La coscienza di Zeno

Some novels are not only unique but also inimitable and I’m glad to say that Zeno's Conscience belongs to this extraordinary class of books. I felt a shudder run through me at the vision of all that acid, but immediately afterwards I had a somewhat happier vision of life: I didn’t like lemons, but if Leggi tutto

A Dead Honest Liar Now Sunday arrived. I, who work so little, retained always a great respect for the holiday, which divides life into brief periods, making it more tolerable. On his psychiatrist’s request, Zeno Cosini, a businessman from Trieste, describes six episodes in his life, self-analysing hi Leggi tutto

Zeno is a good-hearted comic anti-hero. Everything works against him and just about everything he does to improve himself makes things worse. “I have, and have always had, a strong impulse to become better; this is perhaps my greatest misfortune.” We start with a full chapter about him trying to qui Leggi tutto

عالی بود. فوق العاده! از خوندنش لذت بردم. همین الان اتفاقی مطلع شدم که مترجم خوب کتاب ساعاتی قبل به رحمت ایزدی رفته‌اند. خداوند روح ایشان را قرین رحمت و آرامش خود قرار دهد. ******************************************************* تصور می‌کنم طعم و مزه‌ی یک سیگار وقتی که آخرین سیگار باشد به مراتب بیشتر Leggi tutto

Many books are famous for one thing – what’s the first thing anyone thinks of when remembering Proust’s 3000 page masterpiece? Oh yes, that’s the one where the guy dunks a madeleine in his tea. What about the 1000 page Don Quixote ? Yeah, old crazy guy fights with a windmill. And Shakespeare’s master Leggi tutto