tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2609668304633418767.post43518412631332239..comments2023-12-24T17:41:42.989-08:00Comments on seraillon: "Lost between Europe and Africa, and belonging to nowhere" - Some Novels from Sardiniaseraillonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17654593356535433945noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2609668304633418767.post-91823043101964269992023-12-24T17:41:42.989-08:002023-12-24T17:41:42.989-08:00Goodd reading your postGoodd reading your postmeridiahttps://meridia-zeh.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2609668304633418767.post-83967734369093687312019-12-30T10:20:55.054-08:002019-12-30T10:20:55.054-08:00Padre Padrone is an unforgettable experience, no? ...Padre Padrone is an unforgettable experience, no? Their two Pirandello versions, Chaos and You Laugh are also in a class by themselves. Fois' The Abyss is on Kindle cheap right now. I await your reviews of the two Bloodlines sequels. <br />Happy New Year to you!!JLShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13228664476069932247noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2609668304633418767.post-2421029071500668152019-12-30T09:11:08.303-08:002019-12-30T09:11:08.303-08:00Hello JLS! Good to be back, and I'm grateful f...Hello JLS! Good to be back, and I'm grateful for this holiday period to allow me to gather a few scraps of posts that have been trailing about these last few months. Lussu is on my radar, so thanks for the recommendation. I also consciously opted out of reading (for now) another Sardinian - Gavino Ledda - since I'd just seen the Taviani brothers' <i>Padre Padrone</i>, the most Sardinian thing I've ever seen (perhaps even surpassing Sardinia itself in its Sardinianness). I'm glad to hear you like Fois; he is terrific, and I read <i>Bloodlines</i> without being aware of the two volumes that follow it. I'll get to those this year for sure. Bonne année and felice anno nuovo to you!seraillonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17654593356535433945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2609668304633418767.post-21891568193533311832019-12-30T06:39:19.559-08:002019-12-30T06:39:19.559-08:00Great to have you around again. If you haven'...Great to have you around again. If you haven't done any Sardinian non-fiction, I recommend Emilio Lussu's One Year on the high Plateau and the movie of the same (Uomini contro) with Volunte. Fois is a favorite.JLShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13228664476069932247noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2609668304633418767.post-66619336645274469742019-12-29T08:27:56.468-08:002019-12-29T08:27:56.468-08:00Thanks Richard. I'd be very curious to see you...Thanks Richard. I'd be very curious to see your assessment of the Satta novel, so let me know if you get around to it!seraillonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17654593356535433945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2609668304633418767.post-60944941537892873722019-12-29T08:26:37.897-08:002019-12-29T08:26:37.897-08:00I was deeply impressed by the quality of all of th...I was deeply impressed by the quality of all of these books, especially Satta's, but that's a pretty high bar. And except for Satta, all of these authors have numerous other works <i>not</i> yet in translation - something to look forward to.<br /><br />Coincidentally, I almost bought <i>A Girl Returned</i> at a used book sale recently. Dang. I will look for it again.seraillonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17654593356535433945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2609668304633418767.post-11151313828981150532019-12-28T10:25:15.825-08:002019-12-28T10:25:15.825-08:00Ditto what Jacqui says above--lots of food for tho...Ditto what Jacqui says above--lots of food for thought to chew over here. I will try to get to the Satta at least next year, but I appreciate the rest of this Sardinian overview all the same. Grazie.Richardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01746599416342846897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2609668304633418767.post-41260518602382539672019-12-26T23:24:38.271-08:002019-12-26T23:24:38.271-08:00What a fascinating post, one that truly gives sens...What a fascinating post, one that truly gives sense of Sardinia - both the landscape/climate and the cultural 'feel' of the island. Accabadora sounds particularly interesting, as does The Day of Judgement. The former reminds me a little of Donatella Di Pietrantonio's novella A Girl Returned. Have you read it by any chance? if not, you might find it of interest. JacquiWinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05821296196011645410noreply@blogger.com