Passa ai contenuti principali

La casa di Camilleri: where Montalbano is born



A nice interview to Andrea Camilleri, the inventor of Commissario Montalbano.

Here, in the video the writer shows  us his studio where he uses to write every morning , rigorously from 7.00 to 10.30 and then drink his daily pint of beer!
He writes on PC but always printing to correct the mistakes that  "the computer hides as it will never admit to be wrong"

We discover that at the sides of the door he collects all the translations of his Montalbano on the shelves (35 languages but not yet in Chinese)

The most precious book in his room is a small Collection of poems he bought in May 1945 in Rome.
He started writing poems and that day in Rome ,in Via Veneto he bought that little book and he found his name among the published poems.
He was astonished:they had published "Solo per noi" a little poem he wrote about the after war atmosphere. 
He went into a cafè and drank a Cognac,just  looking at his name printed there  for 15 minutes!

In front of his table, a wonderful Bando di cantastorie ( a panel of a storyteller) , a gift from the Sellerio (who publishes his books) on 1950, showing  the story of a murder...


Commenti

Post popolari in questo blog

A Taledda di S. Giorgio a Ibla

tra le  tradizioni pasquali che ancora qua e là si rispettano  in Sicilia  vi è l'esposizione della Taledda    un grande arazzo che raffigura la Crocifissone  e che viene rimosso il giorno di Pasqua. Tra le più famose nel ragusano a taledda di S. Giorgio, realizzata dai fratelli Vaccaro di Caltagirone ............................... Among the religious traditions still respected during  the Lent the exhibition of the Taledda a large tapestry representing the Crucifixion Here one of the most famous in the area of Ragusa. the Taledda at St. George by the vaccaro brothers from Calatgirone It will be removedon Easter Sunday

Busulmona: like Heaven!

Busulmona : XIXth  century farmhouse, once property of the  Cavaliere Sessa, today run by the family Di Pino. 5 km far from Noto it is immersed in a wonderful almond grove and carobs olives and all the colours of nature   make of this piece of Sicily a true paradise! It works as a B&B at the moment with only two bedroom, but it's also possible to have lunch tasting olive oil and almonds and wathever  what rigorously the family produce and cook for you!  Tranquillity, harmony, genuinity.. this are the things coming to my mind when I was there The name Busulmona , which is the name of all that area,comes from the Arabic and means the land of sun....  an extraordinary view  from the stone terrace on the Val di Noto, from Noto to Vendicari and Marzamemi... . for further information : www.busulmona.com

Back to school!

I'm exausted! In these days students are coming back to school In a book shop I saw this lovely school agenda...( Il Diario ) TO choose the new diario was a nice thing to do with my friends. Everybody, among girls, was curios to see the others' agenda and then, through the school year fill it with drawings, puzzles of photoes, phrases, songs ...and homework (sometimes)  as well. If I were still at school, i think this would be my agenda!!!