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Il Barbarossa e la beffa di Alessandria

(Barbarossa and the Hoax of Alessandria)

Ugo Guanda Editore, November 2017, pp.160

A wonderful unpublished story: the fiercely, jeeringly told tale of the war between the Italian cities and Federico Barbarossa, one of Fo’s favourite themes of resistance against invaders and the powerful.

A convincing reinvention of History through his own over- dramatisation, sprinkled with brief bouts of controversy and satire of our current political and social situation.
The result is an engaging, vivid story of the past that illuminates and challenges our current times, taking us back to the middle ages, in the era of the communes, which is shown as intense and vivid as ever. By choosing to tell the story from “the bottom”, focusing on the lives of the men and women dealing with the hardships of daily life, Fo surprises us as always by offering a version of history that he defined as “crazy, but definitely less obvious and more believable than the official version”.

Ugo Guanda Editore, November 2017, pp.160

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Dario Fo

Dario Fo (1926-2016) graduated from the Accademia delle Belle Arti di Brera in Milano, and emerged in Italy’s cultural circles, especially those linked to the theatre, where he became a great maestro thanks to his strong satirical skills and the farcical nature of his texts. This signature style characterized his entire career, which culminated in 1997 when he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature. The public in Italy and abroad has always welcomed the political satire and the folk backdrop that dominated all of his works.

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