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WILLY DASPO
Gastronomic daspo is the common name given to the Willy Daspo ban imposed on Vigevano and the province of Pavia against the elusive lady in red.
Daspo “gastronomic” or restaurant daspo because it prohibits entry to any restaurant in Vigevano in particular, but also throughout the province.
QUELLI DEL CIVICO 21 – THOSE AT NUMBER 21
Those at number 21 immediately take us to the protagonists’ home, an eight-apartment building.
A condominium, which could be like the one where I live, or where you live.
“He thought continually about the apartment building, a Pandora’s Box whose thousand lids were one by one, inwardly opening.”
James Graham Ballard
What do you associate with the idea of a condominium?
Is your experience negative or positive?
WAKE UP DEAD MAN: KNIVES OUT
Wake Up Dead Man is the third chapter in the Knives Out saga.
After watching Knives Out and Glass Onion, I couldn’t miss Wake Up Dead Man.
With today’s coffee, I’d like to chat about something that was love at first sight for me: a list…
I GIORNI DI VETRO (THE DAYS OF GLASS)
I giorni di vetro (The Days of Glass), written by Nicoletta Verna for Einaudi, was a sharp book for me, if you’ll pardon the pun.
I found this read disturbing at times.
The novel begins with the murder of Matteotti and traces the subsequent unfolding of events until Liberation.
Castrocaro is the center of everything, or rather, the “epicenter.”
COFFEE CLUBBING
Coffee clubbing is the new trend in house clubbing known as soft clubbing.
What does that mean?
It means new times for listening to music, complete with DJ sets, and getting together.
A bit of an “upside down” situation, if you like…
No more late nights: we meet in the morning!
THE SOUND OF YOUR FOOTSTEPS
Il rumore dei tuoi passi (The Sound of Your Footsteps) by Valentina D’Urbano, published by Longanesi, is another book recommended by Monica.
The title might suggest a Nicholas Sparks-style romance novel, but it is actually a very different kind of book, as becomes clear from the outset.
“They called us twins.”