by Simone Weil · Adelphi · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788845902390
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Venezia salva is a work by Simone Weil that has captured the imagination of great writers over time. The story focuses on 17th-century Venice, a perfect city on the verge of being plunged into a dream of force. In this context, the figure of Jaffier emerges, a conspirator who betrays his companions to save the city, consuming evil in his own suffering. The work explores the conflict between Jaffier and Renaud, another conspirator obsessed with power, while the brilliant Venice serves as a backdrop for this tragedy.
Simone Adolphine Weil was a French philosopher, mystic and political activist. Despite her short life, her ideas concerning religion, spirituality and politics have remained widely influential in contemporary philosophy.
