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A great coming-of-age novel, My First Seven Years (plus a few more) is Dario Fo's fantastic fictionalised memoir of his formative years, following his railwayman father around the various villages on the shores of Lago Maggiore in Northern Italy where they lived. Born in 1926 and growing up between the wars, Fo witnessed at close hand the struggles between Fascists and Partisans in the mountainous north.The novel is filled with the anecdotes, characters and sketches that were the inspiration for the creative genius of this winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature (1997). Above all it is a book filled with the characteristic vitality and humour that springs from all his of his written work. More than just a memoir, My First Seven Years is a work of literature that follows in a great line of imaginative childhood accounts, such as Proust's Remembrance of Things Past and Fournier's Le Grand Meaulnes, through, Italo Calvino's Marcovaldo stories.
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"Expertly translated by Joseph Farrell, "My First Seven Years "vividly chronicles the Nazi-Fascist scourge. ... A fascinating account of a writer's formative years, by turns tender and sardonic."--Ian Thomson, author of "Primo Levi: A Life""" "Replete with humorous anecdotes and zany events, this book is an entertaining, life-affirming and informative read. ... Fo paints a picture of a bucolic childhood, of wild adventures and japes, but interweaves this innocence with the often brutal political and social realities of the time, which impinge, even if indistinctly, on his child's mind." --"Morning Star "(UK) "Masterful scenes of black comedy"-- "Guardian" (UK) "A mezmerizing portrayal of early childhood, told with great panache and well-timed comedy."--"Good Book Guide "(UK) "Dario Fo's crafty and uproarious memoir...both hilarious and deadly serious."--"The Socialist Review"
About the Author
Dario Fo's many previous books include the plays Accidental Death of an Anarchist, Mistero Buffo, Ca n't Pay? Won't Pay!, The Open Couple, An Ordinary Day, A Woman Alone, as well as Johan Padan and the Discovery of the Americas and The Tricks of the Trade.
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- PublisherMethuen Drama
- Publication date2005
- ISBN 10 0413774961
- ISBN 13 9780413774965
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages192
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