Dario fo portrays lucrezia

Note: Dario Fo was WINNER of the Nobel Prize for Literature in , though he had never written a book. Instead, he was recognized by the Nobel Committee for his more than forty plays, his acting, his directing and his “emulation of the jesters of the Middle Ages in scourging authority and upholding the dignity of the downtrodden.&#;  This biographical novel is his first novel.

“If we remove the story of Pope Alexander VI and his family from its context in Renaissance Italy, what we get is a shocking saga in which all the leading characters act without regard for their adversaries and quite often each other.

At every twist and turn, the victim destined for sacrifice, ever since she was a child is Lucrezia. It is she who is tossed into the gaping maw of financial and political interests by both her father and her brother, without a qualm.

What the lovely young maiden might think or feel is of no concern. After all, she’s just a female…”—from “Jumping feet-first into the mud,”