“The comic is more cruel: it brutally reveals to us the insignificance of everything.” Born from the union of two short texts published in the 1980s in Le Débat, the book offers an even more intimate insight into Kundera. In both the first essay (Prague, Disappearing Poetry) and the second (Eighty-Nine Words), one gets the impression of a champion of beauty, memory, truth, and a firm resolve to avoid compromise. With the Force of Reason,...
“The rain washed away the summer. It soaked the earth, and from the earth rose clouds laden with moisture that scattered among the rocks and enveloped the crests.” If you are looking for a narrative built on twists and turns or intriguing actions then this is not the right book. Time passes slowly, expanding like an accordion to its maximum extension, just to play a single note. A book to read from a stylistic point...
“The good thing about a church is that it doesn’t really serve any purpose, except sometimes to instill fear.” A child with no name and no history knocks one night on the door of a house in an unknown town. It is immediately clear that it is not the first time he rings the door of someone he does not know, and also his need to find his father. The entire town will take charge...
Following the success of previous years of the review “June of books”, it returns from 11 to 26 June. A series of meetings organized by BooktoMi and Occasioni d’Incontro which will fill the free cultural offer in the south of Milan. In line with the tradition, the meetings will be held in the square in front antistante Mondadori Bookstore Barona. Info and booking: eventibooktomi@gmail.com – occasioni.inchiostro@gmail.com
