"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."

― Kenneth Grahame, The Wind in the Willows

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Non solo una grande lezione, ma anche una grande lezione su come si tiene una lezione. Semplice, pettacolare, di altissimo valore estetico (e fumettistico): standing ovation.
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Ben Okri’s The Famished Road

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