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The best arguments in the world won’t change a person’s mind. The only thing that can do that is a good story. The hair stands up all over her papery skin. That’s what he has tried to make. That’s why he let the state put him away for two lifetimes and still incriminated no one. He has traded his life for a fable that might light up the minds of
... See moreRichard Powers • The Overstory: A Novel
Il se déconstruisit, laissant mourir ce qu’il jugeait superflu et néfaste, puis revint à la vie. Il écrivit ensuite L’Archipel du goulag, une histoire du système carcéral soviétique de travaux forcés115. Un livre aussi percutant qu’épouvantable, rédigé avec l’irrésistible force morale de la vérité mise à nue.
Jordan B. Peterson • 12 règles pour une vie (French Edition)
«C’erano quaranta avvocati di parte civile, e io ero solo. Il che significa che ognuno di loro valeva appena un quarantesimo di me. Ricordo che prima del processo Roland Dumas, futuro ministro di Mitterrand, mi ha detto che sarebbe stato nominato da un’associazione di partigiani. “Che ne pensi?”. Gli ho risposto: “Non ho paura di te, ma te lo
... See moreEmmanuel Carrère • V13: Cronaca giudiziaria (Italian Edition)
Primo Levi, who wrote about his survival at Auschwitz, described Elias, a dwarf who was interned in the Auschwitz concentration camp during World War II. He was enormously strong, bestial, and quite insane, and with those qualities he not only navigated the Auschwitz system, where so many died all around him, but actually thrived. He ate, stole,
... See moreJeff Bridges • The Dude and the Zen Master
Curt Herzstark • An Interview with Curt Herzstark
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Haruki Murakami • 1Q84: Books 1 and 2
The desk clerk, whose name-plate identified him as G. O. Horner, was a thin, elderly man with protuberant eyes that gave him an expression of intense interest and curiosity. The expression was false. After thirty years in the business, people meant no more to him than individual bees do to a beekeeper. Their differences were lost in a welter of
... See moreMargaret Millar • Beast in View
The medical men among us learned first of all: “Textbooks tell lies!” Somewhere it is said that man cannot exist without sleep for more than a stated number of hours. Quite wrong! I had been convinced that there were certain things I just could not do: I could not sleep without this or I could not live with that or the other. The first night in
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