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The names of things

by Redazione
Books8 November 20247 min

“FRIDAY RE-VERSO” “…where your body announced […] its presence there, at the mercy of your laborious apprenticeship to the work of the world.”   On October 15, 2024, Antonio Skármeta died. Many have seen “Il postino” starring Troisi, not as many have read that masterpiece of humanity and literature that is “Ardente paciencia”, translated into Italian as “Il postino di Neruda”. A few days before Skàrmeta’s death, excited by a chat about that title, we decided...

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The Postman

by Redazione
Books4 January 20214 min

“You mean then (…) that the whole world is a metaphor for something?” A jewel to keep well exposed in the library. A simple and linear story, strong with an upsetting poetic charge. In a small and poor Chilean island, the young protagonist, Mario Jimenez, is in that phase of life in which he is not yet clear what he will do as an adult, what is certain is that he does not want to...