Saturday,
November 03
Book: "A Teacher From
Another Time" The Tribulations of a Sicilian Teacher- 1914-1945
The
ANNOTICO Report
"A Teacher From
Another Time"
By
Vittorio Barbagiovanni
Translated by Francesca Di Meglio
Published
by Armando Siciliano Editore
The
story narrated by the author is inspired by the events lived by a Sicilian
teacher, Maria Rosa Liuzzo of Tortorici
(Me) from 1914 to 1945, recounted by the protagonist even during recent
journalistic interviews. These are the years of her childhood during World War
I, her studies to become a teacher, the advent of Fascism, her difficult
teaching assignment in small towns in the Sicilian hinterland accessible only
by walking two hours on unpaved mule paths and, in the end, the years through
the tragedy of World War II.
The
various events are relived with discernment in moments of tragedy and comedy,
framed by the various historical happenings that transformed and disturbed the
world. Noisy, swarming cars that bring you to your destination in minutes did
not exist yet but only mule drivers or "trazzere"
which were graced by the slender figure of the protagonist, often under the
rain or snow, to reach her scholastic assignment. Children
with their innocent smiles and tender words waiting for her.
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