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A few lines about a bad book can become a repository of confessions. This dazzling project looks at the history of representation in a series of essays, most of which concern Walter Benjamin and Karl Kraus. About a third of these piece were introductions to various translations of texts by Nietzsche, Leggi tutto

www.emergenthermit.com In his interview with The Paris Review, Roberto Calasso said the following: ‘I feel thought in general, and in particular what is unfortunately called “philosophy,” should lead a sort of clandestine life for a while, just to renew itself. By clandestine I mean concealed in stori Leggi tutto

Calasso es, entre mucha otras cosas, un punto de contacto. La forma de leer que tiene es envidiable, haciendo conexiones que en apariencia son inexistentes entre textos lejanos temporalmente como en su misma temática. Lo que ofrece Calasso es, ante todo, una impronta de lectura distinta. El acervo e Leggi tutto

Cartografia di geografie a lui letterarie molto care. Molti punti di scrrittura alta, molti sassolini tolti con eleganza. Divertentissimi i momenti sul teatro di Brecht.