Farfariel - The book of Micù
by Pietro Albì
Farfariel is a weird bildungsroman for young adults, somehow reminiscing of The Never Ending Story by Michael Ende. Micù is a preadolescent with physical disability born before World War II in the poor but magical atmos-phere of rural southern Italy. He is trying to grow up despite his own difficulties, the tragicomic inhabitants of the village and a spiteful demon who has the power to interfere with the story and its writer... In fact Far-fariel, unhappy about the way the writer is telling the story, edit and correct the book with his red pen!
