"From the square up above, you could see other hills, azure almost. I leaned against the church in the sun. In that warmth and silence, I felt an inkling of hope. What was happening seemed impossible to me. Life would go on one day, safe and sound, like now. I had forgotten this for too…Read more Cesare Pavese: Il fuggiasco / The fugitive
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Giovanni Pascoli: Solitudine /Solitude
“These cantos, they linger, they linger on my father’s tomb!...They are the fluttering of birds, the rustling of cypress trees, the distant singing of bells: they are not exclusive to a cemetery. For some of my laments, I hope to be forgiven, so that less here than in any other place the reader might wish…Read more Giovanni Pascoli: Solitudine /Solitude
Natalia Ginzburg: Gli Ebrei / The Jews (1972)
“I am now convinced that the role of Israel as the unifying centre of Judaism – and I underline ‘now’ – is in an eclipse phase. It is imperative, therefore, that the focal point of Judaism be inverted, returning outside Israel, returning to us, the Jews of the Diaspora who have the task of reminding…Read more Natalia Ginzburg: Gli Ebrei / The Jews (1972)
Salvatore Quasimodo: Dolore di cose che ignoro / Pain of things I ignore
Dolore di cose che ignoro Salvatore Quasimodo Fitta di bianche e di nere radici di lievito odora e lombrichi, tagliata dall’acque la terra. Dolore di cose che ignoro mi nasce: non basta una morte se ecco più volte mi pesa con l’erba, sul cuore, una zolla.Pain of things I ignore Salvatore…Read more Salvatore Quasimodo: Dolore di cose che ignoro / Pain of things I ignore
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