"All this he saw, for one moment breathless and intense, vivid on the morning sky; and still, as he looked, he lived; and still, as he lived, he wondered."
During this month of relative calm, I was reflecting that many of the tools we use to manage teams and projects were born between the 80s and the 90s: most of the Agile family including Scrum (conceptualized in the 1980s with the term being introduced...
This next novel will be my first I-novel ever; of course, it won't be an I-novel of the Literary Establishment sort, but it will be an attempt to vivisect myself in which I will turn on myself the blade of psychological analysis that I have...
È possibile portare avanti con successo un debriefing in un'ora e mezza sull'attività di una stagione intera? In birreria, per di più, radunando dieci persone di età, background e caratteri profondamente diversi. Certo che è possibile e l'abbiamo fatto alla fine della scorsa stagione insieme...
Osamu Dazai (1909–1948) was a Japanese writer known for his deeply personal, existential, and often autobiographical fiction, and one of the most significant authors in modern Japanese literature. A pen name for Shūji Tsushima, Osamu Dazai was born into a wealthy family in Kanagi and his life...
Celebrated as one of the major figures in modern Japanese literature and nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1964, Jun'ichirō Tanizaki (1886-1965) was a Japanese author known for his exploration of themes such as female beauty and destructive erotic obsessions. His notable works...
There's a tale by this title in Andrew Lang's The Blue Fairy Book, and that's closely related to the tale "The Fisherman and His Wife" collected by the Brothers Grimm. It's also sometimes known as "The Enchanted Fish". This tale however is a different one,...
Edogawa Ranpo, born Tarō Hirai on October 21, 1894, in Nabari, Japan, was a prominent writer and literary critic known for his influential contributions to the mystery genre. He passed away on July 28, 1965, which means that his works will be in the public...
And now for something completely different...
It might be because of my background in architecture, it might be because it's fantasy, but Italian intellectuals insist it's not (which is hilarious when it's not infuriating), but I'm particularly fond of Italo Calvino's Invisible Cities. Today I give you one of the cities...
In a fortuitous coincidence, I was strolling through a bookshop with a friend and I stumbled across this charming tiny book by Lorenza Pieri on the life and work of Niki de Saint Phalle, and it's extraordinary because I ad just added her Tarot Garden...
