L'Aurora Boreale by Theodor Daubler Edited by Luigi Garofalo

 L'Aurora Boreale

by Theodor Daubler Edited by Luigi Garofalo is a masterpiece of the German Expressionism, still not known in Italy and published by Marsilio. 

This book inaugurates the new series of Marsilio called Firmamenti devoted to European culture, thanks to Maurizio Bettini, Massimo Cacciari and Luigi Garofalo. 

The purpose is to focus on that writings, old or pretty modern that marked or are marking the western thought.

This book, a ciclopic book with more than 30.000 verses, was firstly published to Monaco di Baviera in 1910. The author started to write this book close to the Vesuvio. In 1921 and 1922 released in Lipsia. It's this version that it is published by Marsilio. 

The purpose of the author with this work is to try to hugh all the past anticipating at the same time the future inspired by the Aurora Borealis. This myth speaks of the surviving of the sun inside a land that it is part of it; the sun wants to to rejoin the land! The myth means also the perennial path of the humanity with the purpose to win the spirit. 

But...Who wasTheodor Daubler? Born in the Trieste still under the domination of Austria and Hungary, in 1897 with the family afforded to Wien during his 20s living a bohemien existence: Paris, Berlin, Dresda, Florence, Rome, Gineva and Athen, the main cities where he stayed acclaimed in the most interesting intellectual places because of his original thought. He died in 1934 forgotten by everyone, because his works not appreciated.

Highly recommended bool.

I thank Marsilio for the physical copy of the book.

Anna Maria Polidori