TY  - GEN
T1  - Oh, Serafina! : a fable of ecology, lunacy, and love
T2  - Other voices of Italy.
A1  - Berto, Giuseppe
A2  - Conti, Gregory, 1952-
LA  - English
LA  - Italian
PP  - New Brunswick
PB  - Rutgers University Press
YR  - 2023
UL  - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/ebsco_acadsubs_on1385453731
AB  - "Oh, Serafina! is a fable for adults about ecology, lunacy, and love. The protagonist, Augustus the Second Valle, is the grandson of the founder of the FIFA button factory in Lombardy. He inherits the factory, but his main interest is the birds who live in the surrounding gardens and whom he, like Saint Francis, talks to on a regular basis. Augustus also has a lusty sexual appetite, which he satisfies with one of the factory workers, Palmira. She connives to have him declared incompetent so she can sell the factory and pocket the proceeds. Augustus is committed to a mental hospital where he meets Serafina, a flower child, who dresses in Indian prints, plays a flute, and "receives messages from the universe." They are released and escape to her father's country villa, where they go to "live happily ever after" with the birds from the FIFA and asylum gardens"--
OP  - 124
NO  - Description based upon print version of record.
NO  - Translation of: Oh, Serafina! Fiaba di ecologia, di manicomio, e d'amore. Rusconi Editore, 1973.
CN  - PQ4807.E815 O513 2023
SN  - 1978835779
SN  - 9781978835771
SN  - 9781978835757
KW  - Man-woman relationships : Fiction.
KW  - Birds : Foreign relations.
KW  - Relations entre hommes et femmes : Romans, nouvelles, etc.
KW  - Oiseaux : Relations extérieures.
KW  - LITERARY CRITICISM / General.
KW  - FICTION / General
KW  - Man-woman relationships
KW  - Electronic books.
KW  - fables.
KW  - Fables
KW  - Fiction
KW  - Novels
KW  - Fables.
KW  - Novels.
KW  - Romans.
ER  -