Să devii ceva mai prost poate fi o idee inteligentă. Să gândești mult este, în lumea de azi, un handicap ca oricare altul. Cel puțin așa crede Antoine, un tânăr de 25 de ani, care suferă de boala gânditului și se simte foarte bătrân. Drept urmare, își pune toată inteligența la bătaie ca să intre și el în categoria reconfortantă a imbecililor fericiți. Într-o acțiune alertă, plină de surprize, veți afla câte neajunsuri aduce inteligența, la ce e bună prostia și, mai ales, cum poți s-o dobândești. Cartea oferă satisfacții intelectuale atât oamenilor inteligenți, cât și fericiților cărora experimentul lui Antoine le-a reușit deja.
In Italien wird das Thema Heldentum hinterfragt, während eine Stadt doppelt befreit wird. Beppe Fenoglio beschreibt mit Nachsicht seine Landsleute und die Landschaft der Langhe. Dieser Band präsentiert die wichtigsten Erzählungen und lädt deutsche Leser ein, Fenoglio kennenzulernen.
Iniziato durante i primi anni Settanta, durante le crisi petrolifera mondiale, e portato avanti fino alla morte, nel novembre 1975, «Petrolio» è un gigantesco frammento di quello che avrebbe dovuto essere un romanzo-monstruum di circa duemila pagine. Una enciclopedia del racconto, che comprende tutti i registri, bassi e alti, della scrittura. Appunti, annotazioni, una lettera a Alberto Moravia, schizzi e specchietti che compongono un libro «nero», pubblicato, con fedeltà all'autografo, solo nel 1992. Risulta da questi frammenti una disperata archeologia umana, un'esplorazione dei misetri della sessualità e insieme uno spaccato dell'Italia del boom tra oscuri complotti di potere e stragi di stato rimaste impunite.
A daring, once-censored novel about the harrowing lives of Rome's unhoused youth, written by one of Italy's greatest film directors, Pier Paolo Pasolini. Published in 1955, this was his first novel and remains his most renowned work of fiction. After a provincial sex scandal, Pasolini moved to Rome, where the city's vibrant dialect and postwar squalor profoundly influenced him. He realized that respectability was no longer an option, feeling akin to literary figures like Rimbaud and Wilde. Urgently seeking independence through teaching, acting, and journalism, he connected with outcasts who rejected bourgeois values, living intensely and carelessly.
Despite the socialist climate of the time, Pasolini's narrative is devoid of sentimentalism regarding the underprivileged. Instead, he revels in the vitality of their squalor, crafting an urban inferno that is both hideous and dynamic. Lacking a grand plot, his narrative voice locks onto intense situations filled with conflict and comedy. The young characters, possessing nothing, fight to survive and seek enjoyment, viewing boredom as death. Money is acquired through looting and hustling, only to be squandered on clothes, drink, and gambling. Boasting and exhibitionism dominate their lives, with each boy aspiring to be the toughest on the block. As episodes unfold—a heist, gambling, or a search for sex—the reader anticipates disaster, with unpredictability at every turn. Tim Park
THE MARRIAGE OF CADMUS AND HARMONY is a book without any modern parallel. Forming an active link in a chain that reaches back through Ovid's METAMORPHOSES directly to Homer, Roberto Calasso's re-exploration of the fantastic fables and mysteries we may only think we know explodes the entire world of Greek mythology, pieces it back together, and presents it to us in a new, and astonishing, and utterly contemporary way.The Marriage of Cadmus and Harmony is a masterful retelling of the ancient myths and fables we may only think we know. From the tale of Europa and the bull to the fall of Troy, Roberto Calasso weaves his way through the entire world of Greek mythology with a captivating sense of curiosity and intrigue that casts these classical stories in a whole new light for a modern reader.
