On June 1, 1931 Antonio Gramsci, from prison, wrote a letter to his family containing the tale Il topo e la montagna; and it goes something like this... The mouse and the mountainbyAntonio Gramsci In a house in the country, on a lovely island called Sardinia, in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, a child…Read more Antonio Gramsci: The mouse and the mountain (a tale about determination)
#Children: poetry
Roberto Piumini: The coronavirus rhyme
The images below are someone's child's; they are everyone's children's...In all of Italy children have been colouring these posters and placing them over doors and on balconies, because, as they say: Everything is going to be all right! LA FILASTROCCA SUL CORONAVIRUS Roberto Piumini Che cos’ è che in aria vola? C’ è qualcosa…Read more Roberto Piumini: The coronavirus rhyme
Gianni Rodari: L’anno nuovo/ The new year
"What we do not know yet is always more important than what we know now." Gianni Rodari, Il libro degli errori (The book of errors) 1993. L'anno nuovo Gianni Rodari “Indovinami, Indovino, tu che leggi nel destino: l’anno nuovo come sarà? Bello, brutto o metà e metà?”. “Trovo stampato nei miei libroni che avrà di…Read more Gianni Rodari: L’anno nuovo/ The new year
Parabola/Parable by Guido Gozzano
The poem #Parabola [Parable] is from Guido Gozzano's early collection La via del rifugio (1907), and it marked the beginning of his career. In this poem, we find his desire to communicate, to dialogue with the reader, and in doing this Gozzano “sets aulic verse against prose, setting off sparks”, as Montale stated. The ironic…Read more Parabola/Parable by Guido Gozzano
parallel texts: words reflected 