QUER PASTICCIACCIO BRUTTO DE VIA MERULANA | I EDIZ. 1970 | C. E. GADDA

Published in this 1970 edition by Garzanti, Quer pasticciaccio brutto de via Merulana by Carlo Emilio Gadda is a complex and linguistically rich novel that blends detective fiction with modernist experimentation. Set in 1920s Rome, the plot follows an unresolved crime, but the true focus lies in the psychological, social, and linguistic intricacies that frame the investigation. Structured as a narrative labyrinth, the novel critiques bourgeois society, institutional inefficiency, and human contradiction. A landmark of Italian literature, it engages readers of modernism, language theory, and urban narrative.