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LUIGI GUALDO - LE NOSTALGIE - TORINO F. CASANOVA, EDITORE
LE NOSTALGIE - I.
II. SEPARAZIONE
A GIUSEPPE GIACOSA
III. STORIA DI MARE
IV. ALLA SERA
V.
VI. PRESENTIMENTO
VII. NEL PARCO
In this lyrical meditation, the poet sweeps the listener into a world where lofty peaks of imagination stand beside the faded colors of modern life. He explores the restless yearning for beauty, tracing how verses emerge from pain, longing, and the fleeting glow of an idealized past. The language spins a tapestry of moonlit seas, marble cities, and ethereal muses that beckon the soul toward an elusive harmony.
Throughout the first act the narrator wanders between dream and waking, meeting pale‑faced figures and siren‑like glances that illuminate the ancient light within. Yet each reverie is tinged with the inevitable return to a hard road, where verses falter like fragile wings and pride gives way to quiet laughter. Listeners are invited to linger in these rich, musical reflections, feeling both the ache of longing and the fleeting comfort of poetic hope.
Language
it
Duration
~1 hours (73K characters)
Publisher of text edition
Project Gutenberg
Release date
Oct 1, 2006
Rights
Public domain in the USA.

1844–1898
A Milan-born writer who moved between Italy and Paris, he wrote fiction and poetry in both Italian and French and moved in lively literary circles on both sides of the Alps. His work blends cosmopolitan polish with the restless spirit of late 19th-century literature.
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