by Carlo Emilio Gadda · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788806316419
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La cognizione del dolore is a novel by the Italian writer Carlo Emilio Gadda, published in 1963. The story takes place in a villa in Brianza and explores the conflicting relationship between a son, Gonzalo, and his mother. Through a complex language full of cultural references, Gadda examines themes such as pain, loneliness, lack of communication and the decline of bourgeois society. The novel is considered one of the masterpieces of 20th century Italian literature.
Carlo Emilio Gadda was an Italian writer and poet. He belongs to the tradition of the language innovators, writers who played with the somewhat stiff standard pre-war Italian language, and added elements of dialects, technical jargon and wordplay.
