The Little World of Don Camillo is a book which was written by the author Giovannino Guareschi. The story follows the trials and tribulations of a priest. The book was published by Italy by the Italian writer and it was also released as a movie in French and Italian. Don Camillo is a character created by the Italian writer and journalist Giovannino Guareschi, whose name, and some of his character, is based on an actual Roman Catholic priest, World War II partisan and detainee at the concentration camps of Dachau and Mauthausen, named Don Camillo Valota (1912â1998). Don camillo [PDF] don camillo Download don camillo in EPUB Format. All Access to don camillo PDF. Created by the Italian writer and journalist Giovannino Guareschi, whose name, and some of his character, is based on. Thu, 10 Jan 2019 22:29:00 GMT Don Camillo - Wikipedia - Sinossi. As I mentioned in yesterdayâs FAQ, Giovannino Guareschi wrote 347 Don Camillo stories between 1946 and 1966.They were originally published individually â one chapter at a time, if you will â in Italian periodicals, the vast majority of them debuting in Guareschiâs own weekly paper, Candido, between 1946 and 1960.Then, from time to time, some of the stories were collected and published. Writer.common.NEW Get Selected Format; Get Whole Format; Spot Format; Get Document Info; Get User Settings; Get Body Format; Download ZDOC; Go to top. Go to bottom. [Don Camilo - Mondo piccolo] GUARESCHI, Giovanni. Type: Literature. Public: Adults. Moral Assessment:? Type: Literature. Nothing inappropriate. Some morally inappropriate content. Contains significant sections contrary to faith or morals. Contains some lurid passages, or presents a general ideological framework that could confuse.
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This tragicomical stories, often politically or socially charged, mostly situated in a fictional village on the Po called Boscaccio, in the period immediately after World War II, paint a clear picture of the post-war Italy. In this period the Italian Communist Party is very strong, but the Second World War and fascism are still vividly remembered. Boscaccio has a communist..more
Published 1953 by Editorial Guillermo Kraft Ltda.
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Dec 05, 2016Ahmad Sharabiani rated it really liked it · review of another edition
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Don Camillo: Mondo piccolo = The Little World of Don Camillo (Don Camillo #1), Giovannino Guareschi Jun 01, 2019Chrissie rated it it was ok · review of another edition
Don Camillo is a character created by the Italian writer and journalist Giovannino Guareschi, whose name, and some of his character, is based on an actual Roman Catholic priest, World War II partisan and detainee at the concentration camps of Dachau and Mauthausen, named Don Camillo Valota (1912â1998). Guareschi was also inspired by Don Alessandro Parenti, a priest of Trepalle, near the Swiss borde..more
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The stories in this collection are fun...but they are really not for me. I have read about half of them, and I have had enough. I do not think it is advisable to read one story after another, but neither do I have the urge to return to them after I have put them aside.
Each story takes only about ten minutes to listen to. Each story has the same message, so I have no desire to proceed to the next. They are cute. They are sweet. They illustrate the friendship between a communist mayor and a hot-..more
Jun 02, 2019Susan rated it it was amazing · review of another edition
As a child, I loved the Little World of Don Camillo. I first found the book in my local library â a huge volume, with a yellow cover. Although I have never been greatly fond of short stories, I enjoyed these and have enjoyed re-visiting them. Mar 24, 2016Lois Bujold rated it really liked it · review of another edition
Don Camillo is the huge, brave, impetuous priest in the small, Po valley in Northern Italy, after WWII. Peppone â equally enormous, and stubborn, is the leader of the local communists and the town mayor. For most of the stories in this volume, the two men ar..more
Recommends it for: persons interested in the period, or those just wanting charming tales
I want to say 'charming', but there is more going on than that in this collection of short stories centering on the priest of a small, post-WWII north Italian village and his mostly comic assorted tribulations with local people and politics. The first chapter of the edition I read was a brief autobiography by the author, putting things in context but only for those with enough history (or who were there at the time) to read between the lines to realize how hair-raising it all must have been. One..more
Aug 02, 2017Stacia rated it liked it · review of another edition
Charming & deft humor.
Mar 04, 2012Ralph rated it it was amazing · review of another edition
In an age of overly complex plots, multiple story lines, stream of consciousness prose, dozens of characters, globetrotting characters, worldwide implications it is great to enjoy a book like this. All of the events take place in a small Italian town, with virtually no plot implications beyond the town and its inhabitants. These include main characters Don Camillo, the Catholic Priest and Peppone, the mayor and communist party leader.
Guareschi's short tales center on disagreements between the p..more
Apr 16, 2008Jane rated it it was amazing · review of another edition
The stories of Don Camillo, the cantankerous but beloved priest, and his sidekick, Communist mayor Peppone, continue to make me laugh every time I read them. Their Cold War adventures, mishaps, arguments, and reconciliations have a timeless quality. To appreciate the true genius of author Guareschi, delve deeper into the latent spiritual meaning that many of his stories contain --but don't get bogged down in the scholarly search for the meaning of life. Don Camillo tales allow us to appreciate a..more
Dec 29, 2012Julie Davis rated it it was amazing · review of another edition
Good Story 152. Just when Julie and Scott were ready to start breaking candles over some heads, Christ got a word in. 'Just one,' he said. 'Just one.'
Original review below You would be hard pressed to find a more charming book anywhere than this set of short stories. Set in a small Italian village soon after World War II, we see the priest Don Camillo repeatedly come up against his sworn enemy Peppone. Peppone is an atheist who is the head of the local Communist party and, therefore, a..more
Dec 11, 2014Madhulika Liddle rated it it was amazing · review of another edition
I was introduced to the wonderful Don Camillo series years ago by a much older cousin, to whom I will be eternally indebted. Because Don Camillo, the hot-headed, unconventional Catholic priest of Giovanni Guareschiâs books, is a delightful characterâand each book is, in itself, a gem. Not so much for brilliant storytelling, but for Guareschiâs wit, the quiet wisdom of the stories, and a set of characters that have universal appeal.
It is just after the Second World War. In a little village in No..more
May 21, 2019Val rated it really liked it · review of another edition
This was one of my grandfather's favourite books, and he found no conflict whatsoever between his Catholicism and his left-wing politics, especially when both were about the public good.
The stories are short, funny and give some insight into post-war Italy, but are best read one at a time, as they were first published.
Aug 29, 2007Andrew rated it really liked it · review of another edition
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this is a classic work of italian fiction from the post-war period. don camillo is a catholic priest who goes head to head with the communist mayor, peppone. both characters are rogues who try to outsmart each other for the benefit of the church and the communist party. the book has great humour and is really a rather cunning insight into human nature. don camillo has constant conversations with God, and these also provide some interes..more
Jun 30, 2011Ashish rated it really liked it · review of another edition
A short, simple series of stories that are surprisingly insightful and deep, while staying very clearly within the rules set out. But what I really like about these stories was the atmosphere - lost in the sleepy Italian countryside, post-war, every tale takes you there and immerses you in the sunshine and the warm nights, till you can hear the people in distant fields and the markets, and even hear the silences, smell the grass and dust, feel the warmth and the mud, and most of all, feel what t..more
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Oct 09, 2011Michael Coats rated it really liked it · review of another edition
'The priest can make a mistake in saying Mass, Don Camillo; why do you deny that others can make a mistake and yet be in good faith?'
'Errors happen in most circumstances, but not in sport! When the ball is actually there .. Binella the clockmaker is a scoundrel..' Our priest in a post-war Italian village has tried to bribe Binella; the communist mayor outbid him. Christ then speaks with Don Camillo, and teaches him another valuable lesson. By this point, you are either sold on this book, or you'..more
Jan 08, 2015Jeff Miller rated it it was amazing · review of another edition
So funny I just kept laughing yet also found so much spiritual wisdom in this book. This was on my to read list for awhile. Now it is on my read again list.
Aug 04, 2014Gale rated it it was amazing · review of another edition
AN ODD COUPLE IN POST WAR ITALY
This little charmer will delight adult kids of all sacred and secular persuasions--Christian, Communist, Atheist, Liberals, Radicals, Socialistsâyou name it. For all the unbelievable events and emotional confrontations take place in a little world of its own: the land between the Po River valley and the Apennine Mountains of Italy, some years after WW2. In a land of extreme heat tempers flare all too easily; suspicions are quickly engendered and creative revenge..more
Apr 30, 2019Realini rated it it was amazing · review of another edition
The Little World of Don Camillo by Giovannino Guareschi
10 out of 10 The Little World of Don Camillo is an eminent, sublime novel, perhaps contrary to the name that suggests somehow a vaudeville â or at least it did for this silly reader â and it has been deservedly included on the 1,000 Novels Everyone Must Read list, available here: https://www.theguardian.com/books/200.. there are two main characters, opponents that at the same time appear to hate each other, but they also respect and often supp..more
Oct 02, 2011Amanda rated it liked it · review of another edition
3.5 My friend Lainie recommended this book to me and said that it was really funny. It was amusing, but had a weird sense of humor. Don Camillo is a priest in a town in Italy. The story takes place during a time where Communism was very big and created many problems. Peppone was the Communist leader, and the whole book was a battle of wits between Don Camillo and Peppone. Their banter was amusing, and I enjoyed seeing how they tried to hide their good side from each other. In addition, Don Camil..more
Aug 13, 2008martin rated it really liked it · review of another edition
Why, oh, why is this wonderful story out of print? I know that Italy has moved on from its post war church versus commmunism struggles, but this little story is a classic.
Both Peppone and Don Camillo are such lovable human and fallible characters, each fighting for what he believes in while still loving the small town and its people (and grudgingly liking and respecting each other). Each little episode is hilarious and definitely leaves you smiling warmly. The Christ who advises and admonishes Do..more
May 29, 2014Roseyreads rated it really liked it · review of another edition
Bought this book at a tag sale last year because it was such an interesting little paperback book. Copyright 1950 and the 1961 edition sold for 50 cents. The pages were yellow but the book was in good condition and it had an illustration at the beginning of each chapter done by the author. At first I thought it was a little crazy but the more I read the more I liked it. Reading an Italian author after visiting Italy so recently was very enjoyable and fun even if it was over sixty years old. The..more
Mar 25, 2008Silvia rated it liked it · review of another edition
Delightful and humorous! But my guess is that a lot of the charm of this book is lost by translating it into English.. italian swearing is soooo much more impressive and entertaining!
This book is an exchange of blows between Don Camillo (the priest) and Peppone (the communist town major) of a remote little italian village. It portrays the struggles between religion and communism in a way that is not offensive to either side. At the same time, it describes in a charming way how even the worst e..more
Feb 21, 2011Trine rated it really liked it · review of another edition
I haven't read this book for many, many years and I was surprised to find that it actually is a lot more serious than its reputation. Also it is outdated in many ways since the political scene of rural Italy has changed quite a bit over the years, making it a bit hard to figure out the different parties and their allies. Still I'll give it four stars for its very special atmosphere and humour, showing how the next best thing to a best friend is a best enemy.
Jan 03, 2015Anne rated it it was amazing · review of another edition
This book knocked the wind out of me. I was reading along and enjoying the comically touching stories of Don Camillo the priest and his worthy adversary, the Communist mayor Peppone. And then suddenly the story just deepened. I feel like I need to step back and let it sink in. A really deft mix of poignancy and humor.
Aug 31, 2018Laurence rated it really liked it · review of another edition
Charming and absurd. Captures the flavour of a small Italian town after WW2 most effectively.
The brutality, insanity and consequences of the war, soviet and western influence at the beginning of the cold war and the subtle ridiculousness of the Church is handled with just the right light touch.
May 14, 2018robyn rated it really liked it · review of another edition
Impossible to overstate how good these little books are. Simple, wise, funny, lovely.
Aug 01, 2018Marion Leeper rated it it was amazing · review of another edition
Dec 27, 2012R. rated it it was amazing · review of another edition
It's a shame Goodreads doesn't have the Book-of-the-Month club edition of this fine collection of humorous vignettes, because it's what first attracted me to pull it on down from a high shelf: a bright yellow jacket with an illustration of a priest - hands clasped behind his back in meditation - walking a bright white road towards a sketchpaddily cheerful village (deep background: eternally snowy mountains; foreground: lush - albeit unidentifiable - flowers and a pillar, or Roman column). Sep 30, 2014Czarny Pies rated it liked it · review of another edition
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Recommends it for: Catholics especially fans of Twisted Sister
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All Catholics should read this book as we live in a world where everyone feels free to bash us. We Catholics and our church are accused of being homophobic, harbouring homosexuals in our clergy, collaborating with right wing regimes, supporting labour unions, encouraging social dissent, encouraging conformism, being too naïve, being too unscrupulous, and everything else.
Fortunately, we have Don Camillo with his punching bag adversary the communist mayor Peppone. While Don Camillo is as a sly as..more
Mar 08, 2015Deepti rated it it was amazing · review of another edition
How many times will I re-read this without tiring of it? If I were stuck in a deserted island and allowed only a single book with me this would be it. The most beautiful collection of short stories with three principal characters; Don Camillo the priest, Peppone the communist mayor and God.
Last year, I found this book at Blossoms - A 1955 omnibus which had this along with Don Camillo's dilemma and Don Camillo and the prodigal son. I was delighted as I had been hunting for don't camilli for a yea..more
Jun 18, 2013Peter Mongeau added it · review of another edition
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First published in the years following World War II, Giovanni Guareschiâs The Little World of Don Camillo has a mysterious appeal that captivates the mind and resonates propitiously in the souls of 21st century readers. Nestled in the valley of the Po River is a little village where a Samson-like priest, Don Camillo, is at odds with the Goliath-sized Communist mayor of the village Peppone. These two are built from the same clay, but politics oppose them in everythi..more
Sep 05, 2012Courtney rated it it was amazing · review of another edition
Giovanni Guareschi has joined my roster of favorite short story authors. A little bit Father Brown, a little bit Jeeves & Wooster, the stories in this volume chronicle the constant battle of egos between Don Camillo, the parish priest, and Peppone, the Communist mayor of the town. They're not quite as madcap as Wodehouse's Jeeves stories, but Guareschi has the same talent for painting clear, humorous portraits of his characters (and, if you're like me, you'll see a little of Roderick Spode i..more
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He was a journalist, writer, humorist. Along with Giovanni Mosca and Giaci Mondaini he founded the humorous magazine 'Candido'. He was well know because of the 'Don Camillo' series based on the stories about the two main characters: Don Camillo, the priest and Peppone, the communist Mayor.
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âLord, my hands were made for blessing, but not my feet!â
âNon ti crucciare, don Camillo' sussurrò il Cristo. 'Lo so che il vedere uomini che lasciano deperire la grazia di Dio è per te peccato mortale perchè sai che io sono sceso da cavallo per raccogliere una briciola di pane. Ma bisogna perdonarli perchè non lo fanno per offendere Dio. Essi cercano affannosamente la giustizia in terra perchè non hanno più fede nella giustizia divina, e ricercano affannosamente i beni della terra perchè non hanno fede nella ricompensa divina. E perciò credono soltanto a quello che si tocca e si vede, e le macchine volanti sono per essi angeli infernali di questo inferno terrestre che essi tentano invano di far diventare un Paradiso. E' la troppa cultura che porta all'ignoranza, perchè se la cultura non è sorretta dalla fede, a un certo punto l'uomo vede soltanto la matematica delle cose. E l'armonia di questa matematica diventa il suo Dio, e dimentica che è Dio che ha creato questa matematica e questa armonia. Ma il tuo Dio non è fatto di numeri, don Camillo, e nel cielo del tuo Paradiso volano gli angeli del bene. Il progresso fa diventare sempre più piccolo il mondo per gli uomini: un giorno, quando le macchine correranno a cento miglia al minuto, il mondo sembrerà agli uomini microscopico, e allora l'uomo si troverà come un passero sul pomolo di un altissimo pennone e si affaccerà sull'infinito, e nell'infinito ritroverà Dio e la fede nella vera vita. E odierà le machine che hanno ridotto il mondo ad una manciata d numeri e le distruggerà con le sue stesse mani. Ma ci vorrà del tempo ancora, don Camillo. Quindi rassicurati: la tua bicicletta e il tuo motorino non corrono per ora nessun pericolo.â More quotesâ¦
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Giovannino Oliviero Giuseppe Guareschi (Italian: [dÊovanËniËno É¡waËreski]; 1 May 1908 â 22 July 1968) was an Italianjournalist, cartoonist and humorist whose most famous creation is the priest Don Camillo.
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Giovannino Guareschi was born in Fontanelle di Roccabianca in the Province of Parma in 1908.[1] He hailed from a middle-class family. Guareschi always joked about the fact that he, a large man, was baptized Giovannino, a name meaning 'little John' or 'Johnny'. In 1926 his family went bankrupt, and he could not continue his studies at the University of Parma. After working at various minor jobs, he started to write for a local newspaper, the Gazzetta di Parma.[2] In 1929 he became editor of the satirical magazine Corriere Emiliano, and from 1936 to 1943 he was the chief editor of a similar magazine called Bertoldo.[1]
In 1943 he was drafted into the army, which apparently helped him to avoid trouble with the fascist authorities.[1] Java 6 update 37 64 bits. He ended up as an artillery officer.
When Italy signed the armistice with Allied powers in 1943, he was arrested as Italian military internee and imprisoned in camps in German-occupied Poland including Stalag X-B near Sandbostel for almost two years alongside other Italian soldiers. He later wrote about this time in Diario Clandestino (My Secret Diary).
After the war, Guareschi returned to Italy and founded a monarchist weekly satirical magazine, Candido in 1945.[1] After Italy became a republic, he began to support Democrazia Cristiana. He criticized and satirized the Communists in his magazine, famously drawing a Communist as a man with an extra nostril, and coining a slogan that became very popular: 'Inside the voting booth God can see you, Stalin can't'. When the Communists were soundly defeated in the 1948 Italian elections, Guareschi did not put his pen down but criticized Democrazia Cristiana as well.
In 1950, Candido published a satirical cartoon by Carlo Manzoni poking fun at Luigi Einaudi, President of the Republic. The President is at the Quirinal Palace, surrounded by, instead of the presidential guard of honour (the corazzieri), by giant bottles of Nebbiolo wine, which Einaudi actually produced on his land in Dogliani. Each bottle was labeled with the institutional logo. The cartoon was judged in Contempt of the President by a court of the time. Guareschi, as the director of the magazine, was held responsible and sentenced.
In 1954 Guareschi was charged with libel after he had published two facsimile wartime letters from resistance leader and former Prime Minister Alcide De Gasperi requesting the Allies to bomb the outskirts of Rome in order to demoralize German collaborators. The legitimacy of the letters was never established by the court, but after a two-month trial it found in favour of De Gasperi. Guareschi declined to appeal the verdict and spent 409 days in Parma's San Francesco jail, and another six months on probation at his home.[3]
His most famous comic creations are the books of short stories he wrote about the rivalry between Don Camillo, a stalwart Italian priest, and the equally hot-headed Peppone, the communist mayor of a village in the 'Little World' of a Po River Valley town. These stories have many times been made into films, and television and radio programs; most notably in the series of films featuring Fernandel as Don Camillo.
By 1956 his health had deteriorated and he began to spend time in Switzerland for health reasons. In 1957 he retired from the post of editor of Candido but remained a contributor. He died in 1968 in Cervia from a heart attack.
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