The Crime of a Soldier, finally in Spanish!
“El crimen del soldado” de Erri de Luca: crítica exclusiva para la web | Qué Leer – Revista.
Mar21
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Finding Value
Finding Value
I find value in every form of life—snow, strawberries, a fly.
I find value in the mineral kingdom and the congress of stars.
I find value in wine while a meal lasts, an involuntary smile,
the fatigue that comes from not holding back,
and an old couple in love.
I find value in what tomorrow will be worth nothing,
and what today is still worth little.
I find value in every sort of wound.
I find value in conserving water, mending a pair of shoes,
holding your tongue, running toward a scream, asking before sitting down,
and feeling grateful without recalling why.
I find value inside a room knowing where north is,
and the name of the wind drying the laundry.
I find value in the rover’s travel, the nun’s retreat,
and the convict’s patience, whatever the crime.
I find value in using the verb “to love”
and in the presumption that a creator exists.
Many of these values I have not known.
Erri De Luca
Translated by Jim Hicks
Dec13
The Nightshift Belongs to the Stars: Erri’s story is in amazon.com!
The Nightshift Belongs to the Stars: Erri De Luca: Amazon.com: Kindle Store.
Matteo has a new heart. A woman’s heart. And with another woman who is also recovering from open heart surgery, he sets about trying to recover his old life by scaling one of the most foreboding peaks in the Dolomites. An amazing short story in the form of a movie script, in which every heartbeat resonates in a way you’ve never heard before.
Nov15
Houston Adventures: Erri De Luca
Oct31
For our friends in Bologna: “Il Turno di Notte lo fanno le Stelle” at the Cineteca
Aug15
An interesting LA evening…
Ciao!
After a long day in Los Angeles with Silvia, I “challenged” the one hour drive back home, with a smile, even though a tired one, ready to enjoy the chatter of NPR’s evening.
We spent the previous two hours to a meeting organized from the “Independent Film”, where the two very cool Sundance Film Festival Senior Programmer John Nein and Shorts Programmer Mike Plante answered patiently to a series of questions…programming philosophy, what type of movies they look for, dispel some myths, and suggest some do’s and don’ts when submitting your project., and more and more.
After listening to all this, to take the 405 HWY and having the fortune to listen again other incredible human beings speaking about a list of 888 books that they assembled, it’s a gift that I would like to share with you.
Click on the link below… Happy listening, and for me … goodnight!
How Books Shaped The American National Identity : NPR.
Jul19
Roberta e Lois…in Italian, by Erri
Lois e Roberta hanno lasciato le loro mucche sul pascolo dell’Alpe di Fanes.
Hanno falciato il prato in salita accanto al maso, portato il fieno in stalla.
Strani contadini: lei, Roberta Dapunt, e’ poeta, pubblica versi in ladino e in tedesco. In italiano e’ pubblicata da Einaudi. Lui, Lois Anvidalfarei, fa statue in bronzo. Lavora a gesso e porta in fonderia. Le sue figure risalgono le ere del corpo umano, quand’era nudo, massiccio e buono a tutto. Dalla cantina Lois spilla vino per gli ospiti e uno speck d’autore, strofinato a spezie e maturato al buio dei mesi d’inverno. Le sue opere stanno su piazze e dentro chiese, un suo Caino sorveglia la mia libreria.
Lassu’ in Valbadia, a Pedraces, il loro balcone si affaccia davanti alla grande muraglia del Sasso della Croce, dove al tramonto si copre di ruggine e di arrosto.
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con Giovanni Spitale, Nives Meroi, Lois Anvidalfarei, Roberta Dapunt, Erri De Luca, Pietro Dal Pra, Alessandro Pace, Romano Benet nel laboratorio di Lois.
Jul11
The Dolomites have been good to us!
Yesterday last day of shooting for the film “Il turno di notte lo fanno le stelle” (The Night shift is covered by the stars) and the last take was given by the mountain, with a storm which sent the whole team into the dressing room: it was only fitting that the mountain would write the word “The End” to this lucky film. Last climbing steps by Nastassja Kinski on the Dolomites: the lightest ones so far. Post production will take place in Los Angeles under the direction of Edoardo Ponti, and the mix Pacific Ocean/Dolomites will be worthy of fireworks! Welcome back home to Edoardo, Nastassja, Julian, Enrico. Erri remains in the Dolomites.
