225 men, women and children have died in the Mediterranean in the first 40 days of 2023. This means over 5 deaths a day, on average, as the world looks on in almost total indifference. I pesci del Mediterraneo Erri De Luca Prendete e mangiatene tutti. Questi sono i corpi planati …Read more Erri De Luca: I pesci del Mediterraneo/ The fish of the Mediterranean
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Luigi Pirandello: Quando si comprende/ When you understand
It may be that there is just too much talk of "patria", nation, in the world today. Or maybe it is just because, as always, Pirandello expresses exactly what I feel (and my mother always said about loving one's children)... Fatto sta, I'm translating and posting after a somewhat longish pause... QUANDO SI COMPRENDE …Read more Luigi Pirandello: Quando si comprende/ When you understand
Erri De Luca : Ucraina in Agosto / Ukraine in August
"They arrived treading on snow, now they’re wearing sandals in the shade of blackthorns heavy with ripe fruit." Ucraina in Agosto Erri De Luca La luna più grossa l’ho appena vista sull’Ucraina la sera dell’11 agosto. Saliva sopra le colline, ravvicinata, enorme. L’effetto è stato di stupore, di calma, di quiete. Non doveva…Read more Erri De Luca : Ucraina in Agosto / Ukraine in August
Camillo Sbarbaro: Quest’anno le agavi/ This year the agaves
"At dawn sometimes my sense of being is so filiform, that looking away would suffice, it seems, for me to descend untorn into nothingness." Quest’anno le agavi Camillo Sbarbaro Quest’anno le agavi del litorale han messo il fiore: un’alberella di pannocchie bionde, alloggio alle vespe.Sulla vertebra nuda della strada, sui monti calvi e…Read more Camillo Sbarbaro: Quest’anno le agavi/ This year the agaves
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