As always, Grazia Deledda is able to capture the vast array of feelings that touch the human heart and recount them as if she herself had lived them. In so doing. she makes it possible for us, as readers, to also feel those emotions. FAMIGLIE POVERE Grazia Deledda Povera e numerosa era la…Read more Grazia Deledda: Famiglie povere/ Poor families
Alfonso Gatto: Natale al caffè Florian/ Christmas at caffè Florian
For those who were lucky enough to share Christmas. For those who were lucky enough to give and to receive. And especially for those who, alone, felt the wind of Christmas pass them by. #coronavirus #Christmas2021 Natale al caffè Florian Alfonso Gatto La nebbia rosa e l'aria dei freddi vapori arrugginiti con la…Read more Alfonso Gatto: Natale al caffè Florian/ Christmas at caffè Florian
Angiolo Silvio Novaro: Il fabbro armonioso/ The harmonious blacksmith
"I did not get my fill of you. I hid my thirst and my hunger as if they were a weakness and a sin. To enrichen you, I forced myself and you into misery." Angiolo Silvio Novaro I was so taken by this work, so touched by the subject matter and the style that I…Read more Angiolo Silvio Novaro: Il fabbro armonioso/ The harmonious blacksmith
Giuseppe Ungaretti: Mattina / Morning
Neither lit nor struck, alight or enlightened, illuminated or illumined, but perhaps any of these things because, as Giuseppe Ungaretti himself stated: “Poetry is poetry when it carries within it a secret.” Mattina M’illumino d’immenso. Giuseppe Ungaretti Santa Maria La Longa il 26 gennaio 1917 Morning I’m…Read more Giuseppe Ungaretti: Mattina / Morning
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