| Sumario: | A chapter from the book "Alienation In Guiseppe Berto's Novels" is presented. It states that the book used a cohesive principle to unify Berto's literary corpus. This principle is called alienation, which has three types, namely alienation from God, from self and from others. The novel mentioned the roots of alienation such as religious, familial, personal and social conflicts. Humor was considered as an external symptom as well a relief of alienation. The novel seeks an answer to life's riddle and to man's estranged state in the society.
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