Antonio Scurati, lift for fascists
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Portrait of the Italian writer Antonio Scurati, for his book “M, the child of the century”, published by Les Arènes.
Credit: Greta Stella
By: Jean-François Cadet Follow
50 min
The Italian writer Antonio Scurati publishes "M, the child of the century".
A book at the border between the novel and the work of a historian.
The first volume of a work that tells the story of Mussolini's life and the rise of fascism in Italy.
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On the cover of this impressive novel, a large M appears in black lettering.
A book written in an alert and lively style.
A story that reads like a thriller, hailed as a masterpiece by Roberto Saviano.
It received the prestigious Prix Strega, the Italian equivalent of the Prix Goncourt, and it is also a bestseller, with more than 300,000 copies sold.
It is a paving stone, but it is above all the first stone of a historical and romantic trilogy around this child of the XXth century, who became one of the tutelary figures of totalitarianism.
M is Benito Mussolini, and the one holding the pen is Antonio Scurati.
“M, the child of the century”, translated from Italian by Nathalie Bauer, has just been released in France by Les Arènes editions.
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