Project Gutenberg 2012-04-06 Public domain in the USA. 248 Panzini, Alfredo 1863 1939 Il mondo è rotondo: romanzo Reading ease score: 58.4 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read. Produced by Carlo Traverso, Claudio Paganelli, Barbara Magni, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "Il mondo è rotondo: romanzo" by Alfredo Panzini is a novel written in the early 20th century. The story follows Beatus Renatus, a somewhat melancholic and introspective character, who is depicted as navigating post-war Italy. The book explores themes such as the absurdities of human behavior, societal norms, and the impact of war on individual lives. The opening of the novel presents Beatus Renatus as he grapples with the remnants of a society still feeling the aftershocks of a recent war. On his morning walk through a southern Italian city, he encounters the unpleasant sight of a citizen spitting, which provokes his contempt and raises reflections on the behavior of people around him. Beatus, described as a distinguished inspector of schools, reflects on his past and the changes within himself and society. His thoughts introduce a complex interplay of history, morality, and the human condition, setting the tone for the social critique that permeates the narrative. As he interacts with characters like a young professor seeking happiness and the various inhabitants of the city, it becomes clear that Panzini intends to unravel the intricacies of life in post-war Italy and the search for meaning amid ongoing societal shifts. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/39389/39389-rst/images/cover.jpg it Italian fiction PQ Text IT Romanzi Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 316665 316501 2024-10-16T14:36:42.044047 2023-09-17T08:28:27.834972 text/html text/html 318366 2012-04-06T10:47:14 text/html; charset=utf-8 123750 2012-04-06T10:47:14 text/html; charset=utf-8 application/zip 170169 2024-10-16T14:36:59.142947 application/epub+zip 320983 2024-10-16T14:36:57.376951 application/pdf 300657 2024-10-16T14:36:46.602011 application/pdf 170333 2024-10-16T14:36:49.347991 application/epub+zip 170304 2024-10-16T14:36:44.119994 application/epub+zip 255688 2024-10-16T14:37:03.385909 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 200314 2024-10-16T14:36:54.855990 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 200465 2022-09-18T05:40:44.237495 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 243273 2024-10-16T14:36:41.531021 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 241477 2012-04-06T10:49:18 text/plain; charset=utf-8 91746 2012-04-06T10:49:18 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 236690 2012-04-06T10:49:30 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 91114 2012-04-06T10:49:30 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 25851 2024-10-16T14:37:04.344901 application/rdf+xml 225648 2024-10-16T14:36:40.192044 2023-09-17T08:28:27.405981 text/x-rst text/x-rst 225648 2012-04-06T10:49:42 text/x-rst 106212 2012-04-06T10:49:42 text/x-rst application/zip 8338 2024-10-16T14:36:47.319978 image/jpeg 1986 2024-10-16T14:36:46.980241 image/jpeg 124017 2024-10-16T14:36:42.072051 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog it.wikipedia