PinnedMember-onlyGiuseppe Fornari, “La verità di Caravaggio”Lecturer not in the history of art, but in the history of philosophy, at the University of Bergamo, Giuseppe Fornari addresses in this essay a personal interpretation of the work of Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio. Confronting himself, both with some tunts born from the enormous and growing notoriety of the…Caravaggio4 min readCaravaggio4 min read
PinnedMember-onlyBianca come la neveAn excerpt from “Bianca come la neve ” by Patrizia Poli “White as snow” my father said, “so I want this daughter of desire.” My mother sewed by the window, she pricked herself, drops of blood wet the cold pillow on the windowsill. She then turned to my father, put down…Vampires4 min readVampires4 min read
PinnedMember-onlyDead Man WalkingA penny for your thoughts. Are you thinking about your girlfriend? Are you thinking about what to ask for dinner? Are you thinking about dawn that grabs you? I see your arm, tattooed and strong, the tendons hardening just enough to allow you to grab the bottle through the bars. Your eyes…Death Penalty2 min readDeath Penalty2 min read
PinnedMember-onlyIceland, Finland and the Myths cherished by TolkienThingvellir: I am behind the black basalt spur, in front of the immense lichen-covered lawn where the Althing was held, the open-air parliament of the Icelanders. …Iceland6 min readIceland6 min read
PinnedMember-onlyFrom Behind“It’s late, Mario, let me go”. She threw herself out of the car, fumbled with the lock, for a moment the light illuminated the entrance hall. She wore a shirt that was a little big on her. He was impressed with the image of his thin shoulders disappearing into the door. He…Short Story6 min readShort Story6 min read
10 hours agoMember-onlyOscar WildeOscar Wilde confused life and work, trying to manage his own existence artistically. He was a very prominent character, the main exponent of English Decadentism, as Baudelaire was for France and d’Annunzio for Italy; indeed, we can say that Wilde was English aestheticism. By Decadentism we mean a literary genre…Oscar Wilde12 min readOscar Wilde12 min read
Jan 21Member-onlyGrazia Deledda, “Cenere”Grazia Deledda (1871–1936) did not study but accumulated disparate readings ranging from Dumas to Balzac, from Scott to Invernizio. She was especially passionate about Eugene Sue who she defined “fit to move the soul of an ardent girl.” …Sardinia4 min readSardinia4 min read
Jan 20Member-onlyCalvino and FantasyIn 1982 Italo Calvino received the World Fantasy Award. The interest in the fantastic, and the fairy tale in particular, runs through all his literary production, proving that, he was commissioned to collect the fairy tales of popular tradition in a book. …Italo Calvino8 min readItalo Calvino8 min read
Jan 19Member-onlyMoreno Montanari, “La filosofia come cura”The Tracce Mursia series favors a descending approach to philosophy, a descent of speculation towards the individual, helping him in his daily life. Moreno Montanari’s essay, “Philosophy as a cure”, is an excursus on philosophical thought, with particular attention to philosophers of psychoanalytic content and to oriental philosophies, in a…Philosophy7 min readPhilosophy7 min read
Jan 18Member-onlyCome eravamo, “I quindici”The salesman of Childcraft rang the door, well dressed and with a briefcase. It was the early sixties, the serial instalments invaded the houses, a sign of an emancipation within everyone’s reach, of a tangible social progress made up of concrete things, such as cars, holidays, the bottled wine, the…Children4 min readChildren4 min read
