Terrible Tales (Italian Edition) [Italian]

By Giovanni Franceschelli

Do you like politically correct?

Great, you're good and honest, but this book isn't for you.

You'll find something completely different here.

That is, if you're brave enough to read it, of course.

If you want to know more about these Terrible Tales before venturing out, here is the first part of the preface by a dear friend and supporter of mine:

Writing a preface is always an honorable task, whether for the simplest of people or for illustrious figures. It's a conscious choice and a sign of respect.

I've known the author for some time; he's never liked the spotlight; he's one of the few who's managed to stay away from social media despite ever-increasing social pressure.

While I understand his desire to stay away from fame, I advised him to show off a bit, even if only to increase his chances of being read and, who knows, perhaps even make a fortune, despite people's innate envy.

Aside from this characteristic personality trait, the writer is bitter toward his past, not because of what happened but because of how he was received by those around him.

Maybe it's even worse when you try to think of society as a remedy for individual excesses and instead find yourself pigeonholed as the nitpicker, the troublemaker, the rigid, the boring one, etc.

I understand well; expectations are often what get us.

The themes he discusses are very current, things that seem crazy at first glance become increasingly possible as you continue reading and compare your experiences and the many alternatives.

The style, if we want to define it broadly, is irreverent but more realistic and sincere than many news stories, which are filtered and chopped into the most convenient pieces so as to focus only on the most convenient and not on the whole.

The inspirations that a reader with a solid cultural background can find are truly numerous and spread across the centuries; Homer and Palahniuk represent the extremes of time and perhaps of fame.

Maybe because of the passion of both, or the fable-like format, it cannot be denied that the spirit of Pirandello pervades these pages.

This book is written in a style that can be considered baroque, jumbled, and even bold, contrary to the modern tendency to have everything broken up, with short sentences, constant breaks with periods, bouncing between characters in dialogue, and heaven forbid you weave in subordinate clauses and asides as we were taught in school.

I saw lesser-known authors like Cela, with his realistic and pessimistic dialogues, which can even offend the interlocutor.

The terms and language used are inevitably unusual and strange, a bit crude, a bit polished, requiring a dictionary lookup, a bit invented, a bit borrowed from other languages, a bit absorbing the youthful vocabulary of his youth and of today.

This work is also highly interactive and in step with the times. Given that attention spans are increasingly short, the reader must be kept glued by talking to them and inserting actions they can perform, hidden and obvious tricks.

E.g. the first thing that comes to mind is how many quotes are there among songs, novels, games, books, politics, medicine, etc.?

I worked on the work from an editorial perspective; there are games with the page numbers of the fairy tales, many hidden secrets, just like I do in my books.

I supported the publication of this book and will do the same with its dissemination. It's a project I care about because it has potential, it's anything but banal, it goes against the grain, criticizing, with its use of the grotesque, both those who are nonconformist by design and those who lazily let themselves be carried along by the current.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: Italian
• ISBN: B0GS5SWQ7K
• ISBN13: 9798249568887
• Release Date: March 2026
• Publisher: Independently published
• Length: 117 Pages
• Weight: 0.29 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.0" x 0.3" x 5.3"