Curzio Malaparte died soon after his return from a trip to China (1957) - where he was received with honor - in what would be his last report.
ill but returned immediately devoted himself to adjust his notes, in a particular state of mind, but frankly understandably impressed by what he saw.
His latest work was published - posthumously - with the title "Me and China"
reviews (after I read them) described the text as an authentic act of love "- to a land and a people perceived with wistful eyes of those who had lived and treated - live - themes often with tragic and bloody war reporter seconded rigor and never give up the sarcasm, sometimes on edge of cynicism
But this time, no.
I read and I was struck the pen was always his spirit was another
He described what has been observed - no more rear of battles - but as a high rampart, unnaturally deep horizons and what he saw, he said by forwarding the charm and grandeur, and even the admiration of a people thousands of years - curve - patience, hard work, resignation. He told
- among other things, that the scheme (the term was another) to a specific region had established that it was necessary to put shelter to the morphological situation of the vast territory hill hairless, as to the absence of vegetation of tall (from ground consisted mainly Cretaceous) aggravated by the lack of rocky buttresses
that region (do not recall the name), he "voted" inevitably to 'flattening to erosion by rain and wind by destination - then - to desertification.
ensued a gargantuan project
. Every inhabitant
native - all - were ordered to plant a tree according to a precise protocol and displacement-
had to impose a pannier on the back, with a jute sack full of ice and a sapling from home; reached the distant location, it was necessary dig, bury the ice and then the tree is assumed that he would survive and sprout, with the reservoir moist.
How was over I do not know. The fact - symbolic - remains.
During World War II - the end - a British commander who led a field of Italian prisoners - in Puglia - asked our soldiers to a singular "collaboration" to which the mass joined.
It was none other than "found" a few miles of coniferous trees along the Adriatic coast.
The work was completed - then we met - is still there - I've seen. (Pine Castellaneta)
I can not remember the name of that officer stranger, but - in tribute and gratitude - and I quote an aphorism that well suits the Anglo-Saxon:
A man, said to be such, must have at least:
or a son, or written a book, or planted a tree
After so much premise does not take long to come easily in the top headline
postulate? That is something the Apennines of our island?
What I rename "Bald Mountain" (Iblei - Peloritani - Madonie)?
? The Greeks found that those heights - forests and fertile?
? Those peaks that all civilizations have occurred only knew how to exploit and never rebuild, reforest? And what of
it was, the barons - from old and neglected hazel - passed to the care of the ax, along with cedar forests cleared to mother earth and yet - the neglected, sacred groves - sprouted but then demoted to the Mediterranean olive and unproductive
E today - all that remains - seasonally - here and there - is burned in the blazing already sacrilegious hands of unknown rogue: Iconoclasts miserable and unholy land
The Tribunes of today, showing up (but looking at their finger), discussing on wind turbines that ... .. territory ... the ugly!
? But they know what they're talking?!
or pretend that we do not know, you do not know, you forget ...
weight, wind turbine blades - yes! - To cover everything, but all of our fund range and have that be the ultimate affront to technological forest and mountains - at least - the wind - have energy. The
little - at worst - and know how to give these children to their land:
"Pale towers, on roots of steel"
Our Island is located in a vice
Squeezed between the two Governments: A comprehensive national
And also (what is much worse), a regional government with special status (which I prefer not to remember the date of foundation) but that is enough to boil the profile highlight the unforgivable omission, for not having achieved provided the most basic applications (statutory and special note) as a regional political price of fuel (which we will extract and refine)
Conversely, there remains the Barbarian poisoning of coastal and seabed mercury
And a lot, but a lot of 'in other damage, such as asbestos in the lungs
Half a century of barren and void of crime without justice
? What about the funds not used and lost as a result of unprecedented inertia and / or administrative and planning sloth?
There would be "unseat" (mass, perhaps with polystyrene to guard) the tenants of the Palazzo d'Orleans, then fasten the door and open it more - By flushing a lot of future to erase the memory.
Even when Sicily has generated them capable, they reneged on their Mother Earth
An example? So - the first that came to mind:
Francesco Crispi
<<<< Nato a Ribera (1818) nel mezzo della Sicilia.
First, Mazzini
participated in the Sicilian revolution of 1848 -
Then, political mind of the "dictatorship" of Garibaldi in the south -
be adhered to the monarchy and became a member: Interior Minister and then President of the Council.
He expressed nationalist and authoritarian tendencies and repressed social movements (beam melting of Sicily and the PSI - 1894) It
voted entirely to serve the Savoy colonial expansion in Ethiopia
The defeat of Adua scored his sunset and left the scene>>
It is incomprehensible how, we, can him dedicated streets and squares, with piaggismo senseless and wasteful bay.
But remarked that it is unfortunate avoidance - today - not cancel -
sang: Sicily ancient land of giants
Ianca salt and niura suli
of malaria and yellow suffuru
cu suli marriage and figs luntani
ca cu vucchi cantanu
and choirs around ciaciunu
A Muntagna about cracks and burnt
... .. and - them in the Turkish navy ... .. SICILY
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TRINACRIA
Banner TRIGAMBE
The Sicilian is recognized and there is justly proud, finding there the fundamental meanings and allegories remote
It 'so nice. But the tribunes
trinarciuti, things change a lot. Unable
has always been to administer the region with virtuosos such methods to gain the respect of the islanders and compete - why not - with the other regions - "frustrate" their term, trusting, and founded on secular - curve - resignation of the people.
were distinct and specialized as perpetual beggars of openings in subsidies to devour gargantuan appetites, without shame, without purpose, without end.
(See Hospital Lentini, started 25 years ago, finished 10 and still open)
The need becomes dependent and weak citizens, which only goes in daily work and do not ever emerge from its problems.
The demagogues - know what - they are always ready to ride the wave of people need to flex the resources and following a recipe for winding obsolete: eat - refer - to define ever. If emergencies occur
series, the Sicilian Tribune, did not hesitate to "change" - any big project in the pipeline - to divert attention for the use of contingent fact (a good excuse) -
(eg The bridge over the Strait of Messina is called periodically in error, as a lever "ad acta")
Then everything goes up in smoke - with biblical times - almost always with enucleation of unfinished works. We pass
- more usually - always asking new appropriations to the National Government (the Regional Banks have always empty and carefully) and the game resumes: how to schedule
What is left to ordinary people but to submit and "maybe" as critical mass and shield in hand and the hand to turn to journeyman
The need any virtue in the dark in the anguish of those who need it.
is left to do, folds the paper ... .... you go to play the Lotto
But, who always rides this bad habit, he would have won the right to take a particular - just - banner connotative:
a Trinacria three arms and hands outstretched
- ask -
- Trinacria
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they say: better to dispute, that negligible
But .... if we start from irrelevant ?.....
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