p108Even before science had officially recognized that observation intervenes in some way to modify the phenomenon being observed, Gadda knew that ``conoscere \`e inserire alcunch\39;e nel reale; e, quindi, deformare il reale39;39; (to know is to insert something into what is real, and hence to distort reality). From this arises his invariably distorting way of representing things, and the tension he always estblishes between himself and the thing represented, so that the more the world becomes distorted before his eyes, the more the author39;s self becomes involved in this process and is itself distorted and confused.Gadda (La cognizione del dolore [Acquainted with Gried])``l39;io, io! ... il pi\39;u lurido di tutti i pronomi! ... I pronomi! Sono i pidocchi del pensiero. Quando il pensiero ha...