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No. 11 in the Don Camillo series
More shrewd and colourful observations of life in Italy's widest and most fertile plain, stories so authentic and telling that time and again they reverberate with insights relevant not only locally but also internationally, and even to our lives today.
Guareschi mines his satire with an eye for paradox. War creates unity (Peppone battles side-by-side with Don Camillo in the Italian Resistance). Then peace spells conflict as the communist mayor and village priest find themselves the local bigwigs in all-out war between East and West. Meanwhile, Christ above the altar in the village church is, with wisdom and gentle humour, still striving to keep the peace between the two titans, their minds clouded with ideology and the need to win.
Contents
Contents
Editor's Preface
Post-war
All-round War (1947)
A Matter of Conscience (1948)
The Sun Rises Again (1948)
The Irregulars (1948)
The Prodigal Son (1949)
The Polare Pact (1949)
The Petition (1949)
Out of the Night (1950)
War of Secession (1950)
Hand of God (1950)
Tales of la Bassa
The Girl with Red Hair (1950)
Giacomone (1952)
Something from 1922 (1952)
Thicker than Water (1952)
Treasure (1957)
The Return of St Anthony (1957)
An Arrival from the City (1958)
An Unnecessary Detour (1960)
Il Terrone (1960)
The Second Prize (1961)
People of la Bassa
The Young Master (1951)
The Doctor (1952)
Christ in the Dresser (1958)
The Sins of our Fathers (1960)
Public Opinion (1960)
The Vendetta (1961)
