by Carlo Emilio Gadda · Garzanti · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788811694649
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«L'Adalgisa. Disegni milanesi» is the collection of short stories by Carlo Emilio Gadda, published by Garzanti in paperback (296 pages, in Italian).
Stories set in Milan that paint an ironic and meticulous portrait of its inhabitants, their rituals and contradictions. Gadda recreates the city between the late 19th century and 1940, alternating social satire with an affectionate look at its energy, everyday gestures and often grotesque morality.
The work was originally published in 1944; this 2011 edition belongs to the Gli elefanti. Narrativa series.
For readers of Italian fiction and short stories who want to discover Gadda's vision of Milan.
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.
