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Mafia Vendetta

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Also known as: “Il giorno della civetta”, “The Day of the Owl”

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Mafia Vendetta), a study of the Mafia. Other mystery novels followed, among them A ciascuno il suo (1966; A Man’s Blessing), Il contesto (1971; Equal Danger), and Todo modo (1974; One Way or Another). Sciascia also wrote historical analyses, plays, short stories, and essays on…
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Italian literature

In Italian literature: Other writings
…of the local Mafia (Il giorno della civetta [1963; The Day of the Owl] and A ciascuno il suo [1966; “To Each His Own”; Eng. trans. A Man’s Blessing]). After a Neorealistic phase, Giuseppe Berto plunged into the world of psychological introspection (Il male oscuro [1964; “The Dark Sickness”]…
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