Dies Irae
paolo beneforti
pbeneforti at inwind.it
Fri Oct 6 00:59:35 CDT 2006
I'm so sorry for Genna, but thedistance and the differences between
DeLillo's novels and his one are very very large.
Ya Sam ha scritto:
> 2006 is definitely the year of big books. The forthcoming publication
> of AtD seems to be attracting such novels like a huge star attracting
> smaller planets. The French Holocaust novel (written by an American),
> the two volume Russian anti-avante-guarde book, and now I stumbled
> upon the rage of contemporary Italian fiction 'Dies Irae' by Giuseppe
> Genna who has said a couple of good words about Pynchon 'that genius
> whom I consider to be the greatest living writer' (questo genio, che
> considero il massimo scrittore vivente)
> http://www.blackmailmag.com/Intervista_a_Giuseppe_Genna.htm
>
> but has chosen to emulate DeLillo: My translation (literal), correct
> me if I'm wrong
>
> 'An epic novel projected onto the vast human theatre, DIES IRAE is a
> candidate for the role of DeLillo's Underworld in Italy. It is a
> vivid, ironic and despaired fresco of the 25 years of the collective
> and individual history. [...] An historical novel, bourgeois novel,
> lumpen-proletarian novel, horror novel, metaphysical novel. A novel
> that wages war against the certainties of history and the mind, and
> does not take prisoners.
>
>
> Romanzo epico, proiettato su un teatro umano vastissimo, DIES IRAE si
> candida a ricoprire in Italia il ruolo di Underworld di DeLillo. È
> l�affresco vivo, ironico, disperato di venticinque anni di storia
> collettiva e individuale. [...] Un romanzo storico, borghese,
> sottoproletario, horror, metafisico. Che muove guerra alle certezze
> della storia e della mente, e non fa prigionieri.
>
> http://www.24sette.it/diesirae/
>
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