Valdrada, the reflected city
Valdrada city, from “Invisible Cities” by Italo Calvino, is the first of “cities and eyes“. Marco Polo, during his long discussions with king Kublai Kan, explains this city as: “The ancients built Valdrada on the shores of a lake, with houses all verandas one above the other, and high streets whose railed parapets look out over the water. Thus the traveler, arriving, sees two cities: one erect above the...
The Impossible
The impossible is taken from A Season in Hell, a poem in prose written and published in 1873 by French writer Arthur Rimbaud (1854-1891). It is the only work that was published by Rimbaud himself. The book had a considerable influence on later artists and poets, including the Surrealists. ~ § ~ L’IMPOSSIBLE Ah! cette vie de mon enfance, la grande route par tous les temps, sobre surnaturellement, plus désintéressé que le meilleur...
Bistrò Charbonnier in English
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7 anni faBuried to kill
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7 anni faRare is the Earth
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9 anni faEuphemia, the city-world
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9 anni faEutropia, the fickle's city
