Tag Archives: I Promessi Sposi
Do not read this novel! Read the review
A thousand years ago, an Italian-American friend, a vehement partisan, told me I had to read the Great Italian Novel. Which I’d never heard of. As I said, she was vehement; there was no room for evasion. So I bought … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, The Facts of Life
Tagged Alessandro Manzoni, Giuseppe Verdi, Guelphs and Ghibellines, I Promessi Sposi, Joan Acocella, The Betrothed, The Great Italian Novel, The New Yorker, The Verdi Requiem
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Mysteries of life: I’ve changed since November 2016
My friend Michele came to visit the other day. I was apologizing for not going down to DC to visit her, and tried to explain what had become of me in the past two years, how I don’t seem to … Continue reading
Posted in Mysteries of Life, Politics, The Facts of Life
Tagged Acorn TV, Brighton Beach, Coney Island, Emma, Forstye Saga, Foyle's War, Ghelphs, Ghibellines, I Promessi Sposi, Jane Austen, Lake Huron, Lord of the Rings, Lucas Davenport, Mansfield Park, Michael Kitchen, New York Aquarium, Reacher, Vanity Fair, Virgil Flowers
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