%0 Journal Article
%T Montedidio. Erri De Luca (2001) [review]
%A Glenn
%A Diana
%J FULGOR : Flinders University Languages Group Online Review
%D 2004
%I 
%X A review of "Montedidio" by Erri De Luca published by Feltrinelli 2001. ISBN 88-07-01600-1. In 2001, the appearance of two luminous novels about boyhood rites of passage and the loss of innocence caught the imagination of the Italian reading public. Although Niccol¨° Ammaniti¡¯s 'Io non ho paura' and Erri De Luca¡¯s "Montedidio" were very different in their narrative approach and techniques (Ammaniti¡¯s text had originally been developed for cinema), their sensitive exploration of human relationships from a child¡¯s perspective assured them prize-winning success in the highly competitive literary market. However, while Ammaniti¡¯s protagonist, Michele, spends his free time pedalling through a wide open, rural landscape, the unnamed boy in "Montedidio" must grow his adult wings amidst the crush of a sprawling urban metropolis: the ancient city of Naples, a city that never sleeps.
%K Language studies
%K Italian
%K literature
%K childhood
%K first-person narrator
%K Mountain of God
%K Rafaniello
%K Liborio
%K Mast¡¯Errico
%K Ciccio
%K first-person narration
%U http://ehlt.flinders.edu.au/deptlang/fulgor/volume2i1/PAPERS/fulgor_v2i1_book_reviews.htm#Glenn