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Bio: an eclectic physician Avatar: Burt Lancaster as the Prince of Salina, a.k.a. The Leopard. Loves: philosophy, poetry, novels, neorealism, postmodernism, existentialism.
“Mi casa tendrá dos piernas y mis sueños no tendrán fronteras„ — Ernesto Guevara
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Dɪɢɪᴛᴀʟɪs Pᴜʀᴘᴜʀᴇᴀ rated The Prophet: 5 stars
The Prophet by Kahlil Gibran
Kahlil Gibran’s masterpiece, The Prophet, is one of the most beloved classics of our time. Originally published in 1923; this …
Dɪɢɪᴛᴀʟɪs Pᴜʀᴘᴜʀᴇᴀ rated Baron in the Trees: 4 stars
Dɪɢɪᴛᴀʟɪs Pᴜʀᴘᴜʀᴇᴀ rated The motorcycle diaries: 5 stars
The motorcycle diaries by Ernesto Che Guevara
The young Che Guevara’s lively and highly entertaining travel diary, now a popular movie and a New York Times bestseller. …
Dɪɢɪᴛᴀʟɪs Pᴜʀᴘᴜʀᴇᴀ rated The Bolivian diary: 4 stars
Dɪɢɪᴛᴀʟɪs Pᴜʀᴘᴜʀᴇᴀ rated La casa in collina: 4 stars
La casa in collina by Cesare Pavese (Letteratura -- 34)
Dɪɢɪᴛᴀʟɪs Pᴜʀᴘᴜʀᴇᴀ rated Reminiscences of the Cuban Revolutionary War: 4 stars
Dɪɢɪᴛᴀʟɪs Pᴜʀᴘᴜʀᴇᴀ rated Guerrilla warfare: 5 stars
Selections from the prison notebooks of Antonio Gramsci by Antonio Gramsci
Gramsci wrote more than 30 notebooks of history and analysis during his imprisonment. These writings, known as the Prison Notebooks, …
Dɪɢɪᴛᴀʟɪs Pᴜʀᴘᴜʀᴇᴀ rated Lost Illusions: 5 stars
Dɪɢɪᴛᴀʟɪs Pᴜʀᴘᴜʀᴇᴀ rated Ocean Sea: 3 stars
Ocean Sea by Alessandro Baricco, Alastair McEwen
Ocean Sea (Italian: Oceano mare) is a 1993 novel by the Italian writer Alessandro Baricco. Its narrative revolves around the …
Dɪɢɪᴛᴀʟɪs Pᴜʀᴘᴜʀᴇᴀ rated Practical ethics: 4 stars
Peter Singer: Practical ethics (1993, Cambridge University Press)
Practical ethics by Peter Singer
For thirty years, Peter Singer's Practical Ethics has been the classic introduction to applied ethics. For this third edition, the …
Dɪɢɪᴛᴀʟɪs Pᴜʀᴘᴜʀᴇᴀ rated Il porto sepolto: 5 stars
Giuseppe Ungaretti: Il porto sepolto (Italian language, 1990, Marsilio)
Il porto sepolto by Giuseppe Ungaretti (Letteratura universale Marsilio)
Dɪɢɪᴛᴀʟɪs Pᴜʀᴘᴜʀᴇᴀ rated The last of the Mohicans: 5 stars
The last of the Mohicans by James Fenimore Cooper, James Fenimore Cooper
"James Fenimore Cooper's romantic adventure brings the wilds of the American frontier and the drama of the French-Indian War vividly …