Tuesday, July 04, 2006

A book sometimes is more than a book

This guy, Giangiacomo Feltrinelli (1926-1972) and his wife & son are like quixotes in the current editorial world. Tough he is sometimes viewed as a "comunist", in the long view after reading the chronicle in Gatopardo, i think that he is an interesting mixture between entrepreneur and militant of an ideology that brang some fresh air to Italy's cultural life.

His life is an adventure, connected with the fascist and post-fascist time in Italy, and with loyalty to ideas, family and business (in that order). In some way it inspires to keep watching or feeling the star.