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Manhattan Transfer

By John Dos Passos, Alessandra Scalero (Translator)

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| Paperback | 9788884903884

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    Manhattan

    “In principio erano Babilonia e Ninive; ed erano costruite in mattoni. Atene era tutta colonne di marmo e oro. Roma posava su grandi archi di tufo. A Costantinopoli i minareti fiammeggiavano come grandi ceri intorno al Corno d’Oro…Acciaio, vetro, tegole, cemento saranno i materiali del grattacielo. ... (continue)

    “In principio erano Babilonia e Ninive; ed erano costruite in mattoni. Atene era tutta colonne di marmo e oro. Roma posava su grandi archi di tufo. A Costantinopoli i minareti fiammeggiavano come grandi ceri intorno al Corno d’Oro…Acciaio, vetro, tegole, cemento saranno i materiali del grattacielo. Stipati sull’isola angusta, gli edifici dalle migliaia di finestre si drizzeranno splendenti, piramidi su piramidi, simili a cime di nuvole bianche al disopra degli uragani…”
    Dialoghi perfetti, frammenti di vita, un’umanità di vario tipo che aspira al successo, una stratificazione sociale in cui le distanze si approfondiscono compongono un romanzo quanto mai attuale e rendono Dos Passos uno scrittore visionario.
    I sogni, l’ironia e le delizie di Manhattan.

    We’ll have Manhattan,
    the Bronx, and Staten Island too,
    it's lovely going through the zoo
    It's very fancy
    on old Delancy Street,
    you know.
    The subway charms us so,
    when balmy breezes blow to and fro.
    And tell me what street
    compares with Mott street in July?,
    Sweet push carts gently gliding by
    The great big city's a wondrous toy,
    just made for a girl and boy.
    I'll turn Manhattan into an isle of joy.
    We’ll go to Yonkers
    Where true love conquers
    In the whiles
    And starves together dear, in Chiles
    We’ll go to Coney
    And eat baloney on a roll
    In central Park we stroll
    Where our first kiss we stole
    Soul to soul
    And for some high fair we’ll go to “my fair lady”
    We’ll hope it closes someday
    The city’s glamour can never spoil
    The dreams of a boy and goil
    We’ll turn Manhattan into an isle of joy
    The city’s bustle can not destroy
    The dreams of a girl and a boy
    We’ll turn Manhattan into an isle of joy.

    Manhattan, Dinah Washington
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EzvSZgVN5o0

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