Leonardo Sciascia, A ciascuno il suo [To Each His Own]

Claudio Mazzola (University of Washington)

Ed. by Jo Ann Cavallo, Columbia University
The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 1.6.1: Italian Writing and Culture, 453-present.
Vol. editors: Carla Bregman (Independent Scholar - North America), Jo Ann Cavallo (Columbia University)

Dates

First circulation or publication 1966

Places

Italy (Country of Origin; Publication/ performance)

Genres and Modes

Novel

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A ciascuno il suo

[To Each His Own] (1964) belongs to the unique literary hybrid that Leonardo Sciascia debuted in 1961 in

Il giorno della civetta

[The Day of the Owl] and continued in

Il contesto

[Equal Danger] (1971) and

Todo Modo

[Todo Modo] (1974). All these works could be categorized as detective novels with a socially critical conscience. Basically, the plot rotates around a central character who scrutinizes with lucid rationality a mysterious death that generally happens at the very beginning of the story. While the investigation follows the characteristic pattern of a murder mystery, Sciascia gives particular relevance to the socio-political discourse that surrounds the killing. These novels are all set in Sciascia’s native Sicily with the Mafia or its acolytes perpetrating…

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Citation: Mazzola, Claudio. "A ciascuno il suo". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 12 January 2022 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/sworks.php?rec=true&UID=40570, accessed 24 April 2024.]

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