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The novel The Materassi Sisters, published in 1934, is the most famous work of the Italian writer Aldo Palazzeschi. The story is set in the suburb of Florence, Santa Maria a Coverciano, between 1918 and 1928.
The book consists of several stories that explore the complexity of human behavior, often through an ironic and satirical depiction of everyday life.
The novel is an important representative of verismo, Italian realism, and depicts the lives of people from the south of Italy, especially the conflicts between the poor peasantry and the decaying aristocracy.
The book "Family Chronicle" by Vasco Pratolini is set in Florence, Italy, and follows the life of the Martini family during the period between the two world wars.
Marcello Clerici, obsessed with normality after a traumatic childhood and a homosexual attack, becomes a fascist bureaucrat. He marries the average Giulia, and on their "honeymoon" in Paris, he is assigned to kill a former professor, anti-fascist Quadri.
Although the songs of this artistic genius cannot be compared to his artistic creations, his canconiere composed of 302 songs confirms the author's exceptional artistic and human personality.