the last novel of Joseph Lupo
L’affascinante epopea del Presidente del Consiglio Giuseppe Zanardelli, che nel settembre del 1902 partì da Roma per un avventuroso viaggio in Basilicata Nel settembre del 1902 il Presidente del Consiglio Giuseppe Zanardelli parte da Roma per un avventuroso viaggio in Basilicata.
A capo di un corteo di politici, giornalisti, medici, orchestrali e maggiordomi, visita paesi e contrade in miseria, recita discorsi, stringe la mano di sottoprefetti, sindaci, galantuomini e gente comune, andando così incontro a un’inaspettata popolarità. Lo statista diventa eroe leggendario of a decrepit and visionary world, used to suffer the injustices of history, but eager to show a face festive and carefree. And while the convoy climbs aboard trains and stagecoaches in the mountains of Lucania awaiting its move to the sound of bands and fireworks, ready to face the adventure of modernity with enthusiasm, a photographer with his magic art collecting hazardous signs of a conspiracy: the mysterious intrusion of British tourists, the exhibition of an enigmatic American tightrope walker, the ambiguous maneuvers of an association and an anarchic spirit producer who surrounds of surprising spies. Among historical epic and picaresque, Joseph Wolf creates a novel where truth and fiction Great mix and the story is the fate of the humble. Following the rhythms of the epic and chronicle, tells a crucial event for the destiny of the South, represented not only as a place of pain, but the stage of dreams, tragicomic contradictions horizon, the scene of dramatic battles and unrealistic projects.
" Basilicata is a chain of dreams that will not take long to appear in History"
JOSEPH LUPO (Atella, 1963), novelist and essayist, teaches contemporary literature at the University Catholic, home to Brescia. Marsilio has published the novels The American Celenne (2000), which won the Berto Prize, the Premio Mondello, the Festival du premier roman, and Dance to Agropinto (2004). Among the essays, remember Sinisgalli and utopian culture of the thirties (Premio Basilicata), Poetry as painting. De Libero and Roman culture, the utopias of reason. Raffaele Crovi intellectual and writer, el'antologia The century of the posters. Programs of the magazines of the twentieth century. He has contributed to the history of the "Tokens" by Elio Vittorini. Collaborate in 'The Morning', 'Poetry', 'Imagination'.