Antonio Tabucchi
Antonio Tabucchi (24 September 1943 – 25 March 2012) was an Italian writer and academic who taught Portuguese language and literature at the University of Siena, Italy.
Quotes
[edit]Sostiene Pereira (1994)
[edit]- Translated by Patrick Creagh as Pereira Declares (1995)
- La filosofia sembra che si occupi solo della verità, ma forse dice solo fantasie, e la letteratura sembra che si occupi solo di fantasie, ma forse dice la verità.
- Philosophy appears to concern itself only with the truth, but perhaps expresses only fantasies, while literature appears to concern itself only with fantasies, but perhaps it expresses the truth.
- Ch. 4
- Storia è una parola grossa...non è una bestia che si può addomesticare.
- History is a big word...History is not the sort of animal you can domesticate.
- Ch. 13
- La smetta di frequentare il passato, cerchi di frequentare il futuro.
- Stop haunting your past and try to drop in on the future.
- Ch. 20
External links
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Encyclopedic article on Antonio Tabucchi on Wikipedia
