Post by account_disabled on Dec 24, 2023 5:51:30 GMT
Do you remember when you could buy a book with 1000 lire ? I'm not talking about distant times or bound books. I am referring to modern times, to the early 90s, when Newton Compton launched the series of 100 page 1000 lire paperbacks . I bought more than a hundred in the end. I took almost all of them from the stalls near the university. I had also ordered some directly from the publishing house, and I went to collect the books in Via della Conciliazione, in Rome. There were so many topics available and all literary genres. I stocked up on horror books, tales of terror by the most disparate authors. But also essays, novels, song lyrics. In short, I took everything that inspired me at that moment.
I had requested the catalogue, which also contained the other series of the publishing house. And I have some examples of those too. But the 100 pages 1000 lire are unforgettable for me. How can we forget Special Data Bulgakov's The Fatal Eggs ? Or A Day by Ivan Denisovich by Solzhenitsyn? Or Bierce's Tales from the Underworld ? Of course I still have them all. And I found the list on the computer, made many years ago. For the occasion, I also took a photo of a pile of those books. My books 100 pages 1000 lire S. Freud – The dream and its interpretation C. Darwin – The origin of species. Sketch of 1842 FW Nietzsche – The Antichrist, curse of Christianity P. Aretino – Lustful sonnets (the Modi) and love doubts MA Bulgakov – Heart of a Dog AA. VV. – Songs of the American Indians A. Einstein – Quantum theory of light Seneca – Happiness H.
Walpole – The Castle of Otranto AA. VV. – The Salerno Health Rule B. Jonson – The Subtle Doctor, the Alchemist JW Polidori – The vampire/A. Crawford – A mystery of the Roman countryside FW Nietzsche – Ecce homo R. Fucini – Neri's vigils U. Betti – Corruption at the Palace of Justice Juvenal – Against women Plutarch – Fate/Superstition A. Bierce – Tales from the afterlife G. Eliot – The Dissolved Veil/EC Gaskell The story of the old nurse B. Stoker – Dracula's Guest and other stories RL Stevenson – The Body Snatcher, Crooked Janet, The Merry Men T. Gautier – Jetting F. Cuomo – Praise of the libertine H. Melville – Billy Budd, the sailor WH Hodgson – The Horror of the Sea A. Schopenhauer – Essay on the vision of spirits AA. VV. – The foils of San Francesco Seneca – How to live long, Providence K. Kraus – Aphorisms in diary form P. Verlaine – Femmes, Hombres A. Solzhenitsyn – A day of Ivan Denisovich AA.VV. – The nightmare investigators
I had requested the catalogue, which also contained the other series of the publishing house. And I have some examples of those too. But the 100 pages 1000 lire are unforgettable for me. How can we forget Special Data Bulgakov's The Fatal Eggs ? Or A Day by Ivan Denisovich by Solzhenitsyn? Or Bierce's Tales from the Underworld ? Of course I still have them all. And I found the list on the computer, made many years ago. For the occasion, I also took a photo of a pile of those books. My books 100 pages 1000 lire S. Freud – The dream and its interpretation C. Darwin – The origin of species. Sketch of 1842 FW Nietzsche – The Antichrist, curse of Christianity P. Aretino – Lustful sonnets (the Modi) and love doubts MA Bulgakov – Heart of a Dog AA. VV. – Songs of the American Indians A. Einstein – Quantum theory of light Seneca – Happiness H.
Walpole – The Castle of Otranto AA. VV. – The Salerno Health Rule B. Jonson – The Subtle Doctor, the Alchemist JW Polidori – The vampire/A. Crawford – A mystery of the Roman countryside FW Nietzsche – Ecce homo R. Fucini – Neri's vigils U. Betti – Corruption at the Palace of Justice Juvenal – Against women Plutarch – Fate/Superstition A. Bierce – Tales from the afterlife G. Eliot – The Dissolved Veil/EC Gaskell The story of the old nurse B. Stoker – Dracula's Guest and other stories RL Stevenson – The Body Snatcher, Crooked Janet, The Merry Men T. Gautier – Jetting F. Cuomo – Praise of the libertine H. Melville – Billy Budd, the sailor WH Hodgson – The Horror of the Sea A. Schopenhauer – Essay on the vision of spirits AA. VV. – The foils of San Francesco Seneca – How to live long, Providence K. Kraus – Aphorisms in diary form P. Verlaine – Femmes, Hombres A. Solzhenitsyn – A day of Ivan Denisovich AA.VV. – The nightmare investigators