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Journey to Siligo

posted 15 years ago by Tarsitius
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I was so much impressed by the film that I read the book, too. Later on I was looking for my first bicycle trip destination abroad and I chose Sardinia. Of course I wanted to see the scenery around Siligo, the village where the boy grows up. When I approached it, I saw an older man driving a carriage pulled by an ass or a mule. I am quite sure that he was Ledda's father, because he was described to be stubborn and avaricious, all other peasants owning already a motor-driven carriage.

The type of life of the boy is not so unusual as it may seem. Small-scale agriculture was and is still one of the most frequent lifestyles. It was natural for me and other children in childhood to help the father in our school-free time. It's not bad to learn to know how nature works and to strenghten a bit the body.

If you are interested in the live of adolescents in a remote agricultural setting, consider also 'Hoehenfeuer' by Fredi Murer, where there is also a scene with unusual sex.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093235/

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[–] PoppyTransfusion 12 years ago

Nice post OP.

The type of life of the boy is not so unusual as it may seem. Small-scale agriculture was and is still one of the most frequent lifestyles. It was natural for me and other children in childhood to help the father in our school-free time. It's not bad to learn to know how nature works and to strenghten a bit the body.

I agree. The difficluty was the lack of choice the children and young men had and the degree of violence used to keep them in check. Galvino was right when he told his father that he was living according to the rule of obedience.

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