some, at least) of the Communists of the village. The villagers still want children baptised, even if they don't believe in God.
The delight of these stories is the naive and sincere nature of the villagers, which can easily become a pleasure derived from a smug feeling of comparative sophistication. Guareschi has too much respect for his characters to allow this to happen, and so the enjoyment the stories produce is tinged by a slight regret for something that we have lost.
While the later collections of Guareschi's tales of the little world of Don Camillo never quite match the freshness of the first one, Don Camillo's Dilemma is one of the best of them. The politics are rather more clearly apparent, and despite the words given to Christ saying that he is part of no political party it is clear where Guareschi's own sympathies lie - almost all the stories end with the triumph of the church over (some, at least) of the Communists of the village. The villagers still want children baptised, even if they don't believe in God.
The delight of these stories is the naive and sincere nature of the villagers, which can easily become a pleasure derived from a smug feeling of comparative sophistication. Guareschi has too much respect for his characters to allow this to happen, and so the enjoyment the stories produce is tinged by a slight regret for something that we have lost.
February 4, 2011
I loved the original book in this series, The Little World of Don Camillo, about the fiesty Italian priest and his ongoing fued with the Communist mayor Peppone, but about halfway into this volume, Guareschi seems to run out of gas. The stories become more complicated, more confusing and less funny. Still, Don Camillo's private conversations with Christ make this book worth reading, and some of the stories in the first half are vintage Don Camillo.
November 2, 2012
亘賴 噩乇兀鬲 蹖讴蹖 丕夭 噩匕丕亘 鬲乇蹖賳 讴鬲丕亘賴丕蹖 胤賳夭蹖 讴賴 禺賵丕賳丿賲貙 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 賴丕蹖 丿賳 讴丕賲蹖賱賵爻鬲. 胤賳夭 賴乇 爻賴 讴鬲丕亘 賮賵賯 丕賱毓丕丿賴 丕爻鬲 賵 丌丿賲 鬲賯乇蹖亘丕 賲胤賲卅賳 賲蹖 卮賵丿 讴賴 丕蹖鬲丕賱蹖丕蹖蹖 賴丕蹖 賳賵蹖爻賳丿賴貙 丿爻鬲 亘爻蹖丕乇 鬲賵丕賳丕蹖蹖 丿丕乇賳丿 丿乇 賳賵卮鬲賳 胤賳夭. 丕蹖鬲丕賱賵 讴丕賱賵蹖賳賵 讴賴 賲毓乇賮 丨囟賵乇 丕賴丕賱蹖 讴鬲丕亘禺賵丕賳 賴爻鬲. 丕诏乇 噩蹖賵賵丕賳蹖 诏賵丕乇爻讴蹖 (賳賵蹖爻賳丿賴 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 賴丕蹖 丿賳 讴丕賲蹖賱賵)貙 丕蹖鬲丕賱賵 丕爻賵卅賵(賳賵蹖爻賳丿賴 賵噩丿丕賳 夭賳賵)貙 丕賵賲亘乇鬲賵 丕讴賵 賵 丨鬲蹖 丕蹖賳蹖丕鬲爻蹖賵 爻蹖賱賵賳賴 乇丕 丿乇 讴賳丕乇 讴丕賱賵蹖賳賵 丿乇 賳馗乇 亘诏蹖乇蹖賲貙 賲蹖 亘蹖賳蹖賲 胤賳夭 亘賴 爻亘讴 趩讴賲賴 倬賵卮 賴丕貙 亘爻蹖丕乇 噩丕賱亘 賵 禺賵丕賳丿賳蹖爻鬲.
January 14, 2012
Perhaps not as good as the Little World of Don Camillo, however there are some lovely stories in this collection.
July 5, 2015
丿丕爻鬲丕賳 丌丿賲鈥屬囏й� 賵丕賯毓蹖 丕胤乇丕賮賲賵賳 讴賴 鬲賳丕賯囟 毓賯丕蹖丿 賵 乇賮鬲丕乇卮賵賳 亘賴 賯丿乇 讴丕賮蹖 胤賳夭 賴爻鬲貙 賮賯胤 賯賱賲 噩賵賵丕賳蹖 诏賵乇丕爻丕讴蹖 賲蹖鈥屫堌ж池� 鬲丕 亘賳賵蹖爻丿卮賵賳.
November 16, 2015
亘丕夭 賴賲 蹖讴 禺賵亘 丕賲丕 賳賴 亘賴 丕賳丿丕夭賴 讴鬲丕亘 丿賳 讴丕賲蹖賱賵 賵 卮蹖胤丕賳
May 17, 2021
Superb shines like a jewel in a field of mud.
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