marcin
(Marcin)
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also seedbed of coarseness and
awkwardness, over which the knowing
auctores of witty, ironic sketches have
laughed and made others laugh for
centuries). This operation was still possible
in the primitive rural world of Molise, which
Altobello had observed and “transcribed”
with a profuse sense of humanity and
empathy, which nevertheless did not
exclude the ironic smile, even if it was
gentle, benevolent and in good measure
complicitous. And from this multitude of
feeling towards a reality in the wane ─ and
in essence bound to that other reality, of life
itself, preserved intact and pure in memory
─ emerges the figure of “Minghe
Cunzulette,” that lends the title to the
collection Minghe e Peppa. Altobello himself
explains its origin, with a clear consciousness
of his role as sensitive witness of changing