![]() ![]() Especially the short passage in which the feeble-minded half brother of the main character is speaking, is a stylistic gem and also the evocation of the chaotic retreat of the Italian troops in the first world war (after the battle of Caporetto) can be classified among the better works about horrors of war. In 'Questa Storia' Baricco is a very clever applicator of techniques, styles and registers of language (his Italian is very smooth and rather easy to understand to foreigners with a basic knowledge of the language), and he brings us a story that tells us something about how people cope with reality. ![]() In 'Questa Storia' Baricco is a very clever applicator of techniques, styles and registers of language (his Italian is very smooth and rather easy to unders This novel shows a certain similarity with the celebrated 'Cloud Atlas' by the British writer David Mitchell (also published in 2005): the different stories or parts of the novel each provide a different view on the previous story but the version of Baricco is substantially better managed than that of Mitchell, both in style and in content. This novel shows a certain similarity with the celebrated 'Cloud Atlas' by the British writer David Mitchell (also published in 2005): the different stories or parts of the novel each provide a different view on the previous story but the version of Baricco is substantially better managed than that of Mitchell, both in style and in content. Cento-Alessandro-Baricco-pdf#scribd CONTRIBUTO Martina Straffi.
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