by Sebastiano Vassalli · Tapa dura · ISBN 9788806128548
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«Marco e Mattio» is the historical novel by Sebastiano Vassalli, published by Einaudi in 1992, hardcover (314 pages, in Italian).
Set in Zoldo, a village in the Bellunese, the novel follows Mattio, the shoemaker's son, in his drift into madness, which takes him from his village to Venice and to the asylum of San Servolo. On that journey he crosses paths with Marco, an embodiment of the Wandering Jew or a projection of his mind; Vassalli contrasts the outcasts with the grotesque 'normality'.
It belongs to Einaudi's Supercoralli collection, and the registered edition is the first, in 23 cm format.
For readers of historical fiction and Italian narrative looking for stories about marginal characters, madness and social criticism.
Sebastiano Vassalli was an Italian author. He wrote the 2007 novel The Italian (L'italiano).
