by Alessandro Manzoni · Ediciones Barataria · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788495764829
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«Historia de la columna infame» is the historical essay by Alessandro Manzoni, published by Ediciones Barataria in paperback (160 pages, in Spanish).
Manzoni reconstructs the trial of two men accused of spreading the 1630 Milan plague by smearing walls. After a denunciation and confessions obtained under torture, both are executed, and on the ruins of the barber Mora's house the infamous column is erected. Manzoni shows that the judges knew the crime was impossible.
Volume 8 of the Inferno collection. Includes a preliminary note by Leonardo Sciascia and a translation by Elena de Grau. Work originally conceived as an appendix to The Betrothed.
For readers interested in Italian history and classics of the European essay, with a critical look at the judiciary and its abuses.
Alessandro Francesco Tommaso Antonio Manzoni was an Italian philosopher, poet, playwright, and novelist. He is best known for the novel The Betrothed, generally ranked among the masterpieces of world literature. The novel, published in 1827, is a symbol of the Italian Risorgimento for its patriotic message, and also because it was a fundamental milestone in the development of the modern and unified Italian language.
