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Il contesto

Una parodia

By Leonardo Sciascia

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| Paperback | 9788806117207

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  • Il contesto

    La trama e le recensioni di Il contesto, romanzo di Leonardo Sciascia. Intorno a un caso di cronaca si dipana la storia di un uomo che va ammazzando giudici e di un poliziotto che diventa il suo alter ego, in un paese del tutto immaginario e che tutt ... (read full critics)

    Qlibri published on Thu, 25 Nov 2010

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    A simple plot, a parody of a detective story. A policeman is investigating a very simple case. As soon as he feels close to the solution, some extra complication appears, making the case more obscure; again and again, the policeman gets closer to the killer, and every time a new party enters the gam ... (continue)

    A simple plot, a parody of a detective story. A policeman is investigating a very simple case. As soon as he feels close to the solution, some extra complication appears, making the case more obscure; again and again, the policeman gets closer to the killer, and every time a new party enters the game: mafia, secret services, political parties, church, you name it.

    This small book has been written in 1972, but only published much later. Sciascia started writing it with a lot of fun, and ended in frustration.

    Italy’s situation today is even worse. We have a masonic prime minister, accused of bonds with mafia, convicted for a large set of crimes, unconvictable thanks to a self-written and promulgated law, owning the italian media system. Italy has consistently shown the lowest scores on economic growth, information and freedom of speech, as well as law enforcing among the western civilization.

    Today there are bloggers that censor comments in fear of political or even criminal prosecution; there are twitters that deride commentators, and some others that even declare that they do not tweet while they are, in the astonishing silence of public opinion. Only Berlusconi’s death might save Italy from his misery.

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  • " Anch'io, ve l'ho detto, cederei volentieri il mio posto al signor Amar. Ma, vedete, questo paese non è ancora arrivato a disprezzare il partito del signor Amar quanto disprezza il mio. Nel nostro sistema il crisma del potere è il disprezzo. [...] Perché il sistema consente di arrivare al potere ... (continue)

    " Anch'io, ve l'ho detto, cederei volentieri il mio posto al signor Amar. Ma, vedete, questo paese non è ancora arrivato a disprezzare il partito del signor Amar quanto disprezza il mio. Nel nostro sistema il crisma del potere è il disprezzo. [...] Perché il sistema consente di arrivare al potere col disprezzo; ma è l'iniquità, l'esercizio dell'iniquità, che lo legittima "

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  • Libri Italiani
  • Paperback 122 Pages
  • ISBN-10: 8806117203
  • ISBN-13: 9788806117207
  • Publisher: Einaudi ( Einaudi tascabili ; 14)
  • Pub date: Jan 01, 1990
  • Also available as: Hardcover and Others
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