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21 September 2015

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THE BOOK ON THE NIGHTSTAND: THE POSTMAN

by Ramona Lucarelli

What is poetry?

We say poetry and suddenly short free words crop up in a white space.
We say poetry and it comes to our minds Manzoni’s “Il 5 maggio” and Carducci’s “Pianto antico”.
We say poetry and memories of evenings spent reciting poems in chant bounce on us.

We say poetry and it comes hardly to mind the sea, a friendly smile, the embrace of a stranger, the caress of grandmother, the comfort of the silence, a scent that tells, a sunny day shared, the anger of a disappointment , free and unconditional love, the bitterness of a broken dream, the emptiness of those who never had dreams…

What does the word poetry tell us?

If I had to explain it in words I have no idea where to start.
But I know that Mario Jimenez apparently knows anything about poetry, but discovers it in Beatriz Gonzalez. I know he lives in a small village of Isla Negra in Chile and he doesn’t see himself as a fisherman. I know Pablo Neruda becomes his mentor, the one who will give him new eyes to see the world and what it owns: the movement of the tide, the pecking seagull, wings of pelicans…
The poet will hand the most precious gift given to a man – the written word – and is going to make the postman Marion a worthy soul: he will transform his life of little things in a metaphor; he will build up on that discovery as much as only who owns nothing can do, being so surprised in finding himself saying “How come I cry when I’m not sad? How come, if nothing hurts me. ”

“The Postman” by Antonio Skàrmeta is a poetic novel.
And with “Ardiente Paciencia” – original title of the book – I continue to believe in words of Neruda: “I have always had faith in man. I have never lost hope. Thus poetry will not have sung in vain.”.

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She is an art historian, optimistic and empathic by nature. She imagines a world where sow kindness enjoying the little things. She's in love with stories since she was a child, for the Eat Culture she eats books and arts. Per aspera ad astra says the only tattoo on her skin. It reminds her that the road that leads to her dreams is not always easy but that she never gives up.

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