by Stefano Benni · Feltrinelli · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788807813948
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«L'ultima lacrima» is the short story collection by Stefano Benni, published by Feltrinelli in paperback (176 pages, in Italian).
Tragicomic stories about contemporary Italy featuring vengeful ghosts, capricious tenors, cruises of the New Right and the school of compulsory television. Benni combines irony, satire and fantasy to denounce media voyeurism, xenophobia and the arrogance of the far right, with an unsettling laugh and a stubborn hope in writing.
Published in 1996, it corresponds to number 1394 of Feltrinelli's Universale Economica collection; the cover illustration is by Giovanni Mulazzani.
Recommended for readers of Italian satirical fiction and for those practising the Italian language.
Stefano Benni was an Italian satirical writer, poet and journalist. His books have been translated into around 20 foreign languages and scored notable commercial success. 2.5 million copies of his books have been sold in Italy.
