marcin
(Marcin)
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FERDINANDO RUSSO
As did Di Giacomo, Ferdinando Russo
also dispersed in myriad publications his
writings which, as a well-known journalist,
dealt with the most heterogeneous and at
times unthinkable topics. He had a
penchant, exhibited without ambiguity, for
exploring subjects that in the eyes of
conventional wisdom seemed “vile and
unnecessary,” but at the same time he could
forcefully examine situations, of a social
nature as well, with a confidence that
bespoke of a great knowledge of life. Given
the impossibility, even in this case, to
provide the long list of the bibliography of
the works (which in recent years has seen a
flowering of clandestine editions,
philologically inaccurate even in the critical
apparatus, when there is one) we refer to Le