| Fulvio Tomizza: Writing the Trauma of Exile Contributor(s): Deganutti, Marianna (Author) |
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ISBN: 1781885931 ISBN-13: 9781781885932 Publisher: Legenda OUR PRICE: $104.50 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: September 2018 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Modern - 20th Century - Literary Criticism | European - Italian |
| LCCN: 2019295051 |
| Series: Italian Perspectives |
| Physical Information: 0.5" H x 6.69" W x 9.61" (1.13 lbs) 194 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 20th Century - Cultural Region - Italy |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In what language is it possible to elaborate the trauma of exile? By dealing with the diaspora from Istria, a borderland located at the intersection of the Italian and the Croato-Slovene civilizations, Fulvio Tomizza (1935-1999), an outstanding and yet still relatively unknown author of the Italian Novecento, questioned exile in depth. This exile, which took place after the post-war redefinition of the Italo-Yugoslav border, corresponds to a trauma, that can be better analysed through the language used by Tomizza, in particular through his multilingualism and self-translation. In this work, Deganutti suggests that only the Italian language the author chooses to write his novels - which corresponds both to a native and a translated tongue - allows him to cope with the trauma of exile, or at least with what could be told about it. Marianna Deganutti is a Research Associate at the Department of Politics, Languages & International Studies - University of Bath. |