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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