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"La fuga del signor Monde" di Georges Simenon, maestro del romanzo psicologico. Recensione di Alessandria today

Georges Simenon, maestro del romanzo psicologico, ci regala un’altra opera straordinaria con “La fuga del signor Monde”. Pubblicato il 9 febbraio 2011 nella collana Biblioteca Adelphi, questo romanzo esplora i temi della fuga, della ricerca di sé stessi e della redenzione attraverso la storia di Norbert Monde. Trama e Sviluppo In una fredda mattina d’inverno, Norbert Monde, un uomo d’affari di…

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The cover for #647, Sciascia’s Fine del carbinieri a cavallo, is by Alberto Savinio, called Atlantide, from 1930-31. It feels like Loch Ness Lego, to me. 

It's in a private collection, which makes this even more interesting. Whose, Mr Calasso? Whose collection? Alberto Savinio is also an author published by Adelphi, in the Biblioteca and the Piccola series, among others. 23 books, to date. He composed operas. He painted. (De Chirico is his brother.)

Who was this man? I'll get to that later, in my growing social graphs, he is a fascinating center of many nets. Actually, I should map him on my wall, it’s such a lovely image. 

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I want to make a documentary entitled Becoming Calasso, about my search for history and meaning in the Biblioteca Adelphi catalog #thingsithinkaboutwhenishouldbesleeping #theadelphiproject http://ift.tt/2aFoJpU

ive known for a while. been taking some video and keeping a pretty rigorous (paper) diary. just decided to toss it into the world today. I can see the history as i read the books. pretty intense. but the visuals just make sense. and they are gorgeous.