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La maison Tellier, Boule de suif

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Perché ho scelto di tradurre Maupassnt? E perché, in particolare, Boule de suif e La maison Tellier? Ero in taxi, un paio d'anni fa. A Roma. Il traffico, come al solito, paralizzava la città. Mi chiedevo quale autore francese proporre a Giulio Einaudi per la sua amatissima collana Scrittori tradotti da scrittori (e già suonava imbarazzante sentirsi iscritti alla categoria). In taxi non ero solo. C'era Giovanni Buttafava, un carissimo amico, raffinato cinefilo, slavista notevole: un uomo tanto colto quanto spiritoso. A un certo punto (il fatto di essere imbottigliati nel traffico deve aver giocato il proprio ruolo), lui disse: "traduci Maupassant". Domandai: "Perché?" Lui: "Perché è una specie di Dino Risi dell'Ottocento". Non so a voi: a me sembrò un buon motivo.

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Published November 13, 2006

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Guy de Maupassant

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Henri René Albert Guy de Maupassant was a popular 19th-century French writer. He is one of the fathers of the modern short story. A protege of Flaubert, Maupassant's short stories are characterized by their economy of style and their efficient effortless dénouement. He also wrote six short novels. A number of his stories often denote the futility of war and the innocent civilians who get crushed in it - many are set during the Franco-Prussian War of the 1870s.

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j’aime pas les livres de Mireilles… ils sont plates et chiants
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