Credo che non ti amerei tanto se in te non ci fosse nulla da lamentare, nulla da rimpiangere. Io non amo la gente perfetta, quelli che non sono mai caduti, non hanno inciampato. La loro è una virtù spenta, di poco valore. A loro non si è svelata la bellezza della vita. Ho conosciuto Jurij Andrèe...
Having seen the film adaptation, albeit a while ago, I was surprised to find I enjoyed this book as much as I did. Bayley has a nice conversational style and this is very much a memoir and not a biography although, of course, the book is full of biographical details. It is also a far from objecti...
That was nearly fifteen years ago. Our most ambitious project had been to remove an inner wall and turn round the lower steps of the dark narrow staircase, making a wide and rather too obviously spacious descent into what now became a hall. Young Mr Palmer and his helper had stood precariously on...