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| - | '''''I barbari''''' is a collection of essays by Italian writer [[Alessandro Baricco]], first published in the [[La Repubblica]] in [[2006]]. | + | '''''I barbari''''' (2006, translated as '''The Barbarians''' in 2014) is a collection of essays by Italian writer [[Alessandro Baricco]], first published in the [[La Repubblica]] in [[2006]]. |
| - | The content of the essay is introduced by four mottoes: | + | The essays are introduced by four [[motto]]es: |
| - | *"The fear of being overwhelmed and destroyed by barbarian hordes is as old as the history of civilization. Pictures of desertification, gardens and palaces looted by nomads in disrepair in which graze their flocks are recurrent in the literature of decadence from antiquity to the present day. "By Wolfgang Schivelbusch . | + | *"The fear of being overwhelmed and destroyed by barbarian hordes is as old as the history of civilization. Pictures of desertification, gardens and palaces looted by nomads in disrepair in which graze their flocks are recurrent in the literature of decadence from antiquity to the present day." -- [[Wolfgang Schivelbusch]] in ''[[Die Kultur der Niederlage]]'' (tr. Google Translate from the Italian translation). |
| - | *"Elegance, purity and size, which were the principles of our art, have gradually surrendered to the new style, frivolous and sliced, that these times, talent, superficial, have adopted. Brains, for education and habit, can not think of anything else that clothes, fashion, gossip, reading novels and moral dissipation, are struggling to experience the delights, more elaborate and less febrile, the science and art. Beethoven writes for those brains, and in this he seems to have some success, if I believe the praise that, in every way, I feel flourish for his latest work. "From The Quarterly Musical Magazine and Review of 1825 , which dealt with the Ninth symphony of Beethoven | + | * "... elegance, purity and measure are gradually surrendering to a new, frivolous and pompous style adopted by the superficial talents of our time." --[[The Quarterly Musical Magazine and Review]] of 1825 , which dealt with the [[Ninth symphony of Beethoven]] |
| - | *"Mickey Mouse "a fragment from the writings of Walter Benjamin | + | *"[[Zu Micky-Maus]]" a fragment from the writings of Walter Benjamin |
| - | *"It was not hard to talk to him. I called the sheriff. But I did not know what to say. What do you say to someone who by his own admission has no soul? Why you should say something? I thought about it much. But he was nothing compared to what would come later." --[[Cormac McCarthy]], is the first pages of ''[[No Country for Old Men]]''. | + | *"He was not hard to talk to. Called me Sheriff. But I didnt know what to say to him. What do you say to a man that by his own admission has no soul? Why would you say anything? I've thought about it a good deal. But he wasnt nothin compared to what was comin down the pike." --[[Cormac McCarthy]], is the first pages of ''[[No Country for Old Men]]''. |
| + | ==Blurb from the English translation== | ||
| + | :From one of Italy's most respected literary voices, a manifesto on the state of [[global culture]] and how [[connectivity]] is changing the way we experience it. For the [[gatekeeper]]s of traditional [[high culture]], the rise of young ambitious outsiders has indeed seemed like nothing short of a [[barbarian invasion]]. In this concise and powerful manifesto, Alessandro Baricco explores a handful of realms that have been "plundered"-wine, soccer, music, and books-and extrapolates that it is not a case of old values against new but a widespread [[mutation]] that we are all part of, leading toward a different way of having experiences and creating meaning. | ||
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I barbari (2006, translated as The Barbarians in 2014) is a collection of essays by Italian writer Alessandro Baricco, first published in the La Repubblica in 2006.
The essays are introduced by four mottoes:
- "The fear of being overwhelmed and destroyed by barbarian hordes is as old as the history of civilization. Pictures of desertification, gardens and palaces looted by nomads in disrepair in which graze their flocks are recurrent in the literature of decadence from antiquity to the present day." -- Wolfgang Schivelbusch in Die Kultur der Niederlage (tr. Google Translate from the Italian translation).
- "... elegance, purity and measure are gradually surrendering to a new, frivolous and pompous style adopted by the superficial talents of our time." --The Quarterly Musical Magazine and Review of 1825 , which dealt with the Ninth symphony of Beethoven
- "Zu Micky-Maus" a fragment from the writings of Walter Benjamin
- "He was not hard to talk to. Called me Sheriff. But I didnt know what to say to him. What do you say to a man that by his own admission has no soul? Why would you say anything? I've thought about it a good deal. But he wasnt nothin compared to what was comin down the pike." --Cormac McCarthy, is the first pages of No Country for Old Men.
Blurb from the English translation
- From one of Italy's most respected literary voices, a manifesto on the state of global culture and how connectivity is changing the way we experience it. For the gatekeepers of traditional high culture, the rise of young ambitious outsiders has indeed seemed like nothing short of a barbarian invasion. In this concise and powerful manifesto, Alessandro Baricco explores a handful of realms that have been "plundered"-wine, soccer, music, and books-and extrapolates that it is not a case of old values against new but a widespread mutation that we are all part of, leading toward a different way of having experiences and creating meaning.
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