#Mario Giordano

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Non mi importa cosa dicono gli altri,per me Mario Giordano è una queer icon involontaria

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🏖 August Reading Wrap-Up (Part 2) 📚

Selenio, 14th September 2023

As announced, here now the second part of everything I read in August…

Terra di Sicilia by Mario Giordano (2022)

The generational drama surrounding Barnaba Carbonaro, a boy from Sicily whose affinity with numbers helps him grow an empire and eventually bring his family to Germany, his place of longing. I have to admit, I mainly bought this book because of it’s beautiful cover and after having read the blurb (after the purchase, mind you) regretted it ever since. After finishing school in Germany I did not want to be reminded of this rather depressing country where I had lived for the majority of my school career (at least for the summer following my A-levels). This summer, I finally decided to overcome this negative first impression and now regret having not decided to do so earlier. Giordano’s writing style and pacing is absolutely superb, the emotions he depicts are realistic, heartfelt and not a single line or scene in this book feels out of place. From the ancestral Sicilian superstitions to the rigid German customs, the sprinkled in historical facts and emotional conversations: everything seems like a carefully woven net, which captures the reader from the first line. I also adored the recurring theme of nymphs and faunlets.

Love, crazy love by Zara Kavka (2016)

After failing her A-levels, Clara visits her father at his place of work – a clinic for the mentally unstable – and falls head over heels for a boy, who’s being treated there. Wanting to be near him (and not be shunned as ‘the doctor’s daughter’), she fakes an eating disorder and lies her way into treatment. I will not say a lot about this book, as it is my first DNF of the year and perhaps I will revisit it in the future and give a more well-rounded opinion. My sister was gifted this book by a probably well-meaning, but ultimately wrong-doing friend. I could not even reach the 100 page mark without having to put it down and have not picked it up since (which I’m certainly not planning to do). The protagonist is just a complete and utter annoyance who has no perception of taste, empathy and consideration.

Red, White and Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston (2019)

What if the son of the American president and the Prince of England have to pretend to be best friends and slowly start to discover deeper feelings in the process? I certainly did not see myself reading a fluffy ‘enemies to lovers’/alternate universe romance this summer, but I’m also certainly not mad about it. After returning from Italy I was freezing, melancholic and longing for the warmth I had felt when looking at the ocean. So as I was sitting there, cuddled up in a bunch of blankets in front of the tv, I stumbled across the movie, which seemed to have come out while I had been on vacation. And to be frank, it was just what I needed to pick me out of my slump. Some of the scenes, quotes and just overall feel of the movie were magnificent and as you will, the next day I had already ordered the book. Which… was equally as comforting and cozy. Although some of the descriptions of the more technical political parts were not completely up my alley – as my knowledge of American politics is a little limited – I stayed for the amazingly fleshed out characters and their dynamics and humorous conversations. And I will unashamedly admit: I devoured every single page.

The Magic of Reading by Annemarie Stoltenberg (2021)

An anthology of different writers’ relationships with books and reading in general. My grandmother was so kind to gift me this delightful little book for my last birthday and at the end of last month, I finally felt in the perfect mood to indulge myself in it. Naturally, as is the case with most anthologies, some texts stuck more with me than others, but overall it was just the thing to give me reading energy for the upcoming September and my time at university. Some of the revelations I had while reading were: I have to read Proust, I will probably not start reading Tucholsky before I turn 50 and I probably am the male embodiment of Madame Bovary.

The Conspirators by Ursula Poznanski (2013)

The second book of the dystopian ‘Eleria’-trilogy by Ursula Poznanski. After finishing the second installment of this very intriguing sci-fi series, I have realized how much I missed reading science fiction (and especially dystopian) fiction. The author has managed to once again pull me into a new genre and I will definitely explore this new found love in the following months. As per usual: wonderful narrator, believable characters and great pacing.

I would entitle this August as one of my more successful reading months thus far and hope, that I will be able to retain this energy for the last months of the year to come. I am excited for anything September might hold in store for me and can’t wait to see what next month’s Reading Wrap-Up will look like. (Probably filled to the brim with university text books, or so I hope.)

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Four Times That Night (1971)

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Giallo a Venezia / Giallo in Venice Mario Landi. 1979

Restaurant Riva del Vin, 744, 30125 Venezia VE, Italy See in map

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Patrick vive ancora (Patrick Still Lives) , Italian Lobby Card (Fotobusta), 1980

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Four Times That Night (Quante volte... quella notte) (1971) Mario Bava

August 31st 2024

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Anno del signore 2024 e io sono qui estasiata dall'anime di True beauty (è orrendo fa veramente schifo però han seojun è ancora più donna del manhwa quindi mi sto)

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Joe! Cercati un posto per morire! (Find a Place to Die, 1968)

"Two bastards aren't enough, Gomez. We'll need at least four."

"You can have as many bastards as you want, I know them all."

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María Callas e Mario del Monaco ne GIORDANO *Andrea Chenier*, Teatro alla Scala di Milano 1955. 🌹🌹🌹

Tutti i Diritti per Teatro alla Scala di Milano.

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Reading Wrap-Up (August) - Part 2

Selenio, 14th September 2023 As announced, here now the second part of everything I read in August… Terra di Sicilia by Mario Giordano (2022) The generational drama surrounding Barnaba Carbonaro, a boy from Sicily whose affinity with numbers helps him grow an empire and eventually bring his family to Germany, his place of longing. I have to admit, I mainly bought this book because of it’s…

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Fuori dal coro di Mario Giordano, puntata di martedì 23 maggio 2023

Martedì 16 maggio 2023, in prima serata su Rete 4, torna Fuori dal Coro, il programma di approfondimento condotto da Mario Giordano.  Continue reading Untitled

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Daniela Giordano in Four Times That Night (1971)

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PRIMA PAGINA La Verita di Oggi venerdì, 13 dicembre 2024

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Patrick vive ancora (Patrick Still Lives) , Italian Lobby Card (Fotobusta), 1980