MALERBA

Book ID/图书代码： 00760014B73296

English Summary/英文概要： The book is the memoir of a mafia boss - Giuseppe Grassonelli - serving a life sentence for an uncountable series of murders committed in Sicily between the end of the 1980s and the start of 1990s. Arrested in 1992, he refused to become a government witness, like many other mafia detainees: he did’n want to give evidence against others because he wanted to be held solely responsible for his own crimes.
Grassonelli got his first taste of Mafia in 1986 when he was caught in a Cosa Nostra massacre in a bar in Porto Empedocle, which left two relatives and two friends dead. Organizing his own mob of young killers, who became known as The Stidda, Grassonelli launched revenge attacks on Cosa Nostra, sparking a mob war that left 400 dead by 1992.
He entered prison semi-literate; now he has a philosophy degree, reads Dostoevsky and is described by his professor as one of the most intelligent people he had met.

Chinese Summary/中文概要： Giuseppe Grassonelli是義大利黑手黨(Cosa Nostra)的殺手及老大，在5歲時家人因為擔心他加入黑幫，便將他送到德國漢堡工作，但是命運的招喚還是讓他重回西西里，並因一起親屬被殺害的慘案，他從此步入這不歸路。加入黑幫後，他在1980年末至1990年犯下超過20起的兇殺案，並在1992年被捕入獄，雖然檢方一直想將轉為污點證人，藉此想了解更多內幕，但是他堅持為自己犯下的罪行負責，不願與政府與合作，並認為這是黑手黨派系爭鬥，是一種戰爭行為，而不是謀殺行為，此舉不免讓人感到他試圖為自己的行為合理化。在被判終身監禁後，他也洗心革面，開始重拾書本從識字開始最終取得一個哲學的學位，並將自己的人生歷程撰寫成此書，該書今年更獲頒義大利西西里文學獎(Premio Sciasca-Recalmare)。當然如此充滿爭議的人物入圍文學獎項，也在國際及當地引起不小騷動。雖不論此書的正當性是否恰當，但本書確實將我們更進一步了解黑手黨的真實面，另外，此書名Malebra在西西里有「雜草」(bad grass)的意思。

Awards/获奖情况：The Guardian
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/sep/02/mafia-memoir-wins-sicilian-literary-prize

Los Angeles Times
http://www.latimes.com/world/europe/la-fg-italy-mafia-killer-literary-prize-20140902-story.html

LE MONDE
http://www.lemonde.fr/le-magazine/article/2014/09/14/des-lauriers-pour-le-tueur_4485670_1616923.html

ET Today
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