Canne al vento

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Canne al vento

Author	Grazia Deledda
Original title	Canne al vento
Language	Italian
Genre	novel
Publisher	L'Illustrazione Italiana (serial)
Publication date	1913
Publication place	Italy
Preceded by	Colombi e sparvieri
Followed by	Le colpe altrui

Canne al vento ([ˈkanne al ˈvɛnto]; Italian for "Reeds in the wind") is a novel by the Italian author and Nobel Prize winner Grazia Deledda. After being published by episodes on L'Illustrazione Italiana, in the period January 13–27, 1913, it was released as a volume by editor Fratelli Treves in Milan. It's considered the most notable work written by Deledda. The title of the book is an allusion to human frailty and sorrow, which was already found in Elias Portolu, written in 1900: Uomini siamo, Elias, uomini fragili come canne, pensaci bene. Al di sopra di noi c'è una forza che non possiamo vincere. («We are human, Elias, as frail as reeds: think carefully. There's a force we can't defeat above us.»)