The fall
a father's memoir in 424 steps
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Author
Contributions
- Costa, Margaret Jull, translator - Contributor
Publication
2014 - Other Press, LLC, New York (State)
Language
English
Word Count
42,250 words, Guess
Page Count
169 pages
Identifiers
- ISBN-101590517008
- ISBN-101590517016
- ISBN-139781590517000
- ISBN-139781590517017
- Library of Congress Control Number2014005571
and 3 more
- OCLC Control Number868640355
- Better World Books9781590517000
- Open LibraryOL27168170M
Classifications
- DDC616.8/420092
- DDCB
- LCCRJ496.S6 M3514 2014
and 1 more
- LCCRJ496.S6M3514 2014
Description
'Knowing how to fall is much more valuable than knowing how to walk.' The Fall is a memoir like no other. Its 424 short texts match the number of steps taken by Diogo Mainardi's son Tito as he walks, with great difficulty, with his father around Venice, the city where the disastrous birth took place that left him with cerebral palsy. It is the story of a father and his love for his handicapped son, bristling with family history, art, literature and ideas. From Marcel Proust to Neil Young, Sigmund Freud to Humpty Dumpty, Renaissance Venice to the camp at Auschwitz, Mainardi charts the trajectory of the Western world, with Tito at its centre, showing how his fate has been shaped by history.
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