marcin
(Marcin)
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natural complexity of an authentic dialectal
“consciousness,” as it emerges from the
collection Pampuglie [Woodchips],
published posthumously (1973) and edited
by Mario Trofa.
It is indeed from this dimension of the
self that Trofa extracts the most significant
moments and insights of his dialect writing,
cultivated with extreme reserve and solitary
discretion, but also with a scrupulous and
refined labor limae, which has yielded in the
end truly exceptional aesthetic results, such
as those in the compositions “Sole
d’autunne” [Autumn Sun], “La voce
dell’òrghene” [The Voice of the Organ], in
which the “twilight tonality” noted by
Ettore Paratore in the preface to Pampùglie,
is an excellent example of Trofa’s evocative
skills ─ based on hermetic allusions and light
imagery ─, as he expresses the most