El Hombre Gris (L'homme Gris)

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Calificado como fórmula rígida del eremitismo, el emparedamiento se desarrolló con gran adaptabilidad, dentro de una gran proliferación de fórmulas religiosas, más entre las mujeres que entre los hombres. Se realizaba en celdas adosadas a iglesias y cementerios, en hospitales y monasterios, en puentes y en murallas, localizadas en el centro urbano o en su derredor; pero siempre provocando un gran impacto sobre la sociedad que les rodeaba. Celdas dependientes de concejos o de iglesias, celdas independientes, pequeños habitáculos (identificados con sepulcros), con dos ventanillas (una...

El título de la obra procede de El antimonio, un relato del escritor siciliano Leonardo Sciascia que apareció en la segunda edición de su libro Los tíos de Sicilia, publicada en 1960. En dicho relato se describe de forma sintética y lírica el cerco de Madrid por los fascistas italianos en 1937. El estudio de la novela de Sciascia se completa con el examen de otros testimonios sobre la guerra civil española, en particular las narraciones de autores como Antonio Tabucchi, Carlo Lucarelli, Bruno Arpaia y Fabrizia Ramondino.

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