5/24/2023 0 Comments Fontamara by Ignazio SiloneThe novel delves into the lives of these exploited people, showing how they formed solidarity and internalized a new political consciousness. An event in which a Fascist cohort called the Squadristi rapes a number of Fontamaresi women results in the proliferation of anti-Fascist literature through Italy. The naive Fontamaresi, constantly exploited by the upper class, gradually grow conscious of the reality of fascism. Here, Fontamara’s citizens (the Fontamaresi) are engaged in a class struggle against the urban elites, the latter embodied by a man called the Impresario. It takes place primarily in a small, impoverished village, Fontamara, in southern Italy. For its incisive criticism of the Fascist party and its political effect on its readers, the novel was considered a piece of political propaganda. Written when Italian author and political activist Ignazio Silone lived in Switzerland after fleeing the fascist Italian state, Fontamara (1933) resonates with the widespread political anxiety of its time, foreshadowing the growth of fascism in Europe which culminated with Hitler’s regime and World War II.
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