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THE REVIEW
This historical-contemporary novel tells the story of Ali Agca, the attacker of Pope Wojtyla, whom the author imagines to be even the reincarnation of the evangelical Judas...
It is a subtle critique of the Catholic hierarchical system, following the much more famous analysis of Dostoevsky's "Grand Inquisitor."
The story of the reincarnation is somewhat underdeveloped by the author, but the rewriting of the evangelical stories, combined with the brilliant intuition to draw a parallel with the attack on the Pope, makes the book more than enjoyable (as are all of Vassalli's works, after all...)
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Sebastiano Vassalli’s La notte del lupo presents a historical-contemporary novel centered on Ali Agca, the attacker of Pope Wojtyla, imagined as a reincarnation of Judas. The book critiques the Catholic hierarchy, inspired by Dostoevsky's Grand Inquisitor. While the reincarnation theme is lightly explored, the rewriting of evangelical stories combined with the attack on the Pope makes the novel engaging. It is praised as another compelling work by Vassalli.
Sebastiano Vassalli
Sebastiano Vassalli (1941–2015) was an Italian novelist and essayist, widely known for La chimera and for historically grounded narratives often set in northern Italy.03 Reviews
