To Overcome The Fear Of The Dead Just To Make Them Laugh

The fourth story of the new Giuseppe Bresciani's book "The Song of the perch" is surreal and somewhat macabre. Could fall within the literary genre which led the Romans to exclaim " castigat laughing mores ", literally" corrects the costumes laughing. " In fact, this is not an ancient Latin phrase, placed on the front of many theaters, dates from the seventeenth century and was pronouncing the French poet Jean de Santeul, said Santolius. 's story The man who entertained the dead is, in fact, a sweet story bitter-and education together. Rice, called for nothing less than the deceased whose soul is not pierced at all, is an opportunity to expose hidden truths, and flogged human faults. The spirits that dwell in the monumental cemetery of Como unexpectedly found a friend that will lift them out of boredom and amuse. It is not one of them but a living human being, an old man who discovers his gift for unforgettable event and will make his last days. It's called Abbondio and turning to his audience of lost souls declared: "Every time one laughs off a nail to the coffin." This story is troubling and perplexing because of its peaceful transgressive force, has some sort of moral hidden between the lines, jokes and anecdotes from the dispensed protagonist. This could be summed up in one sentence of the film Who Framed Roger Rabbit reminds us that as long as we live, "a laugh can be a very powerful thing. Sometimes in life, it is the only thing we have left. "