Travel to Ethiopia.
Arlea| N° d'inventaire | 23552 |
| Format | 11 x 17 |
| Détails | 284 p., paperback. |
| Publication | Paris, 2020 |
| Etat | Nine |
| ISBN | 9782363082282 |
In 1939, disowned by the fascist regime, Curzio Malaparte embarked for Ethiopia to regain esteem and consideration by bearing witness to Italian colonization. But, seduced by the "land of the red men," he renounced the enterprise of glorification to conduct a more intimate exploration. And his journey became literature. On the back of a mule, alone or accompanied by battalions of the colonial army, Malaparte crisscrossed a fascinating Ethiopia, which he sometimes confused with the Italian countryside and which, at times, resembled the sublime. A hallucinatory sublime, crossed by brigands and lepers, gazelles and falcons, a mineral landscape, "of a harsh but very beautiful poverty," where each vision suggests a unique world: that of a masterful author.
In 1939, disowned by the fascist regime, Curzio Malaparte embarked for Ethiopia to regain esteem and consideration by bearing witness to Italian colonization. But, seduced by the "land of the red men," he renounced the enterprise of glorification to conduct a more intimate exploration. And his journey became literature. On the back of a mule, alone or accompanied by battalions of the colonial army, Malaparte crisscrossed a fascinating Ethiopia, which he sometimes confused with the Italian countryside and which, at times, resembled the sublime. A hallucinatory sublime, crossed by brigands and lepers, gazelles and falcons, a mineral landscape, "of a harsh but very beautiful poverty," where each vision suggests a unique world: that of a masterful author.