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Goffredo Parise was born in Vicenza on 8th December 1929, from a nameless father and Ida Wanda Bertoli, step daughter of a merchant of bicycles, business that failed in the same year.
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"Money Talks to the New Man" is a review of The Boss by Goffredo Parise, a translation by William Weaver from the Italian Il Padrone. It was printed in the New York Times Book Review on October 2, 1966.
When Vonnegut worked at General Electric, he was rated every six months by three co-workers. Once he was told he had "[n]o personality," which may be why he now reviews so many books about depersonalized people. In this one—by the 36 year old Parise, who is also a journalist and film director—the protagonist is much like Vonnegut was at G.E.: a country boy newly at work in a city, although he suffers humiliations on a much grander scale. Parise seemingly has only just discovered the Industrial Revolution and believes the results are mixed.
The main character is told that his misfortunes are the result of Free Enterprise and that all bosses everywhere will treat him like property. His situation only worsens. Workers are indeed commonly humiliated and endure it because of fear or the need for money, but Parise's characters are baroque and unreal. His message has been stated more effectively by many other authors and this novel demonstrates that showing the torture of employment is more instructive when the setting looks like a real business.
Goffredo Parise was one of the most talented and maverick authors of his generation. He wrote several literary works, ranging across different styles and genres, as well as vibrant reportage from the political hotspots of his time: China, Russia, the United States, Vietnam, Biafra, and Chile.
Goffredo Parise (8 December 1929 in Vicenza – 31 August 1986 in Treviso) was an Italian writer, journalist, and screenwriter. [1] He won the Viareggio Prize in 1965 for his novel Il padrone (The Boss) and the Strega Prize in 1982 for Sillabario n.2 .
Sep 2, 1986 · Goffredo Parise, whose writings exploring alienation helped make him one of the best-known contemporary Italian writers, died Sunday. He was 57 years old.
Quick Reference. (1929–86). Novelist who had a varied career in journalism and literature, mostly in the Veneto and Milan. He also travelled widely as a foreign correspondent in the 1960s, the fruits ... From: Parise, Goffredo in The Oxford Companion to Italian Literature ».
