Giovanni Verga
I Malavoglia, or The House by the Medlar Tree by Giovanni Verga
RevSocialist اش... — Thu, 06/10/2010 - 17:00
This novel (255pg) by Giovanni Verga proves once again how radical and progressive an author this great Sicilian was. There are so many things to point out, but I will start first with the structure of this novel: you will notice that the first two pages of this novel contain a "cast of characters" much like that of a play.
Don Licciu Papa by Giovanni Verga
RevSocialist اش... — Thu, 02/18/2010 - 14:22
This is a short story (5pg) by Italian writer Giovanni Verga. I have read a lot of his work, including two novels which I will be posting soon, and he always writes more like a socialist than a normal writer, which is why I have posted, and will continue posting, his work. This story attacks the repressive foundations and support of the capitalist state, i.e. laws, courts, and "law enforcement" (otherwise know as dirty fucking pigs). This short quote from the story best explains what it is about, and I would even say that this statement is the foundation on which the story was written:
Nasty Foxfur by Giovanni Verga
RevSocialist اش... — Fri, 01/08/2010 - 11:09
This short story was written by Italian realist writer Giovanni Verga. In my opinion this story is an excellent portrayal of how capitalism turns workers into beasts of burden, ie brutalizes them and turns them against each other. The main character of this story "Foxfur" is continually described and alluded to as animal-like, which is the logical result of his constant exploitation and the back-breaking manual labor he has been forced to perform since his early youth.
Liberty (1883) by Giovanni Verga
RevSocialist اش... — Thu, 01/07/2010 - 10:49
This story was written by the Sicilian writer Giovanni Verga (1840-1922), about a small rural town's revolt during the time the Italian nationalist Giusepped Garibaldi was in Sicily.
