Italian author from Sardinia, best known for the autobiographical work Padre padrone.

Born in Siligo, Sardinia. Author of the autobiographical memoir Padre padrone. Padre padrone was adapted into a film by Paolo and Vittorio Taviani (1977), which won the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival.

Reviews on DeBaser praise Ledda's autobiographical force in Padre padrone and Lingua di falce. Themes: harsh shepherd childhood, authoritarian father, struggle for education, Sardinian identity and language. Writing alternatingly powerful, intimate and at times difficult. Both reviews give high ratings.

For:Readers of autobiographies, Italian/Sardinian culture, social history and literary memoirs.

 “Licking and re-licking the trough in a kind of obligatory rite, to remind others that he must be a similar master since dogs are at man’s service. He frantically rubs his tongue over that now dry trough. He passes and re-passes it over the surface, rough and porous, even when there is nothing left. Indeed that is the most expressive part of the acquired rite for him. His command is born and reborn precisely from those empty licks on those hollows without fat or slobber: the tongue has the power to eliminate the possession marks left by the subordinates”

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 An absolute must-read book, which moved me for its story of redemption from cultural and social difficulties of an environment from another time, having heard many stories, especially from relatives.

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