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"The magic of Chiesura's prose is a compound of surface clarity and surprising profundity." -Mario Spinella, one of the foremost critics of the 20th century. "Chiesura's short stories are profoundly captivating for their union of serenity and their narrative tension." -Mario Luzi, major Italian poet often nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature. "Come and measure yourselves against us. Ultimately we surround each other and you'll have the chance to reassemble your inane convictions... We refuse to be heroes dying for our country. It's not our style. We won't share your grave... Oh yes, our proposal is simple: a new life. A method transcending ideas, ideology, trumped-up nature... Actually, we've sensed some groundswells already.It's your funeral if you try to co-opt or stifle them... We know you're strong, and stationed everywhere. Upon occasion you're even astute observers. Encouraged precisely by this fact and sustained by our diverse experiences of life, we proceed with our simple meditations" - from BARBAR AND SAVAGE, Milan, July 30, 1974...NOTA BENE: People familiar with modern Italian history will recognize this date and year as the heights of the so-called "Years of Lead", the peak of Red Brigade resistance to the "bourgeois", filthy capitalist, Italian state." | ||