by Antonio Tabucchi · tapa blanda · ISBN 9782070771929
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«Tristano meurt: une vie» is the novel by Antonio Tabucchi, published by Gallimard in paperback (203 pages, in French).
In Tuscany, Tristano, a former fighter, is dying of gangrene and endures the pain with morphine. He summons a writer to transcribe the story of his life, which begins on a day of war in Greece. Antonio Tabucchi blends memories and delusions to question heroism, betrayal, and the possibility of telling a life.
Translation from the Italian by Bernard Comment; original title: Tristano muore: una vita. Collection Du monde entier.
For readers of literary and historical fiction seeking a reflection on memory, war, and the contradictions of characters.
Antonio Tabucchi was an Italian writer and academic who taught Portuguese language and literature at the University of Siena, Italy. Deeply in love with Portugal, he was an expert, critic and translator of the works of Fernando Pessoa from whom he drew the conceptions of saudade, of fiction and of the heteronyms. Tabucchi was first introduced to Pessoa's works in the 1960s when attending the Sorbonne. He was so charmed that when he returned to Italy, he took an introductory course in Portuguese for a better comprehension of the poet.
