“Daccapo la mia noia calunniava il destino”. Landolfi, la Noia e il Desiderio di arma

Authors

  • Giovanni Salvagnini Zanazzo

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.13133/2239-1983/19303

Abstract

 

 Beginning with the scene in LA BIERE DU PECHEUR in which Ginevra fails to shoot the protagonist, the article investigates the function of the gun in Landolfi’s narrative work. It argues that, in addition to the crisis dimension characteristic of this author, the gun also possesses a symbolic value: it represents, for a self immersed in ennui, a possibility to escape the immobility of his existential situation. Through an overview of various Landolfi’s texts, in fact, we suggest that the author develops a sort of impossible “Desire for the gun”, as the gun would finally lead to the occurrence of an event, able to offer to the self a miraculous salvation.

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Published

2025-12-19

How to Cite

Salvagnini Zanazzo, G. (2025). “Daccapo la mia noia calunniava il destino”. Landolfi, la Noia e il Desiderio di arma. Status Quaestionis, (29). https://doi.org/10.13133/2239-1983/19303