#Can you judge a book by the opening lines?

#EnnioFlaiano #FederigoTozzi #AlbertoMoravia #LivioGarzanti Can you judge a book by the opening lines? Ero merivigliato di essere vivo, ma stanco di aspettare soccorsi. Stanco soprattutto degli alberi che crescevano lungo il burrone, dunque ci fosse posto per un seme che capitasse a finirvi i suoi giorni. Il caldo, quell’atmosfera morbida, che nemmeno la brezza del…Read more #Can you judge a book by the opening lines?

Giovanni Pascoli: Il fanciullino / The little child

"Any subject can be contemplated by the profound eyes of the inner child: even the slightest thing can appear incredibly grand to those eyes." Giovanni Pascoli Il fanciullino(Excerpt)Di Giovanni PascoliÈ dentro noi un fanciullino che non solo ha brividi, come credeva Cebes Tebano che primo in sé lo scoperse, ma lagrime ancora e tripudi suoi.Quando…Read more Giovanni Pascoli: Il fanciullino / The little child

Federigo Tozzi: Il maggiolino / The may bug (from the collection Bestie)

“In 1917 [Tozzi] timidly came out with a book, Bestie, which was a sort of album of preparatory sketches. The title and the subject matter misled some hasty analogists who went so far as to find hints of Tristan Bernard. That lucid and dismayed way of seeing human suffering transposed into nature was, instead, all…Read more Federigo Tozzi: Il maggiolino / The may bug (from the collection Bestie)

Alessandro Cinquegrani: Cacciatori di frodo / Poachers

I have always read so much. Then, when I started translating in 2001, reading became difficult; I became tired of words, of trying to perfectly understand each and every word in one language to find the best solutions in another language, which soon started to happen even when I wasn’t actually translating (translators will understand…Read more Alessandro Cinquegrani: Cacciatori di frodo / Poachers