I'm a writer, a world citizen: across earth, water & sky
I walk with bowed head, looking at the tip of my gym shoes smeared with mud, as I fear that my steps might awaken the souls of the past who have stayed in this magical place. But I just leave confused traces where the grass does not cover the passage, which overlaps with those of …
Continue reading "L’Orologio [pensieri da: Il gioco delle perle di vetro – Hermann Hesse]"
At dawn, the snow seemed to play its own music against the windows. Fiona remained motionless, enveloped in the scent of old paper and rosin, as the milky light flooded the studio. On the music stand, the open score breathed like a wounded animal. It was still Rachmaninoff’s Prelude, and yet it was no longer …
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The water flows. With it, time flows, leaving traces only on my body, in my spirit. While indelible memories resurface in the dreams of nights that are always too long. Do you remember? The long walks along the sea where the waves bring tiny shells with such strange shapes to the beach…We would spend hours …
The air is fresh and the salty aroma betrays the presence of the sea, beyond the towering cliffs eroded by wind and waves.A gust struck me forcefully in the face, as if to lash its hard punishment and inflicting a sting into the flesh.I wrap myself into the long black worn cloak with dusty edges. I …
I have known Tito for 44 years, ever since I worked in the same bank where he was a valued client. Fate then brought us together a few years later in the Dominican Republic, where I had lived for a year and where Tito had business relations. A missed meeting during my trip to Mexico …
In a place difficult to reach by land, an ascetic lived and probably still lives. He was no longer young, but the years had not yet marked his flesh with aches and pains that are typical of aging. Time seemed to stand still for him! Many came from afar to ask for his advice or …
Claudine, interviewed by Don Massenzio
El estuario de la memoria di Tito Bassi Editorial Vitela Seviglia - España ISBN: 978-84-944659-0-1 prezzo 30.- € here you may order * aquí se puede ordenar Bajo el luminoso título de El estuario de la memoria Tito Bassi publica sus recuerdos, los de un hombre de acción que supo hacerse a sí mismo, que …
Inside my novels, there is a common dream aiming to change the world for a better place for humankind... You will find appealing descriptions of places far away, you may travel with the characters on airplanes and sailboats, you will plunge into unrevealed mysteries and you will feel the shiver realizing that most of it …
Continue reading "Books are pieces of dreams… I libri sono frammenti di sogni"
Premessa di M. Altamura Il blog di Claudine Giovannoni è stato curiosamente il primo che ho cominciato a seguire subito dopo aver aperto l’account su WordPress, qualche anno fa. Un incontro casuale. O for se no. A parte la questione del multilingua, che mi aveva attirata in un primo momento, nel suo blog ho riscontrato una grande sensibilità nel …
Da Abbie Lu http://cafebookbean.wordpress.com ho “ereditato” un compito un po’ speciale in tema festività natalizie! Vediamo se riesco a coinvolgere amici anche in Europa… ehi, ma non necessariamente bisogna essere “taggati” per condividere un momento di memorie festose! Auguro a tutti voi serene festività! From Abby Lu I "inherited" a task a bit special …
. . El jueves 24 de septiembre de 2015, a las 20:00 tendrá lugar en Sevilla en el pabellón de Guatemala de la Exposición Universal de 1929, la presentación del libro El Molino del Oso de Tito Bassi, a cargo de Manuel Merinero Villagrasa y Jaime Galbarro García. El escritor Tito Bassi, oriundo de la …
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. Un'occasione da non mancare: ascoltare dal vivo il quartetto d'archi "I Fulmini" (Francesca, Sara Luna, Valentina e Antonio) che ha conseguito un primo premio al concorso svizzero di Neuchâtel lo scorso mese di marzo. Con la presentazione del mio ultimo romanzo "Il Segreto degli Annwyn" che attualmente viene trasformato in una sceneggiatura per film... …
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to help children in need, if it will take off... AdaptLab: from page to screen This year L’immagine e la parola (Images and words) (19 – 22 March) will be joined by a session of AdaptLab, a workshop on the adaptation of literary works for the screen, developed by TorinoFilmLab and addressing industry …
Continue reading "The Annwyn secret: the thrill to maybe become a movie"
I was not even twenty when I first met Tito: he was a fascinating person, singular and unreachable. Or at least if I considered all the stories and rumors going around about him! He was emanating a strange aura, his smile was captivating, and his strange accent made me smile. I saw him again on an …
Continue reading "Tito Bassi: a writer of visceral emotions * scrittore d’emozioni viscerali"