Barnabo of the Mountains (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: Dino Buzzati Traverso
- First Published: 1933
- Type of Work: Novella
- Type of Plot: Psychological
- Time of Work: The early twentieth century
- Setting: Near the village of San Nicola, Italy
- Genres: Long fiction, Psychological fiction, Parable
- Subjects: Twentieth century, Fear, Robbery or robbers, Forests or forestry, Italy or Italians, Mountains, Explosions or explosives
- Locales: Italy
Characters Discussed
Barnabo (bahr-NAH-boh), a young forester and the only one of his guard not called by a last name. Although proud and somewhat quick-tempered, Barnabo is also sensitive and considerate, as demonstrated by his pretense of allowing another forester (Pietro Molo) to win a fight rather than be humiliated. Later, he stops to help a wounded crow, not having the heart to kill it, unlike his comrades, who kill and pluck crows to be cooked for dinner. Barnabo is disgraced and his career ruined when cowardice overcomes him and he is unable to help his fellow foresters...
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