"Whoever is devoid of the capacity to wonder, whoever remains unmoved, whoever cannot contemplate or know the deep shudder of the soul in enchantment, might just as well be dead for he has already closed his eyes upon life.” Albert Einstein L'indifferenza è l'ottavo vizio capitale. Don Andrea GalloIndifference is the eighth capital sin.…Read more On indifference: #lestweforget #InternationalHolocaustRemembranceDay2021
Prose
Filippo Tapparelli: L’inverno di Giona/ Giona’s Winter
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
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
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