Rarely do I translate a book and cry as I am doing so. Rarely do I reread it and cry anew. Rarely do I yearn so to share it with others. But this is Giona's winter. -M.C. L’inverno di Giona Filippo Tapparelli Non ho ricordi di quando ero piccolo, non ne ho…Read more Filippo Tapparelli: L’inverno di Giona/ Giona’s Winter
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Antonio Gramsci: The mouse and the mountain (a tale about determination)
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)
Gianni Rodari: La favola più corta/ The shortest tale
Today my blog is 6 years old and I would like to celebrate it with this simple truth expressed in the words of the great children's writer Gianni Rodari. La favola più corta Gianni Rodari Una volta tre novellatori fecero una gara , e avrebbe vinto quello che sapeva la favola più corta.…Read more Gianni Rodari: La favola più corta/ The shortest tale
#LilianaSegre: 90 years old today. This is her story. #Lestweforget the horrors man is capable of
Liliana Segre:Le più belle frasi Temo di vivere abbastanza per vedere cose che pensavo la Storia avesse definitivamente bocciato, invece erano solo sopite. Liliana Segre: The most beautiful passages I’m afraid I will live long enough to see the things I thought History had definitely quashed and which were, instead only dormant.Coltivare la…Read more #LilianaSegre: 90 years old today. This is her story. #Lestweforget the horrors man is capable of
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