Holy Jester!
Subtitle: the Saint Francis fables
By: written and illustrated by Nobel Prize Winner Dario Fo ; translated by Mario Pirovano
Contributors: Pirovano, Mario, translator
Edition: First edition.
Published: 2018
Language: eng
Number of pages: 159
ISBN-13: 9781623160821
Subjects: Fiction
Work titles: Santo jullàre Françesco
Description: These fables spark the imagination, challenge the conscience, and delight the soul. Greed and corruption are Fo's irreverent subjects for this satirical Fellini-esque provocation. Fo convenes courtiers, popes, cardinals, generals, peasants and one man who despite his own earthly appetites and desires becomes a saint.
Notes: Translation from Italian of: Santo jullàre Françesco.

"Published by arrangement with Einaudi, Tolnay, and Mario Pirovano" -- Title page verso.

Translated from the Italian.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: The expulsion of the aristocrats and the demolition of the forty towers; title: The battle against the citizens of Perugia; title: Francis meeets the wolf in Gubbio; title: The tirade of Francis at Bologna 15th August 1222; title: Francis the Holy Jester and the chicken; title: Francis calls the Pope; title: Francis and the Sultan of Zime Al Beny; title: Francis on the road to death; title: Dario Fo and Mario Pirovano.