CASTELLINARIA

chapter

page

I.

Changes in the Town

17

II.

Festa Rimandata

36

PALERMO

III.

Marionettists at Home

53

IV.

Malagigi

66

V.

Argantino

73

VI.

The Escape from Paris

82

CATANIA

VII.

The Buffo’s Holiday

93

TRAPANI

VIII.

The Nascita

115

MOUNT ERYX

IX.

The Compare

129

X.

Compare Berto

135

XI.

Berto’s Wedding

142

TRABONELLA

XII.

Sulphur

151

XIII.

OmertÀ and the Mafia

157

XIV.

Mala Vita

165

CASTELLINARIA

XV.

The Cardinalessa

177

XVI.

The Corporal

185

EARTHQUAKE ECHOES

XVII.

TotÒ Carbonara

203

Turiddu Balistrieri

208

Railway Porters

216

Giuseppe Platania

220

Giulio Adamo

222

CecÈ Luna

223

Fugitives and Victims

227

THE SLOPES OF ETNA

XVIII.

Lava

233

XIX.

S. Alfio

242

XX.

The Naked Runners

248

CATANIA

XXI.

Holy Week

261

ORTIGIA

XXII.

O Fountain Arethuse

289