Tag: Irene Lami
Noemi De Lisi – The date
To my grandmother, always.
He opened his eyes wide, whining. He looked around in bewilderment and quietened once he had discerned his room’s shapes. He...
Obsession is elsewhere
-But writing what?
-Writing about obsession, death.
-What obsession? What death?
-Writing about obsession, writing about death.
-I do not understand.
-You cannot. You cannot if you do not...
Arnaldur Inðridason – Jar City
Reykiavík, Norðurmýri district. The dead body of an old man is discovered by his neighbours and an old picture of a little girl’s grave...
Roberto Cupo – Falling Stars
The truck pulled over in the dead of night and Riccardo got out, leaping over the cargo bed. He put the sole of the...
Per Olov Enquist – The Book about Blanche and Marie
A near-perfect structure which contains traces of morbidity and which skilfully releases images that strike mind like sharp tannins strike the palate: this precious...
Black Sabbath – Paranoid
With their diseases and orgasm drugs and their sexless parasite life forms - Heavy Metal People of Uranus wrapped in cool blue mist of...
Erlend Loe – Naïve. Super
Identity crisis. These three words summarize the condition of a 25-year-old boy, the main character of this enlightening, although short, novel.
Out of the blue...
Selma Lagerlöf – The Emperor of Portugallia
The Emperor of Portugallia is a little masterpiece by Selma Lagerlöf. Of course it could be said that, among the works by 1909 Nobel...