by Dario Fo · Siruela · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788416964307
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Based on a true story, this novel by Italian Nobel Prize winner Dario Fo vindicates the figure of Johann Trollmann, an exceptional boxer from whom the Third Reich snatched glory and life. The novel rescues from oblivion Trollmann, who challenged the Aryan supremacy of Nazi Germany. Through meticulous historical research, Fo recreates the life of this Gypsy boxer who, despite his talent, was discriminated against and deprived of his achievements by the Nazi regime. An exciting story that pays tribute to an unfairly treated champion.
Dario Luigi Angelo Fo was an Italian playwright, actor, theatre director, stage designer, songwriter, political campaigner for the Italian left wing and the recipient of the 1997 Nobel Prize in Literature. In his time he was "arguably the most widely performed contemporary playwright in world theatre". Much of his dramatic work depends on improvisation and comprises the recovery of "illegitimate" forms of theatre, such as those performed by giullari and, more famously, the ancient Italian style of commedia dell'arte.
