M: SON OF THE CENTURY by Antonio Scurati | Book Review
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- Опубликовано: 10 сен 2024
- A book review of Antonio Scurati's M: Son of the Century (trans. Anne Milano Appel).
Hardcover, 773 pages
Published 2022 by Harper (originally published 2018 by Bompiani as M Il figlio del secolo).
ISBN: 0062956116
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To be fair, the "vocal supporter of Mussolini" I reference was only vocal about her support of the fascist dictator Mussolini once, if that helps.
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I will also add that D'Annunzio was the greatest poet and novelist of his generation, Italy's national poet at the time. His works are worth checking out. What's even more impressive is how influential he became once he entered the political stage of his career, in ways that haunted him once he grew old and Fascism took hold. Larger than life perfectly describes him
finishing this novel now. I agree that the newspaper/letter excerpts feel redundant after a chapter. They do show the work Scurati did, but what if he had put them before a chapter, teasing what was to come?
So many things you mention in the video sound so familiar but I can't quite place where I've heard them....hmm...
Excellent video. This book wasn't on my radar but it covers a fascinating topic that is imminently pertinent to our time.
Haha - eerie, isn't it?
Another incredible review. ❤ not sure if I told you this but I read D’Annunzio’s Pleasure and Notturno awhile back and found both works to be well worth the time and exploration.
Thank you! That sounds fascinating, though I'm not sure I could stomach his works just yet after reading about how influence he was on Mussolini! Some day I'll have to check out his works though, as I've heard they're quite good aesthetically.
@@travelthroughstories Exactly! But I know in time, you will find it a challenging yet rewarding experience. Not unlike with Knut Hamsun.
@@morbidswither3051 For sure! It's certainly worth grappling with these kinds of authors.
Great video, will you be talking about Krasznahorkai's Spadework for a Palace from the Storybook ND series?
Thank you! Yes, eventually. That was the Storybook ND volume I was most excited for and wanted to save for last. Hopefully I'll get to it in the next couple of weeks.
@@travelthroughstories Great! Looking forward to it.
Werckmeister Harmonies on youtube, fanstastic !
Ayyy I’m reading this right now, so I’ll return when I’m done. Was excited to see you holding this one up!
Nice! I'm excited to hear what you make of it soon!
Thanks!
Thanks so much!
Is it horrible that I found him pretty inspiring and magnetic upto a certain point in the book??
people inherently look for leaders, and this is manipulated ... very normal
Excellent review, I was on the fence of if I should read this or not, but I believe I will.
Thanks for watching! I hope you enjoy it as much as I did!
Hope they’ll translate the second book too
Yes! I'm hoping that that's already slotted for next year.
@@travelthroughstories in Dutch it’s out since a year or so
Sometimes I enjoy your videos because I know I’m never going to read the book and I can get the low down about what it’s about and learn the nuggets without having to read and find them out for myself.
Are you going to be reading any works by the new Pulitzer Prize winner Annie Ernaux? It looks like most of her key works are translated into English, and my library brought extensive eBook and eAudiobooks of them and I’m reading a few of them now. She seems like someone you might be intrigued by.
Glad I could be of some service! You're right - I adore Annie Ernaux. I've read 4-5 of her books so far and she was, alongside Jon Fosse, my pick to win to Nobel. I reviewed her Happening on the channel sometime last year (fair warning though: I have no idea how that video holds up and I'm not going to be the one to check). It's a brilliant novel. I also actually read her The Years just last month. I was thinking about making a kind of introduction style video to her and her works, but I haven't gotten around to it yet.
I'm reading this right now. It's so bleak. It's really good, but I also can't wait to finish.
Hah! That was kind of response as well.
I am italian and this book helped me to understand how fascism born.
Brilliant review. I am really interested in this topic. I already have some other books on my TBR that are dealing with the topic of the rise of Nazism in Germany.
Thank you! It would definitely be an interesting book to read alongside books on the rise of Nazism in Germany - there are plenty of parallels, of course, but many interesting differences as well.
Great review
Can you do a review on the Keeper of Rhymes eBook? Seems its really amazing but I'm not sure if I want to spend my allowance on it. A review would be super helpful! Thanks!
You're going to have to give me a better reason than that.
@@travelthroughstories huhhh?
Mussolini was a fascinating man. Too bad you wouldn't want to get into his head. As for D'Annunzio, it is a shame you dismiss him as a "fake populist" or "fascist."
Hey!! Another great review. I've been interested to learn more about Italian fascism since hearing Maaza Mengiste(author of The Shadow King) talk about how Musollini* wanted to use the conquering of Ethiopia as a way of restoring the country's broken pride. She also said that a lot of Italian fascist history is buried evidenced by the fact that a lot of Italians don't know that they were colonial masters. I'm very interested in the book I'm however quite intimidated by it. Also that's it's the first in a trilogy,Christ! I'm not sure if it's accessible here but if I get it I'll give it a go.
Thank you! I've always wanted to read Maaza Mengiste's The Shadow King, but never got around to it. The might be a nice addendum to this book... This book is quite intimidating (I probably should have reiterated just how long it actually is), but the prose is very accessible, which makes it read quite quickly.
@@travelthroughstories funnily enough, I found your channel because of Maaza Mengiste. She had been friends with Dasa Drndic and frequently talked about how Drndic's Trieste influenced her in writing The Shadow King. So I came to RUclips to get sense of Drndic and her work as I had never heard of her and I came across your videos.
@@keithcasey3459 Oh wow, interesting. Now I really want to read Mengiste. Drndić is one of my all-time favorites, so anyone even remotely related to her sounds worth checking out.
This is late to the party but if I may recommend, there is a book called "My rise and fall." which contains both Mussolini's autobiography from his early days in office and his rise to power and talking about his life, and the second half is an interview he held with a reporter friend of his months before his death, both books are also available separately, I know a few places that have his last interview and there is a free original copy of "My Autobiography" on the internet archive.
There also is a popular book called "Mussolini's Intellectuals" which is a deep dive into the origins of Mussolini and other fascists on what they where before, what was going on in Italia at the time, and what pushed them to become fascists, it is a good book that I see sourced a lot on research on Mussolini and the fascists.
Sounds interesting, tho i would much prefer to read a cautionary tale about communism..
Lol. There are plenty of books about that for you to read and none of them make Mussolini's fascism any better.
Dude, authoritarianism is authoritarianism.