Two Garibaldinian Masters of Mario Bonfantini: Ippolito Nievo and his Grandfather Gaetano

Abstract

The contribution goes back to Mario Bonfantini’s literary production, highlighting how Bonfantini’s narrative inspiration comes from historical truth and personal experiences, especially from his participation in Resistance, which inspired the novel Un salto nel buio and the tales gathered in the collection La svolta, and from the memories of Garibaldi, that derive from the readings of Abba and Nievo and the stories of Gaetano Ferrari, Bonfantini’s grandfather, ex-fighter in the wars of the Risorgimento.