Learning to read (in) the library of Paola Capriolo's 'Il doppio regno'

Ania, GF

Abstract

Un salone lunghissimo le cui pareti erano interamente rivestite di librerie alte fino al soffitto.
Alcuni fra i massimi capolavori custoditi nella biblioteca non sono altro che giganteschi palindromi di quattro o cinquecento pagine.
Se il caso o il destino non mi avessero condotta qui, non avrei mai imparato a leggere.
My reading of Capriolo’s second novel, Il doppio regno (1991), focuses on these three statements, which prompt the questions: what sort of library are we dealing with? What type of books does it contain? And what kind of reading takes place in it? Analysis of these statements in context, together with Capriolo’s obvious fascination with structure, patterns, and form, will lead on to a fuller examination of the motifs of reading, memory and assimilation.

Citation

Ania, G. (2004). Learning to read (in) the library of Paola Capriolo's 'Il doppio regno'. Rassegna Europea di Letteratura Italiana, 24, 79-100. https://doi.org/10.1400/54287

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Publication Date: Dec 1, 2004
• Deposit Date: Jan 22, 2009
• Journal: Rassegna Europea di Letteratura Italiana
• Print ISSN: 1122-5580
• Publisher: Fabrizio Serra editore
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 24
• Pages: 79-100
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1400/54287
• Keywords: Italian literature
• Publisher URL: http://digital.casalini.it/18246818
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