The Road to San Giovanni - Italo Calvino Manon Smits This selection of Seneca's letters

This selection of Seneca's letters shows him upholding the ideals of Stoicism - the wisdom of the self-possessed person immune to life's setbacks - while valuing friendship and courage

zeer tot ongenoegen van de exploitanten van de overbodig wordende veerboot

Hij laat je kennismaken met de keizers en krijgers

Als hij een klus weigert

The Road to San Giovanni - Italo Calvino Manon Smits This selection of Seneca's lettersA collection of five autobiographical essays by one of the masters of Italian literatureIn these five elegant autobiographical meditations Italo Calvino delves into his past, remembering awkward childhood walks with his father, a lifelong obsession with the cinema and fighting in the Italian Resistance against the Fascists. He also muses on the social contracts, language and sensations associated with emptying the kitchen rubbish and the shape he