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...GARDEN OF THE FINZI-CONTINIS by Giorgio Bassani. 293 pages. Atheneum...
...Leopard has sired a cub. Giuseppe di Lampedusa's posthumous novel described the life of a decaying aristocratic family during a period of social crisis in Sicily; The Garden of the Finzi-Continis describes the life of a decaying upper-class family during a period of social crisis in Ferrara. What's more, Novelist Bassani, an established poet, critic and editor who was responsible for the publication of The Leopard, has obviously learned from the master: his style is as rich and iridescent as Lampedusa's, and the substance of his novel is similarly sturdy stuff...
...Minister Finzi and Commandatore Cesare Rossi, both personal friends of Benito, resigned, stating that they wished to be free to defend themselves against "libelous attacks of their enemies." Editor Filippo Filippelli of the Corriere Italiano, Fascist organ was arrested shortly after he escaped from Rome. It was known that Finzi was the moving spirit of the Corriere Italiano. There followed the arrest of 17 more Fascisti. The Opposition fulminated against the Government, declared that Finzi was a grafter...
...Five hundred aircraft to fly over Rome during the parade. Among these will be the famous sernissima esquadrille (the first squadron under Gabriele d'Annunzio to raid Vienna during the War), with its original pilots and machines. One of the pilots is Aldo Finzi, Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs...
Married: Deputy Finzi, Italian Under Secretary of the Interior, and Signorina Clementi, neice of Cardinal Vamrutelli, dean of the Sacred College, Rome. The witnesses were Premier Mussolini, Gulielmo Marconi, the inventor, and Prince Colonna. Gabriele d'Annunzio was also to have been a witness but failed to arrive in time...