Dissipatio H G : Romanzo
Milano: Adelphi Edizioni, 1977.
First Edition. Trade Paperback. Very Good with no dust jacket. Item #15294
Light wear, 1977 gift inscription, otherwise light wear. Solid trade paperback. ; Italian language. None of Morselli's novels were published in his lifetime. He shot himself in 1973 after this, his final novel, was also rejected. "In Guido Morselli’s eerie and fantastical 1977 novel, “Dissipatio H.G.,” a man discovers he has inexplicably survived the sudden disappearance of the human race. It’s tough luck, given that he’d planned to drown himself in a cave the very night it happened. Instead, the unnamed narrator emerges to find himself alive and alone in the world, after an apocalyptic ambiguity he refers to as “the Event.”" - Dustin Illingworth, New York TImes, 12-1-2020. "«Con uno di quei suoi straordinari salti fantastici che hanno un gelo mentale matematico, Morselli ha rovesciato i termini di una corrispondenza cosmica. Il suicida è vivo, i vivi sono, non già “morti”, ma “la morte”. Morselli scrisse questo romanzo nello stesso anno in cui si tolse la vita, 1973. E forse mai era giunto ad una così calma gestione del suo astratto e lucido gioco intellettuale. Un gioco mortale e tuttavia capace di una intima grazia, oserei dire letizia». - Giorgio Manganelli." Probable first printing of the first edition as the copyright is 1977 with no additional printings listed, and this book colophon says printed in February 1977. ; Narrativa Contemporanea; 154 pages.
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