Happy New Year...from paralleltexts.blog and me DIALOGO DI UN VENDITORE D'ALMANACCHI E DI UN PASSEGGERE Giacomo Leopardi Venditore. Almanacchi, almanacchi nuovi; lunari nuovi. Bisognano, signore, almanacchi?Passegere. Almanacchi per l'anno nuovo?Venditore. Sì signore.Passegere. Credete che sarà felice quest'anno nuovo?Venditore. Oh illustrissimo sì, certo.Passegere. Come quest'anno passato?Venditore. Più più assai.Passegere. Come quello di là?Venditore. Più…Read more Giacomo Leopardi: Dialogo di un venditore d’almanacchi e di un passeggere / Dialogue between an almanac vendor and a passerby
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Dina Ferri: Abbandonato/ Abandoned
War is never about who is right or who is wrong, who started it or who finished it: it is always about the children. As always, Dina Ferri uses her voice to speak for those who have no voice. Dina Ferri Siena, 29 marzo 1927. Povero bimbo! Tu eri felice, perché ignoravi…Read more Dina Ferri: Abbandonato/ Abandoned
Liberation Day, #25aprile: Ungaretti, Pertini, Spagnolli, Lussu, Biagi, Sciascia, Fallaci, Calamandrei, Ginzburg, Fenoglio, Bobbio, Bocca.
“Fascism is not an opinion: it’s a crime.”- Sandro Pertini On April 25, 1945, the Allied troops liberated Italy from the Nazi occupation and fascism. After September 1943, partisan Resistance groups were active throughout northern and much of central Italy. They were most active in summer in the hills and mountains, but also in many…Read more Liberation Day, #25aprile: Ungaretti, Pertini, Spagnolli, Lussu, Biagi, Sciascia, Fallaci, Calamandrei, Ginzburg, Fenoglio, Bobbio, Bocca.
Edmondo De Amicis: Cuore / Heart
"You have to conquer sorrow? Conquer the least sacred, the least purifying part of that sorrow, the part that weakens, that lowers your soul instead of enlightening it. The other part of your sorrow, however, the noble part, that must stay with you and never leave." CUOREEDMONDO DE AMICISGiuseppe Mazzini29, sabatoAnche questa mattina Garrone venne…Read more Edmondo De Amicis: Cuore / Heart
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