NO GREAT MISCHIEF DI ALISTAIR MACLEOD. (Italian)

This essay delves into a network of geographical, historical and cultural connections informing No Great Mischief (1999), the only novel by Alistair MacLeod (1936-2014), a celebrated Canadian writer and academic who won a number of literary prizes and, in 2008, was named an Officer of the Order of Canada as well as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada. Born in North Battleford, Saskatchewan, he grew up on Cape Breton Island, off Nova Scotia - once an important Scottish-community settlement - and became familiar with Highland Gaelic culture, traditions and language. In No Great Mischief Alexander MacDonald, the narrator, can be seen as reconstructing his family's past and their strong ties with the Scottish forebears from the MacDonald clan, who moved to Cape Breton after the Massacre of Glencoe. A commitment to recovering a feeling of belonging and a displaced heritage represents a fil rouge that runs throughout the novel. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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