“The school was nothing but reminiscence - of an Italian hill town, a French abbey, an English academy, the different sources improbably but convincingly melded into a fantasy about the classic sites of Europe as imagined by exiles from cold peripheral lands, nostalgia about somebody else's past.” DifferentSchoolPastFantasyLandSourceColdEuropeTownsNostalgiaHillsClassicItalianSiteExileAcademyAbbey Book:A Boy's Own Story: Picador Classic Source: A Boy's Own Story: Picador Classic
“Fascism was part of the absolute evil. (...) We have to denounce the ashaming pages in the history of our past. (...) There included all the pages related to the discrimination and the persecution of jews and, more in general, of minoritires. And therefore that one [The Italian Social Republic of Salò] is also included.” PastEvilSocialPagesAbsolutesJewDiscriminationRelatedRepublicItalianFascismOur PastPersecution Author:Gianfranco Fini
“The English language is direct, unapologetic, and wonderfully amoral. Italian has a beautiful sound, but you cannot help but feel that you are always dealing with ghosts from the past and the looming dark presence of the Vatican.” FeelsHelpingPastBeautifulLanguageSoundDarkDirectGhostItalianEnglish LanguageLoomingUnapologetic Author:Chiara Barzini