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Tuesday, July 8, 2025

Italian Short Stories

read: The Penguin Book of Italian Short Stories

- Jhumpa Lahiri

to read: Neapolitan Chronicles (Il mare non bagno Napoli)

read: **A Pair of Eyeglasses

- Anna Maria Ortese

Alberto Moravia

- **read already: the other side of the moon (fast woman)

Elsa Morante

- read already: The Ambitious Ones

Georgio Manganelli

- **Centuria (good, short)

Primo Levi

- Quaestio de Centauris

Tommaso Gandofli

- Gogol’s Wife

Carlo Emilio Gadda

- **The Mother (v good writing, phrases)

Ennio Flaiano

- Diario degli errori (book)

- A Martian in Rome

antonio delfini

- The Milliner (from Racconti)

Grazia Deledda

- La cerbiatta (the hind)

Silvio d’Arzo

**english translation ?** - Casa d’altri

Fausta Cialente

- Malpasso**

Carlo Cassola

- At the Station***

Cristina Campo

- The golden nut*

Latemar - mountain in the dolomites

The "Wizard of Latemar" likely refers to a character in the Latemar.Adventure, a series of trails and interactive experiences in the Dolomites region of Italy, specifically designed for families and children. These adventures involve a magical element, often featuring a wizard or other mystical characters, and incorporate storytelling, puzzles, and games related to the local environment and legends.

Specifically, the "Latemar.Adventure: Vaia's Wrath" trail involves a story about a missing calf and the impact of a storm, while "Latemar.Adventure: The Secret of the Venetian" features a search for a hidden treasure.

Dino Buzzati

- And yet they are knocking at your door** (like Poe)

- Larger than Life (sci-fi)

- the tarter steppe

- sette piani (seven floors)

- sessanta racconti (collection)

Massimo Bontempelli

- The Miraculous Beach***

Romano Bilenchi

- A Geographical Error**

Liciano Bianciardi

- the streetwalker ***

Giovanni Arpino

- The Baboon**

Corrado Alvaro

- Barefoot ***

Italian language - standardised 19th C to Tuscan dialect (Florence, Sienna) (north of Rome).

Thursday, March 20, 2025

Japanese phrases

Kaizen is a compound of two Japanese words that together translate as "good change" or "." However, Kaizen has come to mean "continuous improvement" through its association with lean methodology and principles. Kaizen has its origins in post-World War II Japanese quality circles.

Nana korobi, ya oki" is a Japanese proverb that translates to "fall seven times, get up eight

Ichi-go ichi-e (Japanese: 一期一会, pronounced [it͡ɕi. ɡo it͡ɕi. e], lit. "one time, one meeting") is a Japanese four-character idiom (yojijukugo) that describes a cultural concept of treasuring the unrepeatable nature of a moment.