The Little World of Don Camillo (No. 1 in the Don Camillo series)

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Lord," said Don Camillo, "Whosoever shall exalt himself shall be humbled and he that shall humble himself shall be exalted." Really nice quirky little stories of the rivalry between the local priest and the local (communist) mayor in a small village in rural Italy.

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Comrade Don Camillo. [Pub: Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1964] ( Mondo Piccolo: Il compagno don Camillo, translated by Frances Frenaye) In an age of overly complex plots, multiple story lines, stream of consciousness prose, dozens of characters, globetrotting characters, worldwide implications it is great to enjoy a book like this. All of the events take place in a small Italian town, with virtually no plot implications beyond the town and its inhabitants. These include main characters Don Camillo, the Catholic Priest and Peppone, the mayor and communist party leader.No. 5: Don Camillo and Company (2018) ISBN 978-1900064408 (All 24 stories in this volume were published here in English for the first time) The priest can make a mistake in saying Mass, Don Camillo; why do you deny that others can make a mistake and yet be in good faith?" That world is the flood plain of the River Po, Emilia Romagna in Italy. The soil there, nourished by thousands of years of effluvium from the flooding Po, is the richest in Italy. Bologna, the provincial capital, has the best food in the country. But these are the stories of the people of the plain, of the farmers and mechanics and one large, ham-handed priest who suffer through the unrelenting glare of the summer, then suffer through the rising fog and the long damp of the winter. It was a malarial land, dangerous as well as bountiful, and its people were touched by its geography: harsh, generous, superstitious and pious. My relatives live there now, and it hasn’t changed so much since Don Camillo’s days in the middle of the 20th century. Yes, it’s richer, the coast is tourified, but the geography is still overwhelming. Don Camillo is constantly at odds with the Communist mayor, Giuseppe Bottazzi, better known as Peppone (meaning, roughly, 'Big Joe') and is also on very close terms with the crucifix in his town church. Through the crucifix he hears the voice of Christ. [3] The Christ in the crucifix often has far greater understanding than Don Camillo of the troubles of the people, and has to constantly but gently reprimand the priest for his impatience.

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Last fall my mom brought up a series of stories she used to enjoy with my grandfather when she was young - "They were about this Italian priest in a little village, and the communist mayor who was his enemy, and they would fight all the time - they were funny." Don Camillo e Peppone sono due personaggi magistrali: passano il loro tempo a infastidirsi a vicenda, a punzecchiarsi e a farsi dispetti.. Però poi alla resa dei conti, nonostante sembrino (e a volte lo siano :D) personaggi bellicosi, intransigenti e veramente fastidiosi, agiscono nel modo 'giusto', più spesso che no aiutando la loro controparte che avevano messo nei guai! Don Camillo and the Devil. [Pub: Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1957] (Collection of stories for English publication, translated by Frances Frenaye)The vignettes generally become turf wars between Don Camillo against Peppone and his cast of idiologues, battles concerning power and influence. Pissing contests ensue amidst labor strikes and Bishop visits. The village itself has a very Old World feel to it, heavily agricultural, a close-knit community still in pain from the continental wars. Don Camillo, prone to stealing machine guns from the local communist militias, is an outsized figure. As fanciful as it seems to create such a satire, I imagine it captures some semblence of midcentury Italian culture. Don Camillo's Dilemma. [Pub: Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1954] (Collection of stories for English publication, translated by Frances Frenaye)

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Sono aneddoti scritti con un lessico a dir poco elementare, e caratterizzati da un pattern piuttosto ripetitivo. Detta così non sembra gran cosa, ma allora com'è che al lettore brillano gli occhi di gioia ogni volta che prende in mano un libro di Guareschi? La risposta, a parer mio, è nella grazia: questi raccontini elementari, fatti di personaggi e luoghi elementari, sono esposti e proposti con una tale grazia ed equilibrio che è difficile non stupirsi e meravigliarsi e riscoprire sempre qualcosa di nuovo, rilettura dopo rilettura. Dopo di lui ci hanno provato in tanti a raccontare il grande fiume, ma nessuno è più riuscito a cogliere nel segno; dopo di lui ci hanno provato proprio tutti a rivolgersi al lettore, nelle prefazioni, con ammiccamenti e una qualche spiritosata, e sugli esiti di queste emulazioni possiamo ben sorvolare. Guareschi è stato l'anima più gentile ed aggraziata, opportunamente nascosta sotto la scorza più ruvida ed improbabile, ad aver posato penna sul foglio. Non so bene come concludere e trarre una morale da queste note, preferisco riguardarmi questo spezzone de "gli incontri" di Montanelli, visto per caso una sera di quest'estate, con un'inedita "caccia all'orso grigio": è un po' lunghetto ma vale la pena di prendersi il tempo.

E, su tutto e tutti, svetta la geniale invenzione dell'umanissimo Cristo parlante, che vede, prevede, provvede, chiosa, comprende e consiglia, ma di fronte alle intemperanze e bizzarrie di certi suoi proseliti sospira rassegnato, definendoli una "banda di matti". Forse pensavo si rivelasse una lettura pesante e diciamolo, parecchio datata (visto che è stato scritto nel 1949!).. Quanto mi sbagliavo! Don Camillo in Moscow (Italian: Il compagno don Camillo; French: Don Camillo en Russie) [10] (1965) Guareschi is a world-weary comedic writer who had lived through the Mussolini era, two world wars and a German prison camp. He isn't putting fascists in these stories, but he finds a lot of humor in pitting dogma against dogma. And while it's clear that he is no communist sympathizer, he puts heart into all sides of the conversation. Non è possibile, ed è bellissimo che sia così; perché leggendo le storie del Mondo Piccolo nella mia testa risentivo le voci del film, con le loro musicali intonazioni dialettali, rivedevo il cipiglio di Peppone, la faccia tosta di Don Camillo, la pacata rassegnazione del Cristo crocifisso motteggiante; una magnifica lettura multisensoriale!

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Europe Choosey on Films, Sez Reiner; Sluffs Flops". Variety. September 9, 1953. p.7 . Retrieved September 29, 2019– via Archive.org. For my taste, too often disputes get out of hand and Camillo and the mayor end up physically assaulting each other. Most importantly, the tales are too repetitive. Poichè l'autore me ne ha gentilmente dato il permesso, riporto qui la recensione che ScaP ha scritto del libro. Parole migliori non credo esistano per commentarlo.Don Camillo raised his hands. "Lord," he said, "but looking at it that way makes me the guilty man!" This book made me smile. It made me laugh out loud. And it brought, occasionally, a lump to my throat. Pure gold.