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Antonio Gallo
Un libro che è una lucida e sarcastica epopea. Robert Musil iniziò a scrivere questo libro cento anni fa, il primo volume apparve nel 1930 e non venne mai finito. Ma in questo caso questa incompletezza conta poco se il racconto è una vicenda tanto ironica quanto pretestuosa. Nell'Austria del primo anteguerra una commissione autorevole e velleitaria prepara i piani per i festeggiamenti da attuarsi nel 1918 a celebrare i settanta anni di regno di Francesco Giuseppe. Il progetto rimane soltanto una ...more
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