Spunti e ricerche: Antonio Tabucchi

[20-3-1997]

From Nicole Prunster

A special number of Spunti e Ricerche, entitled "Antonio Tabucchi: A Collection of Critical Essays" and edited by Bruno Ferraro and Nicole Prunster, has recently been published. Consisting of fifteen essays in English and a critical bibliography, this volume is an indispensable tool for those studying Tabucchi's works or working in the field of comparative literature. Those wishing to purchase it should send a cheque for A$50 (outside Australia) or A$45 (inside Australia), made out to Spunti e Ricerche, to the following address:

The Editors Spunti e Ricerche Italian Studies
La Trobe University
Bundoora, Vic. 3083 Australia

I may be contacted by e-mail (itanp@luff.latrobe.edu.au) should more information be required.

Table of Contents

FOREWORD v
ABBREVIATIONS OF TITLES vi
INTRODUCTORY ESSAY: Antonio Tabucchi's Actors, Characters and Ghosts by Bruno Ferraro 3

PART I - Narrative and Society

Notes for a Reconnaissance of Tabucchi's Works by Giorgio Bertone 29
The Geometry of Equality: Antonio Tabucchi and the Civil Dimension by Remo Bodei 44

PART II - Time, Memories and Dreams

Tabucchi's Waiting Rooms by Inge Lanslots 51
The Role of Memory in Antonio Tabucchi?s "Piccoli equivoci senza importanza" by Laura Lepschy 61
Towards a Study of Dream in Antonio Tabucchi by Nives Trentini 71

PART III - Images and Scenery

From "Notturno indiano to e Il filo dell'orizzonte: 'landscape of absence' and 'landscape of disappearance' by Tiziana Arvigo 99
The Art of Fixing Shadows and Writing with Light: Tabucchi and Photography by Remo Ceserani 109
Antonio Tabucchi's Iconic Temptations by Giovanni Palmieri 125

PART IV - The Journey and the Quest

Antonio Tabucchi's 'Requiem': Mourning Modernism by Anna Botta 143
The Constant Search for Oneself by Luigi Surdich 158

PART V - History and Literature

"Sostiene Pereira" Paths to Testimony in "Sostiene Pereira" by Manuela Bertone 175
"Sostiene Pereira": The Crisis of the Intellectual between History and Literature. by Flavia Brizio-Skov 186
What about Pereira? Can He Be Trusted? A Testimony of 'true fiction' in "Sostiene Pereira" by Monica Jansen 202
A Note on the Phrase "sostiene Pereira" by André Sempoux 215

Bibliography of Antonio Tabucchi's Works Quoted in English 217
Critical Bibliography 218
Notes on Contributors 221

In italiano

E' uscito il numero speciale di Spunti e Ricerche dedicato agli studi critici delle opere di Antonio Tabucchi, curato da Nicole Prunster e Bruno Ferraro. Questo volume costituisce la prima raccolta in inglese di saggi critici sulle maggiori opere narrative di Tabucchi e sulle loro principali tematiche, contiene contributi di studiosi di vari paesi: Bruno Ferraro,Tiziana Arvigo, Giorgio Bertone, Manuela Bertone, Remo Bodei, Anna Botta, Flavia Brizio-Skov, Remo Ceserani, Monica Jansen, Inge Lanslots, Laura Lepschy, Giovanni Palmieri, Andre Sempoux, Luigi Surdich, Nives Trentini. Il volume e' diviso in cinque sezioni che trattano dei seguenti temi: Narrative and Society; Time, Memories and Dreams; Images and Scenery; The Journey and the Quest; History and Literature: Sostiene Pereira; and a bibliography of Tabucchi followed by a critical bibliography.

Il costo del volume e' 40$ australiani, 10$ per spese postali, il volume si puo' richiedere a: N. Prunster and B. Ferraro Editors Spunti e Ricerche Dept. of Italian Studies La Trobe University Bundoora, Vic. 3083 Australia