Description
Set in postwar Sicily, this latter-day “Candide” follows Candido Manufo, an innocent swept into a world where power is contested and every belief is treated as a battleground. As the Church and the Communist Party vie for influence over people’s lives and consciences, Candido’s journey becomes a darkly comic test of what survives when ideology, corruption, and self-interest collide. With Voltaire’s light touch and Leonardo Sciascia’s signature dark irony, the novel blends satire and moral inquiry to expose how easily innocence can be exploited—and how hard it is to remain truly free. Through Candido’s misadventures, it explores themes of faith and manipulation, political persuasion, and the uneasy cost of seeking truth in a compromised society.
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paperback
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt P
Published Jan 1, 1979
152 pages
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Details
First Published
1977
Language
ita
Translation
From: ita
Content Warnings
Content and trigger warnings for Candido by Leonardo Sciascia.