marcin
(Marcin)
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an attempt to look for answers to the many
existential questions that concerned all
humanity, De Nava gave a voice to the poor
and derelict, with a rather pessimistic
outlook (Who can these children be /
without a house, mother, bread and God? /
One day they’ll be thieves and crooks / that
the city itself has raised!) Michele de Marco
(Ciardullo) di Perito (1884-1945) opted
instead for the facetious and playful sketch,
good-naturedly skeptical, and aimed at
fanciful descriptions (Statte tranquille...nun
cce pensare [Don’t Worry...Don’t Think
About It], 1968) portraying types and
domestic and provincial settings in a style
which is never resentful, even when
witnessing the poverty of his people, and
frequently in a tender and idyllic vein. His
son, Ciccio De Marco (Mio caro patre [My
Dear Father, 1964), establishing a remote