I hate anthologies, but sometimes they prove to be very useful. This one has clearly a pedagogical aim: its editor is a professor at St Johns University (NY City), though it is interesting also for the common reader. Its basic assumption is that English as a language was never pure, and that creoles
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I hate anthologies, but sometimes they prove to be very useful. This one has clearly a pedagogical aim: its editor is a professor at St Johns University (NY City), though it is interesting also for the common reader. Its basic assumption is that English as a language was never pure, and that creoles or Spanglish should be simply seen as dialects.
Uno dei primi casi di giallo giudiziario italiano e non-fiction novel. Tra l'altro si concentra sui rapporti oscuri fra brigatismo rosso e camorra, gli stessi che oggi sono tornati a interessare i romanzieri più impegnati. Notevole. E son dovuta venire fino in Canada per scoprirne l'esistenza....
Madri e figlie si confrontano in un'Italia che cambia, fra tradizionalismo e spinte all'emancipazione. Sentito e sincero, parla una lingua comune ma non per questo banale.
If you want to understand what's uchronia, this novel may give you a good answer. By telling the story of US "as if" Cold War had different outcome, Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons reveal a lot of how history did actually go. By showing the reverse side of superheroes, they talk of real men and their l
... (continue)
If you want to understand what's uchronia, this novel may give you a good answer. By telling the story of US "as if" Cold War had different outcome, Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons reveal a lot of how history did actually go. By showing the reverse side of superheroes, they talk of real men and their limits.
Rotten English
I hate anthologies, but sometimes they prove to be very useful. This one has clearly a pedagogical aim: its editor is a professor at St Johns University (NY City), though it is interesting also for the common reader. Its basic assumption is that English as a language was never pure, and that creoles ... (continue)
I hate anthologies, but sometimes they prove to be very useful. This one has clearly a pedagogical aim: its editor is a professor at St Johns University (NY City), though it is interesting also for the common reader. Its basic assumption is that English as a language was never pure, and that creoles or Spanglish should be simply seen as dialects.
Il giorno degli assassinii
Uno dei primi casi di giallo giudiziario italiano e non-fiction novel. Tra l'altro si concentra sui rapporti oscuri fra brigatismo rosso e camorra, gli stessi che oggi sono tornati a interessare i romanzieri più impegnati. Notevole. E son dovuta venire fino in Canada per scoprirne l'esistenza....
Mai venga il mattino
Il meccanismo tragico, rivissuto nella luce urbana degli anni 30 americano. Un po' di maniera, forse, ma in certe pagine potente.
Quaderno proibito
Madri e figlie si confrontano in un'Italia che cambia, fra tradizionalismo e spinte all'emancipazione. Sentito e sincero, parla una lingua comune ma non per questo banale.
Watchmen
If you want to understand what's uchronia, this novel may give you a good answer. By telling the story of US "as if" Cold War had different outcome, Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons reveal a lot of how history did actually go. By showing the reverse side of superheroes, they talk of real men and their l ... (continue)
If you want to understand what's uchronia, this novel may give you a good answer. By telling the story of US "as if" Cold War had different outcome, Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons reveal a lot of how history did actually go. By showing the reverse side of superheroes, they talk of real men and their limits.