For a Handful of Books S18E01 · Neruda's Postman (by Antonio Skármeta)

Overview

In the first episode of the new season, the 5°F class of the "G. Galilei" Classical High School in Florence is competing with the 5°G class of the "Vincenzo Cuoco" Linguistic-Scientific High School in Naples. The text they are competing on is a very well-known book, if only for the film that was made from it. It is in fact Il postino di Neruda, the novel by the Chilean writer Antonio Skármeta, linked to the name of Massimo Troisi. It is an opportunity to also talk metaphorically about poetry, its relevance, the feelings that can only be expressed in verse. Let's see the relationship that the kids have with poetry, let's discover which poets are their favorites and which are their least favorites. Let's also try to go further, to understand that poetry is above all a look, the ability to see things in their most intimate meaning, in the resonance that they arouse in us.

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1. 1 1. Neruda's Postman (by Antonio Skármeta)2015-02-07 · 45mIn the first episode of the new season, the 5°F class of the "G. Galilei" Classical High School in Florence is competing with the 5°G class of the "Vincenzo Cuoco" Linguistic-Scien
2. 2 2. The Componenda Bubble (by Andrea Camilleri)2015-02-14 · 44mThe theme of this episode is "La bolla di componenda" by Andrea Camilleri, the book on which the two high school classes compete. The challengers are the 3°F of the Nicola Spedalie
3. 3 3. Amsterdam (di Ian McEwan)2015-02-21 · 51mThe theme of this episode is "Amsterdam" by Ian McEwan, the book on which the two high school classes compete. The challengers are class 5°C of the Virgilio linguistic high school
4. 4 4. Julius Caesar (by William Shakespeare)2015-02-28 · 47mJulius Caesar is a masterpiece by the Bard that, by telling us a story of ancient Rome, becomes a very current metaphor of power. Shakespeare declines this metaphor by making us un
5. 5 5. Pereira Supports (by Antonio Tabucchi)2015-03-07 · 52mCan a small man now on the twilight of his life change, give meaning to his life? Can a simple reporter rediscover the meaning of his work, of his role in society? These are the qu
6. 6 6. The Ball (by Irene Nemirovsky)2015-03-14 · 49mAdolescence with its turmoil, frustrations and cruelty in the novel "Il ballo" by Irene Némirovsky. In this episode, the class 5°C/R of the liceo classico Giacomo Leopardi of Macer
7. 7 7. The Gambler (by Fyodor Dostoevsky)2015-03-21 · 51m"The Gambler" is one of the most fascinating novels by Fyodor Dostoevsky. And it is with it that the boys of the 5°B of the scientific high school Augusto Righi of Bologna and of t
8. 8 8. Franny and Zooey (by Jerome D. Salinger)2015-03-28 · 50mFranny and Zooey, the pair of siblings invented by Jerome D. Salinger, in a fascinating and disturbing family portrait divided into two stories. It is with the problematic adolesce
9. 9 9. The Threepenny Opera (by Bertolt Brecht)2015-04-04 · 50mThe great twentieth-century theater on stage. The students of class 5B of the Gandhi classical high school in Casoria (Naples) and class 5D of the Isaac Newton scientific high scho
10. 10 10. Our Man in Havana (by Graham Greene)2015-04-11 · 51mPretending to be something you are not: exactly what the protagonist of "Our Man in Havana", a novel by Graham Greene, does. This work is a comparison between the students of class
11. 11 11. A Year on the Plateau (by Emilio Lussu)2015-04-18 · 49mWho will be the 2015 champion of "Per un pugno di libri"? Who will win the final challenge between class 5A of the Amedeo di Savoia classical high school in Tivoli (Rome) and class