by Fulvio Tomizza · Mondadori · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788804505433
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«Il sogno dalmata» is Fulvio Tomizza's semi-autobiographical novel, published by Mondadori in paperback (166 pages, in Italian).
The narrator, a middle-aged writer of Istrian origins and Dalmatian descent, travels to Dalmatia and witnesses in Zadar the transformation of the former Yugoslavia: the end of the Yugoslav regime, the awakening of nationalisms, and a war that pits neighbours and friends against each other. Family memory and borderland history intertwine.
Posthumous work by Fulvio Tomizza (1935-1999), published in 2002; his narrative focused on the difficult life of Italians on the border.
A read for those who want to delve into the complex Balkan history and border identities.
Fulvio Tomizza was an Italian writer. He was born in Giurizzani di Materada in Istria, to a middle-class family. His mother was Margherita Frank Trento, born into a poor family of Slavic extraction. His father, Ferdinando, reportedly was from an ancient family of southern Dalmatian Italian origins. Tomizza grew up in a zone where the dialect was mixed.
