Leonardo Sciascia Books

On March 16, 1978 Aldo Moro, a former Prime Minister of Italy, was ambushed in Rome. Within three minutes the gang killed his escort and bundled Moro into one of three getaway cars. An hour later the terrorist group the Red Brigades announced that Moro was in their hands; on March 18 they said he would be tried in a "people's court of justice." Seven weeks later Moro's body was discovered in the trunk of a car parked in the crowded center of Rome. The Moro Affair presents a chilling picture of how a secretive government and a ruthless terrorist faction help to keep each other in business. Also included in this book is "The Mystery of Majorana," Sciascia's fascinating investigation of the disappearance of a major Italian physicist during Mussolini's regime.

A string of high-profile murders leads an inspector to believe there is more to his case than mere personal grudge - but can he prove it?

A man is shot dead as he runs to catch the bus in the piazza of a small Sicilian town. Captain Bellodi, the detective on the case, is new to his job and determined to prove himself. Bellodi suspects the Mafia, and his suspicions grow when he finds himself up against an apparently unbreachable wall of silence. A surprise turn puts him on the track of a series of nasty crimes. But all the while Bellodi's investigation is being carefully monitored by a host of observers, near and far. They share a single to keep the truth from coming out.This short, beautifully paced novel is a mesmerizing description of the Mafia at work.

Contiene:Il Contesto, Todo Modo, La scomparsa di Majorana, I pugnalatori, Candido, L'affaire Moro, Nero su nero, Dalle parti degli infedeli, Il teatro della memoria, Cruciverba.

Pubblicato nell’autunno del 1978, mentre ribollivano le polemiche sul caso Moro, e altre suscitandone, a distanza di cinque anni questo libro potrebbe anche esser letto come «opera letteraria». Ma l’autore – come membro della Commissione parlamentare d’inchiesta sulla «affaire» – ha continuato a viverlo come «opera di verità» e perciò lo si ripubblica (non più col rischio delle polemiche, ma del silenzio) con l’aggiunta della relazione di minoranza (di assoluta minoranza) presentata in Commissione e al Parlamento. Una relazione che l’autore ha voluto al possibile stringare, nella speranza che abbia la sorte di esser largamente letta: qual di solito non hanno le voluminosissime relazioni che vengono fuori dalle inchieste parlamentari.

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Leonardo Sciascia wurde 1921 in Racalmuto als Sohn eines autoritären Schwefelgrubenverwalters geboren; das Gymnasium unterforderte ihn, sowohl als Schüler als auch als Lehrer. Herauskam ein großer einer der bedeutendsten Schriftsteller, Publizisten der 2. Hälfte des 20. Jahrhunderts, ein großer europäischer Aufklä stets Sizilien und den Mikrokosmos Racalmuto als Metapher der Welt vor Augen.

1956 erschienen, nun erstmals auf Deutsch: eine Geschichte Siziliens, blutig, tragisch und burlesk, dargestellt von einem der größten italienischen Schriftsteller des 20. Jahrhunderts. In „Salz, Messer und Brot“ erzählt Sciascia finstere und groteske Geschichten, die alle an einem einzigen, halb fiktiven, halb realen Ort spielen. Man begreift, warum Sciascia durch dieses erste Buch schlagartig berühmt wurde. Es enthält bereits alle Qualitäten seines späteren Werks: die genaue Beobachtung einer begrenzten Wirklichkeit, die Schaffung von Figuren anhand einiger weniger Charakteristiken, die ruhige Kühnheit im Benennen himmelschreiender sozialer Zustände, die knappe, dadurch umso effektvollere Prosa.