Patrizia Poli
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Patrizia Poli was born in Livorno in 1961. Writer of fiction and blogger, she published seven novels.
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La Chanson de Roland
The word war derives from the Frankish term wërra. The Franks were the most famous of the barbarian peoples. Only the Franks were able to stop the Arabs, thanks to Carlo Martello, and form a kingdom almost as large as the Roman Empire. They lived in the territories of present-day France, were of Germanic origin and had mixed with the first inhabitants of that area, namely the Gauls (yes, precisely those of Asterix and Obelix) and the Romans. The Franks were among the first barbarian peoples to accept Christianity and to speak the language of Rome. The popes asked for their help against the Lombards who were defeated by the nephew of Carlo Martello, the future Charlemagne, so nicknamed because he was a great king who accomplished memorable deeds. He was master of France and had taken Italy from the Lombards. His armies, commanded by mighty warriors called Paladins, had gone very far, making him master of the lands that today are called Belgium, Holland, Denmark, Germany, Switzerland, Austria. Since the fall of the Roman Empire, such a vast dominion had not been seen in Europe.
By Patrizia Poli4 years ago in FYI
Brokeback Mountain
I happened to see Brokeback mountain, from 2005. The director, Ang Lee, is from Taiwan and the Orientals, you know, hold back the feelings. Ang Lee had already demonstrated this characteristic in Sense and Sensibility, which I liked. I found Brokeback mountain beautiful and poignant, one of those films that when you go to bed you think about them, when you wake up you think about them, and for the whole day after the vision every frame remains in your mind, because they touch something inside you. In the case of this film, this happens without reason, without emphasis or redundancy. Everything is dry, essential, lean and therefore overwhelming, it is pure romance.
By Patrizia Poli4 years ago in Geeks
Carlo Valentini, "Elvira, the Model o f Modigliani"
“Death overtook him when he came to glory” Being portrayed by Modì, They used to say, was like “having your soul undressed”. The setting is that of Montmatre and Montparnasse, the portrait in particular stands out on the cover of the book by Carlo Valentini: “Elvira the model of Modigliani.”
By Patrizia Poli4 years ago in Journal
Another Edgar Allan Poe
From adolescence to the grave, Poe lived a tormented existence — visited by ghosts of disappointed hopes, haunted by death in love, by stupidity, by the almost madness of many of his gestures, by the vain expectation of success, security and happiness. In an indifferent world that valued money more than poetry, he found solace only in the annihilation of himself.
By Patrizia Poli4 years ago in Horror
En encounter with the devil
If The Man who was Used up and The Spectacles constitute a single block in terms of subject and structure, a further grouping can be formed by two other humorous stories: Bon Bon and Le Duc de l’Omelette. These two stories are, in fact, united by the topic: the encounter with the devil, a situation that is certainly more in keeping with Poe’s inspiration. It seems, in fact, that even when he proposes to make people laugh, Poe feels more at home in the world of larvae than in the living rooms and theaters of everyday life.
By Patrizia Poli4 years ago in Geeks
Gauguin's Flowers
Sara took off her glasses and rubbed her eyes, tired from the light of halogen lamps. In her short-sighted world, the butcher’s shop merged into a liquid shadow with the pharmacy next door. She put the glasses back on in time to see the dust at the passage of a truck, strangled in the narrow and dark street. Together, a strong smell of gunpowder irritated her nostrils.
By Patrizia Poli4 years ago in Fiction
The Agenda
What do today’s girls know about the 70s / 80s agenda? And I’m not talking about the Smemoranda or the Moleskine or some multicolored little book on which today’s young people write down thoughts or appointments, assuming that someone still doesn’t use a cell phone. I’m talking about the “agenda” concept of the 70s / 80s.
By Patrizia Poli4 years ago in Lifehack
Edda, Sagas and Kalevala
Thingvellir: behind the black basalt spur, in front of the immense lichen-covered lawn where the Althing was held, the open-air parliament of the Icelanders. In the cold, sulfur-smelling air, in this asphalt-colored lava land, among pumice dunes and geyser puffs, it is necessary to make a classification of memories and mental associations that pile up confused in our heads.
By Patrizia Poli4 years ago in Geeks
The Free Wind
It was the rippling of particles in the wind that awakened Oliver’s attention. The west wind that was strengthening. In his current state, the concentration he could achieve was low, but it was enough for him to feel the hand spreading the flowers and to smell a gentle woman’s scent. He gathered his conscience around him and crossed the darkness to be able to grasp the eyes, the oval of the face and the color of the hair. He also picked up the vibrations of her voice.
By Patrizia Poli4 years ago in Fiction
