by Ippolito Nievo · BUR Biblioteca Univ. Rizzoli · tapa dura · ISBN 9788817046695
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«Le confessioni di un italiano» is the historical novel by Ippolito Nievo, published by BUR Biblioteca Univ. Rizzoli in hardcover (1104 pages, in Italian).
The novel, also known as «Le confessioni di un ottuagenario», follows the memoirs of Carlo Altoviti, who recalls from his childhood at the castle of Fratta his life through the end of the Republic of Venice, his love for the Pisana, and his participation in the events that led to Italian unification. The narrative combines the historical chronicle of the Risorgimento with an ironic and parodic look at the literature and society of the time.
Volume from the BUR Romanzi d'Italia collection, with a preface by Sergio Romano. Edition in Italian.
Recommended for readers of nineteenth-century historical fiction and for those interested in Italian Risorgimento literature.
Ippolito Nievo was an Italian writer, journalist and patriot. His Confessions of an Italian is widely considered the most important novel about the Italian Risorgimento.
