"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."

Incontro perturbante

 

T’ho incrociata alla stazione
che inseguivi il tuo profumo
presa in trappola da un tailleur grigio fumo
i giornali in una mano e nell’altra il tuo destino
camminavi fianco a fianco al tuo assassino.

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Spooktober 27 – The Black Monk (2)

Chapter 3 After supper, when the visitors had gone, he went to his room and lay down on the sofa: he wanted to think about the monk. But a minute later Tanya came in. “Here, Andryusha; read father’s articles,” she said, giving him a bundle

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Spooktober 26 – The Black Monk (1)

Anton Chekhov (1860–1904) was a Russian physician, short-story writer and playwright, and I’m not particularly fond of him, though he’s widely regarded as one of the greatest masters of modern short fiction and who am I to argue? His work is celebrated for its psychological

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Beauty and Ugliness: an exhibition

A few pictures from the recently closed exhibition on Beauty and Ugliness as an aesthetic paradigma in which what’s ideal and what’s grotesque melt together as sides of the same coin. The exhibition featured works by Brueghel (lent from the other exhibition at Palazzo Reale),

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  • HowlingWolf
    Posted at 07:46h, 24 October Reply

    Confesso, non ho realizzato che era “Se ti tagliassero a pezzetti” finchè non sono andato a controllare, ma sapevo già dopo i primi due versi di dover andare a spulciare tra le canzoni del Faber…

  • HowlingWolf
    Posted at 07:47h, 24 October Reply

    (ritento, il primo tentativo non è andato a buon fine)

    Confesso, non ho realizzato che era “Se ti tagliassero a pezzetti” finchè non sono andato a controllare, ma sapevo già dopo i primi due versi di dover andare a spulciare tra le canzoni del Faber…

  • Shelidon
    Posted at 08:39h, 24 October Reply

    La piattaforma splinder è sempre peggio, sia per la gestione dei commenti che per il caricamento dei post. Non parliamo poi della funzione di ricerca, che prima funzionava male e ora non funziona proprio. Mah…

    A parte questo, è uno stile decisamente inconfondibile, n’est-ce pas?

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