Vitaliano Brancati – författare

Having spent some time in Rome, Antonio - the handsomest young man in Catania - returns to his native town with the reputation of being a playboy and with a long list of amorous adventures behind him. To please his father, Antonio agrees to marry the beautiful Barbara. A year after their marriage however - scandal erupts. Barbara is still a virgin! The bride’s family attempt to annul the marriage and Antonio’s honour seems irrevocably lost.

Having spent some time in Rome, Antonio - the handsomest young man in Catania - returns to his native town with the reputation of being a playboy and with a long list of amorous adventures behind him. To please his father, Antonio agrees to marry the beautiful Barbara. A year after their marriage however - scandal erupts. Barbara is still a virgin! The bride’s family attempt to annul the marriage and Antonio’s honour seems irrevocably lost.

Il capolavoro della Letteratura italiana del Novecento che ha ispirato il celebre film con Marcello Mastroianni e Claudia Cardinale.Il giovane Antonio Magnano è invidiato da tutti gli uomini e desiderato da tutte le donne. Quando sposa l''avvenente Barbara, tutta Catania crede che i due siano la coppia perfetta. Ma, alla notizia che Antonio non riesce "a farsi onore" con lei, l''ammirazione si tramuta in disprezzo.Un romanzo tragicomico, duro, che rappresenta un cinico affresco della Sicilia degli anni Trenta, stretta fra antichi moralismi e mitografie fasciste sul ruolo dell''uomo in una società retrograda, fallocratica e crudele.