by Luigi Capuana · Il Palindromo · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788898447671
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«Spiritismo?» is Luigi Capuana's essay on spiritualism and the occult, published by Il Palindromo in paperback (353 pages, in Italian).
Essay written in 1884: Luigi Capuana, author of Italian verismo, recounts his forays into spiritualism, from magnetism to séances with mediums and his own trial as a medium. With an ironic tone, he addresses contemporary writers and evokes Ugo Foscolo and Jacopone da Todi. Includes «magnetic» tales and a study by Simona Cigliana.
Part of the I tre sedili deserti collection; the edition is edited by Simona Cigliana and features a preface by Angelo Mangini. Published on 24 March 2022.
For readers interested in spiritualism, the occult and paranormal phenomena, as well as in Capuana's figure and Italian verismo.
Luigi Capuana was an Italian author and journalist and one of the main exponents of Verismo. He was a contemporary of Giovanni Verga, both having been born in the province of Catania within a year of each other. He was also one of the first Italian authors influenced by the works of Émile Zola, French author and creator of naturalism. His critical theories on naturalism envisaged the ultimate fusion of the novel into a purely scientific, impersonal, case-history.
