"Among the pages of Quaderni: Prison notebooks, the “Dante notes” on the Canto of the Heretics (Q 4, 78-88) give us access to the human, intellectual and political life of Antonio Gramsci. In his outline of Quaderni on February 8, 1929, while Mussolini was ratifying the Lateran Treaty, concordat regulating relations between State and Church, the essay…Read more Noemi Ghetti
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These women have accompanied me (on paper, but also in life) in the past two and a half years on my blog, their words, their wisdom. So many poets, writers, journalists, scholars, brilliant women...and I thank them all. Every day this month will be dedicated to one of them (and more). Enjoy. (mc) …Read more #womenintranslation
Un avanzo di civiltà industriale/Remains of an industrial society by Margherita Guidacci
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parallel texts: words reflected
| Un avanzo di civiltà industriale
Di Margherita Guidacci L’acqua bassa vicina alla riva dove galleggiano legni marci uniti ad angoli strani da chiodi rugginosi e dove si rovesciano i rifiuti d’un astioso rigagnolo di fabbrica; l’acqua dove la schiuma gorgoglia in cerchi grigi o si allunga fra lisce cicatrici di luridi colori senza nome; dove la nafta opprime la salsedine; dove non penetra ondata che sappia poi tornare al largo; dove nulla scompare e nulla viene redento – quest’acqua, a un tratto, ti trovi nell’anima quando il male t’afferra e per il tuo contagio sembra impura anche la fiamma del sole | Remains of an industrial society
By Margherita Guidacci Shallow water near the bank where floating decayed wood is united at strange angles by rusty nails and where waste spills from a hostile factory ditch; water in which foam gurgles in grey circles or stretches between smooth scars of lurid… |
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