Карло Гадда

In a large apartment house in central Rome, two crimes are committed within a matter of days: a burglary, in which a good deal of money and precious jewels are taken, and a murder, as a young woman whose husband is out of town is found with her throat cut. Called in to investigate, melancholy Detective Ciccio, a secret admirer of the murdered woman and a friend of her husband's, discovers tha...

In a large apartment house in central Rome, two crimes are committed within a matter of days: a burglary, in which a good deal of money and precious jewels are taken, and a murder, as a young woman whose husband is out of town is found with her throat cut. Called in to investigate, melancholy Detective Ciccio, a secret admirer of the murdered woman and a friend of her husband's, discovers tha...

Roma durante il fascismo. Il commissario di polizia don Ciccio Ingravallo è incaricato di svolgere un'inchiesta su un furto di gioielli avvenuto al 219 di via Merulana, una via popolare nel cuore di un vecchio quartiere. Nella casa abitano due amici del commissario: i coniugi Balducci, dai quali è solito andare a pranzo nei giorni festivi. Per lo scapolo don Ciccio Liliana Balducci è l'incarnazion...

Acquainted With Grief is an autobiographical story by one of Italy's most important writers of the post-war era. Referred to by Gadda himself as a 'self-inflicted wound', it describes the tormented relationship between a son and his widowed mother.

Небольшой рассказ  Карло Эмилио Гадда "Бар", который входит в сборник «Рассудочные четания»