莱斯卡住在白令海峡一个偏远的村庄里。白令海峡位于楚科奇和阿拉斯加之间,隔开了美国和俄罗斯。这个十几岁的少年,和村子里的大多数人一样,是一位捕鲸者,在遥远的世界边缘过着平静的生活。当莱斯卡居住的村庄有了互联网之后,男人们每天都聚集在一间小房里,通过网络摄像头一起在屏幕上观看数千公里外的漂亮女孩...
无尽之中,我们被一个女人温柔的声音引导着整个世界。那是一种神话般的声音,一首Scheherazade给我们讲述了人类生活和奋斗的永恒故事:“我看到一个孩子在雨下走着去参加生日聚会……”“我看到一个还没有找到爱的男孩……”“我看到一个不再信任银行的男人……”我们从一系列显而易见的琐碎瞬间,看到男人和生活的平凡和宏伟,...
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FromCesarePavese’snovel"LaBellaEstate"publishedin1949byEinaudi.It’s1938andwe’reinTurin.Giniaissixteenyearsold,andthefutureseemstoofferendlesspossibilities.Butherpresent,likethatofothers,isovershadowedbytheSecondWorldWar.Likeeveryone,Giniawantstofallinlove,andshefindshermaninayoungpa...
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Women on the Run. Vera has lived a wonderful life with Jindrich, and she is fully determined to fulfill his last wish - running a marathon. The emancipated and spirited mother of three daughters doesn't think that doing so will be a problem. She and her daughters will split up the route ...