Il libro dei morti

by Alfredo Panzini

Dall’incipit del
Quando mi tornano a mente i miei genitori (adesso si stanno accanto nel cimitero del villaggio) e gli anni della mia giovinezza, allora gli occhi si ricolmano di lagrime.
era lassù! da tutte le strade del piano, anche da lontano, lo si distingueva il palazzo antico e quadrato, su in vetta della collina, con i quattro cipressi alti che dentellavano il cielo e facevano la guardia al portone….

220 pages, Kindle Edition

First published November 29, 2012

About the author

Alfredo Panzini (31 December 1863 – 10 April 1939) was an Italian novelist and lexicographer.

Born in Senigallia, Panzini was a student of Giosuè Carducci at the University of Bologna. Panzini worked as a secondary school teacher before becoming a writer. Panzini is noted for the humorous and often genial tone of his writings. Among his many works, there are Libro dei Morti (1893), Santippe (1914), and Il diavolo nella mia libreria (1920). The idiosyncratic Italian dictionary he authored covered all forms of the language including slang. It was printed in several editions.

Panzini also penned several historical works, and in 1929 was among the first members of the Royal Academy of Italy named by Mussolini. He died at the age of 75.