Proust e il matricidio The Author examines a paper written by Proust in 1907, published on Le Figaro with the title «Filial feelings of a parricide», which evoked a profound impression in all the readres of those times. Even nowadays, it still keeps its deep impact: the figure of the matricide still looks both like an alien and a familiar character, who seems to repeat in sort of a planned way a matricide, using not a weapon but rather «word like daggers», and all the readers become witness of his acts.