William Klinger (edited by Diego Redivo), Another Italy: Fiume 1724-1924, Historical Research Centre of Rovinj – National League, Rovinj – Trieste, 2018.

Editors' note. 

Disdain and pride are two states of mind that well summarize this presentation of William Klinger's (posthumous) work.

Pride because what we propose to you is an absolutely valuable work. For Klinger, the theme of the history of his city, his Fiume, represented a central interest in his historiographical research and the work presented here is the culmination of this commitment; a commitment that began at the time of his doctoral thesis and continued in the many versions that preceded this final one. A culmination that well proposes the characteristics of a "thoroughbred historian" that qualified his work: a rigorous and careful search for sources closely combined with a brilliant commitment to trying to understand (and make people understand) the underlying reasons for the historical events he was going to address. In short, this work contains all of William Klinger and this is why the opportunity to propose it, thanks also to the valuable work of revision by Diego Redivo, certainly constitutes a reason for just and sincere pride.

Disdain is what we continue to feel at the thought of the absurd event that tragically ended William's young life in a New York park in January 2015. The time that has passed has not yet given us a "truth" of those criminal gunshots. The scandal remains, the refusal to accept that that criminal hand deprived us all of the presence so rich, so intense, so alive of William Klinger.

Giovanni Radossi – Paolo Sardos Albertini

 

The volume, published in the Collection of Proceedings of the Historical Research Centre of Rovinj (No. 45) is available free of charge in PDF format at this link: https://www.crsrv.org/pdf/collana_degli_atti/Klinger-Fiume.pdf