It may be that there is just too much talk of "patria", nation, in the world today. Or maybe it is just because, as always, Pirandello expresses exactly what I feel (and my mother always said about loving one's children)... Fatto sta, I'm translating and posting after a somewhat longish pause... QUANDO SI COMPRENDE …Read more Luigi Pirandello: Quando si comprende/ When you understand
Present mood: History of the world from the beginnings to the present day by Luigi Malerba
"He wrote many history books, some real and some invented, but every one of them wished to be the history of the world from the beginnings to the present day, that is, from the beginning to the end. After the bicycle and the books came the car, and the plane, and the bomb..." https://paralleltexts.blog/2017/04/15/history-of-the-world-from-the-beginnings-to-the-present-day-by-luigi-malerba/
Erri De Luca : Ucraina in Agosto / Ukraine in August
"They arrived treading on snow, now they’re wearing sandals in the shade of blackthorns heavy with ripe fruit." Ucraina in Agosto Erri De Luca La luna più grossa l’ho appena vista sull’Ucraina la sera dell’11 agosto. Saliva sopra le colline, ravvicinata, enorme. L’effetto è stato di stupore, di calma, di quiete. Non doveva…Read more Erri De Luca : Ucraina in Agosto / Ukraine in August
Mario Ranalli: L’inverno indifferente/ The indifferent winter
L’inverno indifferenteMario RanalliL’inverno indifferente c’inseguivasotto le coperte a scriverci paroledi freddo dentro gli occhi, se il ventosi rompeva contro i pioppi e improvvisicadevano i giorni dietro il monte.Ma il mattino aveva l’alito leggeroe il sorriso sicuro al mio paese:riapriva lo sguardo delle casealla mestizia delle strade vuotee ridava tepore alle parolee ai panni irrigiditi lungo…Read more Mario Ranalli: L’inverno indifferente/ The indifferent winter
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