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The boy from a good family

4 August 2008, Sabina Corsaro No comment

piovene-jpg Il ragazzo di buona famiglia

July 27, 1907. Was born in Vicenza Guido Piovene, the writer dell'incapacità of living. As a noble family Guido Piovene completed his studies in Milan, graduating in philosophy. (More…)


Published in: Columns
Subjects: Ambrosian, good family, courier evening, Guido Piovene, letters, Margaret Passi, character, prose, boy, novels, writer, writing

A boost from the theatre

2 August 2008, Graziella Grisiglione 2 Comments

mission_improbable Un impulso dal teatro

Take a deep breath and get involved by overflowing willingness to take action to create. In power creativity is a seed that life has thrown us in spirit: it becomes act, growing and making magic plant. (More…)


Published in: Columns
Subjects: players, coaches, ding, questions, improvisation, mike bongiorno, mission improbable, moratti, public entertainment, theatre, tronky

"A boat in the woods" dedicated to all "scostati"

12 July 2008, Magdalena Old No comment

Una barca nel bosco "So begins the first day of school. What is one of those things then you should remember all my life. I, however, is better than me forget, because this blessed day the first step looking shoes. I say the shoes of my companions. Because they look to me. Look and laugh. And then I put myself to do the same, only that I do not laugh. "

A talk is Gaspar, protagonist of A boat in the woods, with whom novel Paola Mastrocola, teacher - Piedmont writer, won the Campiello Prize 2004. (More…)


Published in: Columns
Subjects: boat, forest, party, chicken flying, gaspare streams, Literature, readers, book, paola mastrocola, prose, review, novel, scostati, feelings

The confidences of Molly Bloom

5 July 2008, Eleonora Tosco No comment

Molly Bloom "Monologo theatrical Gabriele Vacis and Ariane Sommenga"

On the stage only a chair, a handkerchief and a glass of water, then her. Ariane Sommenga s'immerge in his character by interminable spend a few minutes of silence. The gaze is toward the audience but his eyes look over… lost in a prelude of thoughts and feelings that the public already sampling. (More…)


Published in: Columns
Subjects: adriana sommenga, actors, pain, alienation, gabriele vacis, inability to act, milan, molly bloom, monologue, suburbs, anger, railing, spectators, theatre

Coming the barbarians… only library?

27 June 2008, Eleonora Tosco No comment

Alessandro Baricco Conference in Milan with Alessandro Baricco

Our author is welcomed by many loyal, someone is here for hours because of feared not find the place. (More…)


Published in: Columns
Subjects: Alesandro Baricco, centre, contemporary literature, library, books, milan, north, new, web page, tools, South, old, truth news

Oddio a scarafaggio on canapés

18 June 2008, Graziella Grisiglione 1 Comment

Franza Kafka Imagine a giant scarafaggio, lying comfortably on a sofa, perhaps with an air disinvolta and saccente, as saying: "if you make a mistake you jump on him"; certainly be horrifying, and even a little 'absurdly funny; fortunately there are no such scenes, if not in some fantasy films… (more…)


Published in: Columns
Subjects: walking backwards, Franz Kafka, indifference, kafkiani, Literature, metaphor, metamorphosis, father, prose, scarafaggio, processing

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