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Sunday, September 22, 2024

The power of the Olympics (in my own backyard)

 

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  • "The Sound of My Child's Voice" (NY Times)
  • "Stealing Memories" (The Boston Globe)
  • "Return trip to Italy: You can recapture travel magic" (CNN Travel)
  • “The Lives of Women” (Ploughshares)
  • "On Keeping a Notebook" (Longreads)
  • "Leaving Atlanta" (The AJC)
  • "Forgotten Writers of the Shoah" (A. Schol.)
  • "She Went Straight for My Cookies" (NYT Tiny Love Story)
  • A Path to Italy's Dark History (Next Avenue)
  • Brat Pack documentary: Reliving my Adolescence (CNN)

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AN ITALIAN BEAUTY

AN ITALIAN BEAUTY
Easy to understand the fascination

LIBRI CHE MI PIACCIONO

  • Due Stanze Vuote
  • La Madre
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  • I Giorni Dell'Abandono
  • Le Ragazze di San Frediano
  • Ti Prendo e Ti Porto Via
  • Una Storia Semplice
  • Se Questo E' Un Uomo
  • Io Non Ho Paura
  • Lessico Famigliare
  • Sorelle Materassi
  • Gli Indifferenti
  • Cronache Di Poveri Amanti
  • Il Seme Sotto La Neve
  • Il Giorno Della Civetta
  • Fontamara
  • Vino E Pane
  • Il Gattopardo
  • A Ciascuno Il Suo
  • Le Otto Montagne

Dante's Inferno (opening verses)

Nel mezzo del cammin di nostra vita
mi ritrovai per una selva oscura,
ché la diritta via era smarrita.
*
Ahi quanto a dir qual era è cosa dura
esta selva selvaggia e aspra e forte
che nel pensier rinova la paura!
*
Tant' è amara che poco è più morte;
ma per trattar del ben ch'i' vi trovai,
dirò de l'altre cose ch'i' v'ho scorte.

CANTO I, 1-9

La Canzone del Sole (end)

Il sole quando sorge,
Sorge piano
E poi la luce si diffonde
Tutto intorno a noi
Le ombre ed i fantasmi della notte
Sono alberi e cespugli
Ancora in fiore
Sono gli occhi di una donna
Ancora piena d'amore.
(il mitico Lucio Battisti)
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