Ciò che precede Appunti intorno a FINCHÉ LA VITTIMA NON SARÀ NOSTRA
Charta Sporca
Published: Sep 2025
Location: Trieste, ITALY
Reviewed by: Andrea Carnevale
Language: Italian
Review of book:
UNTIL THE VICTIM BECOMES OUR OWN
The Primordial Storm
Klee’s Angelus Novus is, for Benjamin, the figure of history advancing inexorably, driven by the primordial storm, and inevitably destroying everything with wings spread wide. Its face looks backward, capable only of contemplating the ruins it leaves behind. Finché la vittima non sarà nostra seems to evoke precisely this figure. It only seems so, however, because Benjamin’s Angel of History is a metaphor, whereas Lyacos’s new book—except for a single aspect, to which we will need to return—is not.
Original in Italian