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M: Son of the Century (Italian: M. Il figlio del secolo) is a 2018 historical novel by Antonio Scurati. It is the first novel in a tetralogy recounting the rise of Italian dictator Benito Mussolini. It was a bestseller and was awarded the prestigious Strega Prize.
Apr 26, 2022 · April 26, 2022. When Benito Mussolini founded, on March 23, 1919, the organization that would become the National Fascist Party, Italy’s top newspaper relegated the news to a blurb, roughly the...
- Antonio Scurati
Apr 30, 2022 · Antonio Scurati’s much-lauded novel M. Il figlio del secolo first appeared in 2018, won the prestigious Strega Prize in 2019, and enjoyed hundreds of thousands in sales.
In this hybrid novel/biography using both first- and third-person narrators, Scurati interweaves Leone Ginzburg’s life with the obscure everyday lives of common people, represented (intriguingly) by Scurati’s own paternal and maternal relatives.
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Apr 6, 2022 · Excerpt. M: Son of the Century. Antonio Scurati, Translated by Anne Milano Appel. The following is Antonio Scurati's new novel M: Son of the Century. Scurati was born in Naples in 1969 and lives in Milan. He is a Professor of Comparative Literature and Creative writing at the IULM University in Milan and a columnist for Corriere della Sera.
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Antonio Scurati (born 25 June 1969) is an Italian writer and academic. A professor of comparative literature and creative writing at the IULM University of Milan, mass media scholar, and editorialist for the Corriere della Sera, Scurati has won the main Italian literary prizes.
