Post by account_disabled on Dec 23, 2023 9:39:33 GMT
The gendarmes of memoryI took advantage of a super promotion on the Bol.it website, which offered hundreds of books at 65% off. How not to follow up on it? Scrolling through the catalog I decided to buy six books, paying on average less than 4 euros each. A deal. I started with a book by Giampaolo Pansa, I gendarmes della memoria , another of his truth books that always cause a stir in this free and democratic country. The second book placed in the cart is a novel by Jules Verne, The Wonders of Paris .
Convinced that it was a novel I didn't have, I discovered instead that it is a mistranslation of the novel Paris in the Twentieth Century ( Paris au XXeme siècle) , which I already own. And heartfelt thanks to the translators. We continue with Fontamara by Ignazio Special Data Silone, praised by one of my sisters. We'll see if I like it. I then added The Island of Secrets by Scarlett Thomas, of which I had read What Happened to Mr Y, a particular novel and a particular writer.
I then took the Guide to the monasteries of Italy . Over 500 places of ancient spirituality . I'm certainly not a spiritual person, much less religious, but monasteries have always fascinated me. Maybe some ideas for a story come up. I conclude the purchase with Dante's work Vita Nuova , price 1.75 euros. Shamefully low. Proudly purchased. And thinking about all the material it contains, it is not difficult to understand why: the publishing house may have changed its editorial line; the book cover may have been changed, especially when a new edition is released.
Convinced that it was a novel I didn't have, I discovered instead that it is a mistranslation of the novel Paris in the Twentieth Century ( Paris au XXeme siècle) , which I already own. And heartfelt thanks to the translators. We continue with Fontamara by Ignazio Special Data Silone, praised by one of my sisters. We'll see if I like it. I then added The Island of Secrets by Scarlett Thomas, of which I had read What Happened to Mr Y, a particular novel and a particular writer.
I then took the Guide to the monasteries of Italy . Over 500 places of ancient spirituality . I'm certainly not a spiritual person, much less religious, but monasteries have always fascinated me. Maybe some ideas for a story come up. I conclude the purchase with Dante's work Vita Nuova , price 1.75 euros. Shamefully low. Proudly purchased. And thinking about all the material it contains, it is not difficult to understand why: the publishing house may have changed its editorial line; the book cover may have been changed, especially when a new edition is released.