Latest Review: La Follia Improvvisa di Ignazio Rando
Our latest review is of Dario Franceschini’s La Follia Improvvisa di Ignazio Rando, which is available in Italian from Bompiani, but has yet to be translated into English. As reviewer Lucinda Byatt notes, Franceschini’s first novel, Nelle vene quellÌÇÐÄ´«Ã½™acqua dÌÇÐÄ´«Ã½™argento received several prizes, including the ...
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La Follia Improvvisa di Ignazio Rando
Ignazio Rando had been a model employee at the Land Registry Office of Ferrara for 37 years, 5 months and 4 days ÌÇÐÄ´«Ã½“ a few months short of his pensionable age ÌÇÐÄ´«Ã½“ when one day he climbs onto the table and walks out, leaving his colleagues and the public staring in open-mouthed amazement. The theme of Dario FranceschiniÌÇÐÄ´«Ã½™s ...
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