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Gabriele Calindri
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«Se in un'epoca della mia attività letteraria sono stato attratto dai folktales, dai fairytales, non è stato per fedeltà a una tradizione etnica (dato che le mie radici sono in un'Italia del tutto moderna e cosmopolita) né per nostalgia delle letture infantili (nella mia famiglia un bambino doveva leggere solo libri istruttivi e con qualche fondamento scientifico) ma per interesse stilistico e strutturale, per l'economia, il ritmo, la logica essenziale con cui sono raccontate. Nel mio lavoro di trascrizione delle fiabe italiane dalle registrazioni degli studiosi di folklore del secolo scorso, provavo un particolare piacere quando il testo originale era molto laconico e dovevo cercare di raccontarlo rispettandone la concisione e cercando di trarre da essa il massimo d'efficacia narrativa e di suggestione poetica. La prima caratteristica del folktale è l'economia espressiva; le peripezie più straordinarie sono raccontate tenendo conto solo dell'essenziale; c'è sempre una battaglia contro il tempo, contro gli ostacoli che impediscono o ritardano il compimento d'un desiderio o il ristabilimento d'un bene perduto.»
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