FARINA

farina, salvatore (1846- ), italian novelist, was born in sardinia, and after studying law at turin and pavia devoted himself to a literary life at milan. farina has often been compared as a sentimental humorist with dickens, and his style of writing has given him a special place in modern italian fiction. his masterpiece is _il signor io_ (1880), a delightful portrait of an egoist; _don chisciottino_, _amore bendato_, _capelli biondi_, _oro nascosto_, _il tesoro di donnina_, _amore a cent' occhi_, _mio figlio_, _il numero 13_, are some of his other volumes.