Un’agra salita. Lettura di ‘Autostrada della Cisa’ di Vittorio Sereni

Author(s)/Creator(s)

Stefano Giannini, Syracuse UniversityFollow

ORCID

0000-0001-6589-0997

Document Type

Article

Date

2003

Keywords

Luciano Bianciardi, La vita agra, Vittorio Sereni, Autostrada della Cisa, intertextuality, nihilism, journeys, Stella variabile, Mountain Pass

Language

Italian

Disciplines

Communication | East Asian Languages and Societies | English Language and Literature | European Languages and Societies | French and Francophone Language and Literature | German Language and Literature | Italian Language and Literature | Latin American Languages and Societies | Linguistics | Sign Languages | Slavic Languages and Societies | Spanish and Portuguese Language and Literature

Description/Abstract

Luciano Bianciardi (1922-1971) wants to open a dialogue with his friend Vittorio Sereni (1913-1983) through the pages of his best-selling novel La vita agra (1962). Sereni does not respond immediately, and the approach seems not to have received Sereni’s attention. The analysis of Sereni’s 1981 poem “Autostrada della Cisa” proves that he ultimately decided to reply to his friend’s irreverent, yet congenial, comments, albeit nearly 20 years later. This article underlines the existential crisis expressed by Sereni in his poem, accompanied by his willingness to enter into a dialogue with any reader, despite the nihilistic outcomes he foresees. His efforts are meant to sustain the ‘recidiva speranza’ (recidivous hope) of a life well spent on which Bianciardi had mused.

ISSN

0021-2954

Recommended Citation

Giannini, Stefano. “Un’agra Salita: Lettura di ‘Autostrada della Cisa’ di Vittorio Sereni.” Italian Quarterly, vol. 40, no. 155–156, 2003, pp. 27–36.

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