"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

Povera Patria

Sh: Hai visto, a Roma?
SFé: Sì.
Sh: Questo Paese è allo sfascio. Siamo rovinate.
SFé: L’anno in cui siamo nate è una famosa distopia. Siamo nate rovinate.
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Bulgakov’s The Fatal Eggs

Mikhail Bulgakov (Kyiv, 1891–1940) was a novelist, playwright, and former physician, whom I’m sure you know for The Master and Margarita, published posthumously. His work blends sharp satire, fantasy, grotesque comedy, and moral seriousness, often targeting Soviet bureaucracy and ideological hypocrisy, but I had no

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Conclusion Kovrin received a professorship at the University. The inaugural address was fixed for the second of December, and a notice to that effect was hung up in the corridor at the University. But on the day appointed he informed the students’ inspector, by telegram,

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6 Comments
  • impbianco
    Posted at 11:12h, 29 April Reply

    …mmm… se non sono indiscreto… che anno sarebbe??? XD

    X-Bye

  • Shelidon
    Posted at 11:14h, 29 April Reply

    a) non si chiede l’età ad una signora

    b) non è che ci voglia Nostradamus :-p

  • ragnorosso
    Posted at 12:41h, 29 April Reply

    io ho capito. vorrei dire dall’alto del mio genio, ma poi qualcuno mi correggerebbe, per cui ammetto che una certa persona mi ha dato un ulteriore indizio. però questa scoperta mi fa sentire più fannullone del solito, uhm..

  • Shelidon
    Posted at 16:51h, 30 April Reply

    So che sembrerà incredibile, ma non era un quiz sulla mia età.

  • ragno62
    Posted at 20:00h, 02 May Reply

    sembra il dialogo fra le statue romane nel medioevo

  • Shelidon
    Posted at 15:17h, 03 May Reply

    Hahaha, è vero.

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