In the nineteen pieces that make up judicious Matches we find what Gadda himself considered a "self-anthology" of the best of his work. With his unmistakable and imposing use of language, Gadda uses a sharp tone of satire to ridicule the bourgeoisie of his time, as if giving way to the fury that would sometimes lead him to say: "I would like to be the Robespierre of the bourgeoisie Milanese: but it's not worth it ». Thus, we find respectable ladies of society who are forced to question their rigid moral codes against the demands of the times, or entrepreneurs obsessed with safeguarding "their own private property privadísima." Perhaps the fire that spreads uncontrollably in "The Fire of the Kepler Way" constitutes an unbeatable image of the passions and desires that consume the characters of Gadda, who often reveal themselves too powerful to be contained by the mojigatos codes designe...read more
