<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7800433383157366519</id><updated>2011-12-03T06:24:43.532-05:00</updated><title type='text'>BOOKS FROM THE WORLD</title><subtitle type='html'>The blog of the Hobart International Bookport. 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A prima vista, quasi nulla. Nel primo siamo in Etiopia e il narratore e' uno di due gemelli identici, britannico-indiani, cresciuti nel mondo della medicina coloniale. Nel secondo siamo a Napoli, nel dopoguerra, e il narratore e' un orfano, la cui madre adottiva lo iscrive a scuola ma non si fa vedere e che cresce da solo in uno stanzino di un palazzo.&lt;br /&gt;Eppure punti comuni ci sono. I narratori sono entrambi orfani (anche se il padre dei gemelli Shiva e Marion non e' morto, ma solo sparito al momento della loro nascita), ma trovano in una figura maschile diversa dal padre biologico un vero padre, un maestro ed una guida.&lt;br /&gt;La guida dello Smilzo e' Don Gaetano, il portiere, che gli porta una pietanza calda la sera e gli scalda una tazza di latte al mattino. Don Gaetano, cresciuto orfano anche lui ("pero' in orfanotrofio, non come me che stavo libero nel palazzo e uscivo per la citta'"), gli racconta della guerra, dell'ebreo nascosto in un rifugio sotterraneo e delle "quattro giornate di Napoli", quando la citta' in rivolta caccio' i tedeschi prima dell'arrivo degli americani.&lt;br /&gt;E' ancora Don Gaetano a facilitare l'iniziazione del ragazzo al sesso, mandandolo a fare lavori di riparazione dalla vedova del secondo piano, e a regalargli quel coltello che gli sara' utile quando l'amore per Anna, la ragazzina del terzo piano ormai diventata la donna di un camorrista, lo mettera' in pericolo.&lt;br /&gt;Inevitabile e necessaria e' la fuga, dopo che lo Smilzo uccide il fidanzato di Anna. "Non potevo continuare la vita che m'era cresciuta, pronta come una pizzella nell'olio di frittura. Mi aveva girato e rigirato, infarinato e poi buttato dentro il tegame nero", dice amaramente lo Smilzo, quando Don Gaetano lo accompagna al porto e gli consegna il biglietto per l'Argentina. Forse tornera', come Don Gaetano aveva fatto anni prima, o forse no."Ora scrivo le pagine sul quaderno a righe mentre la nave punta all'altro capo del mondo. Intorno si muove o sta fermo l'oceano...".&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7800433383157366519-4163990475331593151?l=hobartbookport.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hobartbookport.blogspot.com/feeds/4163990475331593151/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7800433383157366519&amp;postID=4163990475331593151' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7800433383157366519/posts/default/4163990475331593151'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7800433383157366519/posts/default/4163990475331593151'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hobartbookport.blogspot.com/2011/02/il-giorno-prima-della-felicita.html' title='IL GIORNO PRIMA DELLA FELICITA&apos;'/><author><name>HOBART BOOKPORT</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17375404218516455605</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7800433383157366519.post-3859064894780793047</id><published>2011-02-13T11:43:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2011-02-13T11:46:45.358-05:00</updated><title type='text'>The Tragedy of Korosko, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle</title><content type='html'>&lt;h1&gt;The Nile, Then and Now &lt;/h1&gt;&lt;h2 class="subhead"&gt;Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's "The Tragedy of  Korosko" tells a century-old tale of radical Islam and Western  appeasement that's eerily familiar.&lt;/h2&gt;Follow the link below to read the excellent review by Christian Rocca&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.camilloblog.it/archivio/2011/02/10/the-nile-then-and-now/" target="_blank"&gt;http://www.camilloblog.it/&lt;wbr&gt;archivio/2011/02/10/the-nile-&lt;wbr&gt;then-and-now/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7800433383157366519-3859064894780793047?l=hobartbookport.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hobartbookport.blogspot.com/feeds/3859064894780793047/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7800433383157366519&amp;postID=3859064894780793047' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7800433383157366519/posts/default/3859064894780793047'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7800433383157366519/posts/default/3859064894780793047'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hobartbookport.blogspot.com/2011/02/tragedy-of-korosko-by-sir-arthur-conan.html' title='The Tragedy of Korosko, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle'/><author><name>HOBART BOOKPORT</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17375404218516455605</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7800433383157366519.post-3704344118119305727</id><published>2011-02-11T16:31:00.003-05:00</published><updated>2011-02-11T17:25:02.025-05:00</updated><title type='text'>MY LATEST READING: CUTTING FOR STONE</title><content type='html'>Encouraged by the enthusiasm of my daughter, soon-to-be a medical student, I opened "&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Cutting for Stone"&lt;/span&gt; by Abraham Verghese.  The three opening paragraphs of the Prologue were enough to hook me to the book and I simply could not put it down.&lt;br /&gt;It is a story of love and betrayal, of medicine and miracles, of dedication and adventure, set in a mission hospital in Ethiopia and then in New York City.&lt;br /&gt;Marion and Shiva are identical twins born of the secret love between a beautiful Indian nun and a British surgeon, whose odd personality and behavior can be understood only in the last pages of the book. Their mother dies in giving birth and their father, unable or unwilling to take care of the babies, disappears. The twins are raised by Hema and Gosh, two doctors also working at Missing Hospital, with extraordinary love and dedication. Inseparable and almost indistinguishable at the beginning, they develop very different personalities and gradually grow apart; never completely apart, though, because they always "know" when one is in need.&lt;br /&gt;We follow them through childhood and adolescence, witness their deep but different fascination with medicine and share their sorrows and successes.  The historic events in Ethiopia, from life under the Emperor, to the Eritrean revolt, to the Menghistu years, provide the background, but also play a role in determining the fate of the twins. Marion is the narrator and we follow him through medical school, an internship and residency in the Bronx and the surprising twists of his life in the US.&lt;br /&gt;I see a series of circles in the story: something happens at the beginning, then events develop and you almost lose track of that beginning, but then comes closure, be it in love, family relationships or friendship. Even the unhappy ending seems somehow right, a form of closure too.&lt;br /&gt;I must admit that I raced through the detailed descriptions of medical conditions and surgeries, of which there is a certain abundance. A bit too much for the non medically disposed. But not enough to deter from the beauty of the story!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7800433383157366519-3704344118119305727?l=hobartbookport.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hobartbookport.blogspot.com/feeds/3704344118119305727/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7800433383157366519&amp;postID=3704344118119305727' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7800433383157366519/posts/default/3704344118119305727'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7800433383157366519/posts/default/3704344118119305727'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hobartbookport.blogspot.com/2011/02/my-latest-reading-cutting-for-stone.html' title='MY LATEST READING: CUTTING FOR STONE'/><author><name>HOBART BOOKPORT</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17375404218516455605</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7800433383157366519.post-6448845214245510996</id><published>2011-01-31T18:12:00.003-05:00</published><updated>2011-01-31T18:50:40.190-05:00</updated><title type='text'>IL SUCCESSORE di Ismail Kadare'</title><content type='html'>Vi ricordate l'Albania dei primi anni 80? L'immagine di un paese in preda ad un cupo terrore, ora nemico della vicina Yugoslavia, ora amico della Cina, poi abbandonato da quest'ultima, dominato da un dittatore sanguinario di ortodossia stalinista, riemerge con la lettura di questo libro del grande scrittore albanese Ismail Kadare'.&lt;br /&gt;Prendendo spunto da un avvenimento reale ( la morte del primo ministro Mehmet Shehu, "suicidato" o piuttosto ucciso per ordine del dittatore Hoxha), Kadare' costruisce un romanzo che si legge come un giallo. Chi ha ucciso il Successore? Naturalmente nessuno crede alla versione ufficiale del suicidio e cosi' tutti si spiano alla ricerca di indizi che aiutino a capire cos'e' realmente successo nella notte di quel 13 dicembre.&lt;br /&gt;L'assenza degli emblemi del lutto, le notizie contrastanti, le riunioni del plenum che danno luogo ad esumazioni successive del cadavere, creano un'atmosfera di panico nella popolazione e nei personaggi piu' vicini alle alte sfere del potere. Nessuno si fida di nessuno perche' anche in famiglia c'e' chi tradisce.&lt;br /&gt;Il libro e' scritto in uno stile essenziale e particolarmente efficace. La soluzione del giallo c'e', naturalmente alla fine, ma non sorprendera' molto il lettore, ormai immerso nell'atmosfera di intrighi e tradimenti del regime.&lt;br /&gt;Una lettura consigliata.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7800433383157366519-6448845214245510996?l=hobartbookport.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hobartbookport.blogspot.com/feeds/6448845214245510996/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7800433383157366519&amp;postID=6448845214245510996' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7800433383157366519/posts/default/6448845214245510996'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7800433383157366519/posts/default/6448845214245510996'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hobartbookport.blogspot.com/2011/01/il-successore-di-ismail-kadare.html' title='IL SUCCESSORE di Ismail Kadare&apos;'/><author><name>HOBART BOOKPORT</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17375404218516455605</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7800433383157366519.post-7017335669383648425</id><published>2011-01-30T10:56:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2011-01-30T13:14:08.047-05:00</updated><title type='text'>BOOK OF THE MONTH</title><content type='html'>&lt;img src="file:///C:/Users/STIFAEL/AppData/Local/Temp/moz-screenshot-4.png" alt="" /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt; SULLE STRADE DI BARNEY, A Journey in Mordecai Richler's World, by Christian Rocca takes the reader into the world of Barney Panofsky, the fascinating protagonist of the book "&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Barney's Version"&lt;/span&gt; and into the Montreal of its author, Mordecai Richler.&lt;br /&gt;In 2002, one year after Richler's death and on the wave of the extraordinary success of the book in Italy, Rocca traveled to Canada, to the streets and places so vividly described in &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Barney's Version.  &lt;/span&gt;Looking for Barney, he found Mordechai Richler and vice versa.&lt;br /&gt;"I never met Mordechai Richler" - writes Rocca in the opening paragraph - "but I feel like we served in the military together". He read all his writings and everything that was written about him; he met his wife, his children and his friends; he walked in "his" streets, ate in "his" restaurants and drank his beloved Macallan.&lt;br /&gt;His fascination with Barney began when "&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Barney's Version"&lt;/span&gt; was published in Italy and the newspaper Rocca was working for, "Il Foglio", began an enthusiastic campaign promoting the book. "Il Foglio" (and his editor, Giuliano Ferrara) loved it, because it was funny , fascinating, romantic, rough, melancholic and politically incorrect and, above all, it was a great love story. The Italians loved it too and the book became a bestseller, selling over three hundred thousand copies.&lt;br /&gt;"Sulle strade di Barney" comes at the moment when interest in the story is revived by the opening of "Barney's Version", the movie. In Rocca's book you will meet Richler's wife ("&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Florence Richler IS Miriam Panofsky"&lt;/span&gt;- writes Rocca), his children and friends; the more you read, the more you are convinced that Barney Panofsky is Mordechai Richler. And the fascination with the two only grows. It will push you, like it happened to me, to read other Richler books, to know more about this author and his world.&lt;br /&gt;Rocca is a very good journalist, his articles and his blog (camillo.it) are a pleasure to read and "Sulle strade di Barney" is no exception. Hopefully an English translation will be available in the near future. In the meantime, enjoy the Italian version and read again "&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Barney's Version"&lt;/span&gt;!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"Sulle strade di Barney - Un viaggio nel mondo di Mordechai Richler" is published by Bompiani. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="display: block;" id="formatbar_Buttons"&gt;&lt;span class=" on" style="display: block;" id="formatbar_Add_Image" title="Add Image" onmouseover="ButtonHoverOn(this);" onmouseout="ButtonHoverOff(this);" onmouseup="addImage();" onmousedown="CheckFormatting(event);;ButtonMouseDown(this);"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;img src="img/blank.gif" alt="Add Image" class="gl_photo" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;img src="file:///C:/Users/STIFAEL/AppData/Local/Temp/moz-screenshot-8.png" alt="" /&gt;&lt;img src="file:///C:/Users/STIFAEL/AppData/Local/Temp/moz-screenshot-7.png" alt="" /&gt;&lt;img src="file:///C:/Users/STIFAEL/AppData/Local/Temp/moz-screenshot-6.png" alt="" /&gt;&lt;img src="file:///C:/Users/STIFAEL/AppData/Local/Temp/moz-screenshot-5.png" alt="" /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7800433383157366519-7017335669383648425?l=hobartbookport.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hobartbookport.blogspot.com/feeds/7017335669383648425/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7800433383157366519&amp;postID=7017335669383648425' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7800433383157366519/posts/default/7017335669383648425'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7800433383157366519/posts/default/7017335669383648425'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hobartbookport.blogspot.com/2011/01/book-of-month.html' title='BOOK OF THE MONTH'/><author><name>HOBART BOOKPORT</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17375404218516455605</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7800433383157366519.post-2638812300430844119</id><published>2009-03-02T18:41:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2009-03-02T18:47:39.311-05:00</updated><title type='text'>FESTIVAL OF NEW FRENCH WRITING</title><content type='html'>&lt;meta equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; 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So I went. Three days of conversations at New York University tested my stamina, but were worth the effort. &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;There were good writers to discover out there, of diverse origin and style but all sharing the same language. From Abdourahman Waberi, the Djibouti born writer who masters the use of satire, to Marie N’Diaye, Olivier Rolin, Emmanuel Carrère, Jean-Philippe Toussaint, Frédéric Beigbeder, Marie Darrieussecq, David Foenikos, Chantal Thomas. &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;Iranian born Marjane Satrapi, author of the graphic novel and memoir Persepolis (subsequently made into a movie) delighted the audience with her witty exchanges with American graphic novelist Chris Ware. And BHL (yes, Bernard-Henri Lévy) was true to his self as “a man of many facets in French and international intellectual society”. &lt;span style=""&gt; &lt;/span&gt;His duet with Mark Danner got stuck on the question whether Bin Laden and consorts were “fascists” or not, as if that made a difference to the reality of the jihadist threat.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;Other “duets” were also monothematic, a fact that annoyed, for example, E.L. Doctorow. Q&amp;amp;A sessions would have helped move forward some discussions and shift the focus to other subjects.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;The American counterparts were equally interesting. Different personalities, often well matched to the French writers because of some similarities in their writing. My favorite was Philip Gourevitch (his book about the Rwandan genocide is a must), but Francine du Plessix Gray, Francine Prose, Siri Hustvedt, E.L. Doctorow and Chris Ware were also stimulating and engaging.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;Bios of all the participants and of the moderators can be found on &lt;a href="http://www.frenchwritingfestival.com/"&gt;http://www.frenchwritingfestival.com/&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7800433383157366519-2638812300430844119?l=hobartbookport.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hobartbookport.blogspot.com/feeds/2638812300430844119/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7800433383157366519&amp;postID=2638812300430844119' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7800433383157366519/posts/default/2638812300430844119'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7800433383157366519/posts/default/2638812300430844119'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hobartbookport.blogspot.com/2009/03/festival-of-new-french-writing.html' title='FESTIVAL OF NEW FRENCH WRITING'/><author><name>HOBART BOOKPORT</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17375404218516455605</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7800433383157366519.post-4869601121681129306</id><published>2008-07-20T15:43:00.007-04:00</published><updated>2008-12-09T19:36:20.633-05:00</updated><title type='text'>THE ART OF WRITING A MEMOIR - July 19th Workshop with Professor Leslie Sharpe</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_PDuK5QjsihM/SIOa2NpUsuI/AAAAAAAAADg/ln7gHaQgfv4/s1600-h/IMG_1140+001.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_PDuK5QjsihM/SIOa2NpUsuI/AAAAAAAAADg/ln7gHaQgfv4/s200/IMG_1140+001.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5225190248846504674" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_PDuK5QjsihM/SIOaiUzVu1I/AAAAAAAAADY/TRkp7MTwFb0/s1600-h/IMG_1149+010.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_PDuK5QjsihM/SIOaiUzVu1I/AAAAAAAAADY/TRkp7MTwFb0/s200/IMG_1149+010.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5225189907170179922" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_PDuK5QjsihM/SIOaSJgenJI/AAAAAAAAADQ/YLuaK3gvKgM/s1600-h/IMG_1142+003.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 198px; height: 150px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_PDuK5QjsihM/SIOaSJgenJI/AAAAAAAAADQ/YLuaK3gvKgM/s200/IMG_1142+003.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5225189629260373138" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;What is a memoir? Which is the correct technique of memoir writing? Who can write a memoir?&lt;br /&gt;Professor Leslie Sharpe of Columbia University told a group of aspiring memoir writers all they need to know to write a good memoir. The lecture was brilliant and members of the audience were encouraged to read from their writings. There were fascinating stories out there, and Professor Sharpe provided essential advice to the writers.&lt;br /&gt;The enthusiasm was such that the participants decided to meet again, once a month, at the Hobart International Bookport, in a Writers' Club. Aspiring writers are welcome to join!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7800433383157366519-4869601121681129306?l=hobartbookport.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hobartbookport.blogspot.com/feeds/4869601121681129306/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7800433383157366519&amp;postID=4869601121681129306' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7800433383157366519/posts/default/4869601121681129306'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7800433383157366519/posts/default/4869601121681129306'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hobartbookport.blogspot.com/2008/07/art-of-writing-memoir-july-19th.html' title='THE ART OF WRITING A MEMOIR - July 19th Workshop with Professor Leslie Sharpe'/><author><name>HOBART BOOKPORT</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17375404218516455605</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_PDuK5QjsihM/SIOa2NpUsuI/AAAAAAAAADg/ln7gHaQgfv4/s72-c/IMG_1140+001.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7800433383157366519.post-8276259929555563373</id><published>2008-05-16T18:21:00.003-04:00</published><updated>2008-12-09T19:36:20.945-05:00</updated><title type='text'>PICTURES OF GRAND OPENING - 3</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_PDuK5QjsihM/SC4KPdQoyGI/AAAAAAAAACI/LLWZ-Ag2XGE/s1600-h/IMG_0206.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_PDuK5QjsihM/SC4KPdQoyGI/AAAAAAAAACI/LLWZ-Ag2XGE/s200/IMG_0206.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5201105880328226914" border="0" /&gt;  Maia Macek reading from her "Recollections of Prague,1990-1992"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_PDuK5QjsihM/SC4JntQoyFI/AAAAAAAAACA/QiMhFkn9KLM/s1600-h/IMG_0192.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_PDuK5QjsihM/SC4JntQoyFI/AAAAAAAAACA/QiMhFkn9KLM/s200/IMG_0192.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5201105197428426834" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Hobart International Bookport&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7800433383157366519-8276259929555563373?l=hobartbookport.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hobartbookport.blogspot.com/feeds/8276259929555563373/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7800433383157366519&amp;postID=8276259929555563373' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7800433383157366519/posts/default/8276259929555563373'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7800433383157366519/posts/default/8276259929555563373'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hobartbookport.blogspot.com/2008/05/pictures-of-grand-opening-3.html' title='PICTURES OF GRAND OPENING - 3'/><author><name>HOBART BOOKPORT</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17375404218516455605</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_PDuK5QjsihM/SC4KPdQoyGI/AAAAAAAAACI/LLWZ-Ag2XGE/s72-c/IMG_0206.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7800433383157366519.post-4378226314000271644</id><published>2008-05-16T15:16:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2008-12-09T19:36:21.317-05:00</updated><title type='text'>PICTURES OF GRAND OPENING - 2</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_PDuK5QjsihM/SC3eWNQoyDI/AAAAAAAAABw/hEQgIhmlB8s/s1600-h/IMG_0196.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_PDuK5QjsihM/SC3eWNQoyDI/AAAAAAAAABw/hEQgIhmlB8s/s200/IMG_0196.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5201057617780721714" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7800433383157366519-4378226314000271644?l=hobartbookport.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hobartbookport.blogspot.com/feeds/4378226314000271644/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7800433383157366519&amp;postID=4378226314000271644' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7800433383157366519/posts/default/4378226314000271644'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7800433383157366519/posts/default/4378226314000271644'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hobartbookport.blogspot.com/2008/05/pictures-of-grand-opening-2.html' title='PICTURES OF GRAND OPENING - 2'/><author><name>HOBART BOOKPORT</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17375404218516455605</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_PDuK5QjsihM/SC3eWNQoyDI/AAAAAAAAABw/hEQgIhmlB8s/s72-c/IMG_0196.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7800433383157366519.post-2312687001835830695</id><published>2008-05-16T14:48:00.005-04:00</published><updated>2008-12-09T19:36:21.457-05:00</updated><title type='text'>GRAND OPENING on May 10th, 2008</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_PDuK5QjsihM/SC3ZnNQoyCI/AAAAAAAAABo/_CBw9sIbYMs/s1600-h/IMG_0195.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_PDuK5QjsihM/SC3ZnNQoyCI/AAAAAAAAABo/_CBw9sIbYMs/s320/IMG_0195.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5201052412280358946" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A great day, with many interesting speakers  talking about  such diverse subjects as "Literature and Society in Slovenia", "Illustrated History of Post-War Japan" and "What a College Teacher Learned in Finland". Two, actually four, Italians talked about politics, literature and individualism in Italy, while a young Czech-American writer read from her (future) book "Recollections from Prague". Her pictures of Prague, as well as works by a Dutch photographer and paintings by two Belgian artists, were on display (they are still there, so you can come and see them).&lt;br /&gt;For those who missed the day, here are some photographs. &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;E venite a trovarci presto, mi raccomando!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7800433383157366519-2312687001835830695?l=hobartbookport.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hobartbookport.blogspot.com/feeds/2312687001835830695/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7800433383157366519&amp;postID=2312687001835830695' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7800433383157366519/posts/default/2312687001835830695'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7800433383157366519/posts/default/2312687001835830695'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hobartbookport.blogspot.com/2008/05/grand-opening-on-may-10th-2008.html' title='GRAND OPENING on May 10th, 2008'/><author><name>HOBART BOOKPORT</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17375404218516455605</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_PDuK5QjsihM/SC3ZnNQoyCI/AAAAAAAAABo/_CBw9sIbYMs/s72-c/IMG_0195.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7800433383157366519.post-2652278179793062408</id><published>2007-12-09T16:12:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-12-09T16:18:16.103-05:00</updated><title type='text'>The Beautiful Things that Heaven Bears</title><content type='html'>&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span class="Heading1Char"  style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="line-height: 115%;"&gt;The Beautiful Things that Heaven Bears&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;, by Dinaw Mengestu, is the captivating story of Sepha Stephanos, an immigrant who fled Ethiopia during the Red Terror just after the murder of his father by revolutionaries and – seventeen years later – is struggling to make a new life as the owner of a grocery store in a poor (but gradually changing) neighborhood in Washington, D.C. &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;He and his two African friends, Joseph, a waiter from the Democratic Republic of Congo and Kenneth, an engineer from Kenya, spend their free time together, drinking, playing a game of naming all coups and dictators in Africa, sharing feelings of frustration, isolation and nostalgia for their home continent. While Kenneth is determined to reach his own American dream, by taking very seriously his engineering job and Joseph continues to cultivate his intellectual and cultural interests, Sepha finds in Judith – the first white person to move into the neighborhood – and in her biracial daughter Naomi friendship, love and the hope that his life might finally change.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;Past and present alternate in the different chapters of the book, building a story of exile, family love and isolation. There are flashbacks of Sepha’s and his family’s life in Ethiopia, of his beginning in DC with Uncle Berhane , of his first job as a waiter with his two friends and of the ups and downs of his grocery store. And then, the final disappointment, when Judith – whose car had been broken in with a brick and whose house was burnt down in a gesture of rebellion against the gentrification of the neighborhood– leaves the area for good.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;The story is told with humor and a depth of feeling, which make it a wonderful and captivating reading. The book takes its title from the final verses of Dante’s Inferno, which Joseph declares to be “the most perfect lines of poetry ever written”: &lt;/p&gt;      &lt;p class="MsoNoSpacing"&gt;“Through a round aperture I saw appear,&lt;br /&gt;Some of the beautiful things that Heaven bears,&lt;br /&gt;When we came forth, and once more saw the stars.” &lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;A passage that, Joseph says, “no one can understand like an African because that is what we lived through. Hell everyday with only glimpses of heaven in between.”&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7800433383157366519-2652278179793062408?l=hobartbookport.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hobartbookport.blogspot.com/feeds/2652278179793062408/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7800433383157366519&amp;postID=2652278179793062408' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7800433383157366519/posts/default/2652278179793062408'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7800433383157366519/posts/default/2652278179793062408'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hobartbookport.blogspot.com/2007/12/beautiful-things-tha-heaven-bears.html' title='The Beautiful Things that Heaven Bears'/><author><name>HOBART BOOKPORT</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17375404218516455605</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7800433383157366519.post-1848461010235411349</id><published>2007-11-17T13:30:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-11-17T13:33:10.951-05:00</updated><title type='text'>PROTAGONISTA: IL LIBRO</title><content type='html'>&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="IT"&gt;HOBART, nella regione dei monti Catskill, a tre ore di macchina da New York, e’ un villaggio come tanti altri nell’America rurale: qualche centinaio di abitanti,un”diner”, un negozio che vende un&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;po’ di tutto, una sola industria (prodotti farmaceutici), poi tante fattorie sparse tutt’intorno. Il tutto inquadrato da una natura quasi incontaminata, gelosamente protetta dalla citta’ di New York, la cui acqua potabile proviene direttamente dai bacini a dai fiumi che attraversano la regione.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="IT"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;Eppure qualcosa di speciale Hobart ce l’ha: decine di migliaia di libri, nuovi, usati, rari e d’antiquariato e sei librerie, riunite in&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;un”villaggio del libro”, che si ispira al piu’ conosciuto Hay-on-Wye nel Galles. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="IT"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="IT"&gt;Nato cinque anni fa all’iniziativa di un gruppo di abitanti del luogo e di newyorkesi, regolari frequentatori della regione, tutti amanti della cultura ed appassionati di libri, il villaggio di Hobart propone un po’ di tutto per tutti i gusti: dai grandi classici della letteratura inglese, alla poesia, al teatro, a testi storici, biografie, romanzi, gialli, libri d’attualita’, letteratura per bambini e ragazzi e poi volumi antichi di notevole valore ed opere di autori da tutto il mondo, in inglese ed altre lingue, italiano compreso.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="IT"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="IT"&gt;Idea del passato incentrata su un oggetto, il libro, ormai superato? Concorrenza impossibile con le grandi catene di librerie (cosiddetti “big Boxes’ – scatoloni) e soprattutto con Internet? Forse. Ma per chi ha la passione del libro e ama rovistare per ore tra scaffali e scaffali, da un negozio all’altro, alla ricerca di quel libro speciale, quella prima edizione di cui si sono perse le tracce o di quel libro che si aveva una volta e poi si e’ perso, Hobart offre un’alternativa piacevole e rara negli Stati Uniti. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="IT"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="IT"&gt;Per le librerie del villaggio, il libro e’ al centro di un&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;progetto culturale e di sviluppo della comunita’&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;locale.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;I numerosi artisti che vivono e lavorano nei dintorni di Hobart hanno l’occasione, due volte l’anno, durante l’”Art Walk”, di esporre le loro opere nelle librerie, mentre gli scrittori locali animano giornate di lettura delle loro opere. Ci sono poi seminari per scrittori, esperti o dilettanti, conferenze sui temi piu’ svariati (dalla “Via della seta” alla flora locale, ad avvenimenti storici o d’attualita’), serate di lettura di opere letterarie e poetiche. Una giornata a tema dedicata alla Finlandia ha proposto la lettura di autori finlandesi, un film documentario, musiche si Sibelius e specialita’ culinarie. Una giornata dedicata agli scrittori dell’Europa orientale e’ in programma per la primavera 2008, all’occasione della presidenza slovena dell’Unione Europea.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="IT"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="IT"&gt;Ogni libreria ha caratteristiche proprie. “Bibliobarn”, la prima ad aprire, a pochi chilometri dal centro del villaggio, occupa un antico fienile ed offre piu’ di 50.000 volumi. Di che perdersi tra libri di tutti i tipi e tutti i gusti&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="IT"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="IT"&gt;.Libri rari e d’antiquariato sono la specialita’ della libreria “WH Adams”, situata su Main Street. Per gli amanti dei classici ci sono libri in latino e in greco antico; questi ultimi rivelano la passione del proprietario che, al termine di una carriera come medico, ha deciso di studiare da autodidatta il greco antico ed ora traduce per hobby i grandi autori. Qualche esempio di libri che vi si trovano: le Metamorfosi di Ovidio, in latino, pubblicato a Venezia nel 1740; Quintiliano, in latino, Padova 1736; le traduzioni in inglese, realizzate da Hoole, dell’Orlando Furioso (:Londra 1799) e della Gerusalemme Liberata (Londra 1803).&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="IT"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="IT"&gt;“Hobart International Bookport”, anch’essa su Main Street, e’ specializzata in “autori dal mondo”, con libri tradotti in inglese o in lingua originale. Vi si trovano classici italiani, francesi e tedeschi e una selezione di opere di autori africani, asiatici e latino americani, oltre che naturalmente europei. Una sezione e’ dedicata ai vinvitori del premio Nobel per la letteratura. Un locale e’ interamente riservato ai libri di storia. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="IT"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="IT"&gt;L’adiacente “Library Shop” e’ specializzata in libri gialli, biografie, libri di cucina e letteratura per ragazzi. Nella libreria troneggia un “harpsichord” con cui il proprietario (musicista di formazione e restauratore di mobili di professione) improvvisa concerti di musica classica.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="IT"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="IT"&gt;Infine il “Book Mart”: concepita come un spazio per diversi venditori, e’ una “multilibreria”, che affitta scaffali a privati e a librerie il cui negozio si trova in localita’ piu’ lontane e che dispone di aree di esposizione per artisti e per prodotti locali. All’interno del Book Mart si trova anche la libreria “Blenheim Hill” (12.000 libri di generi vari) ed il bar “Cook the Books”, che propone caffe’, te’ biscotti e dolci.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="IT"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;Per il futuro, ci sono progetti per una galleria d’arte e un negozio d’antiquariato. E poi forse un’altra libreria ed un spazio multiculturale (teatro, musica, artigianato). Insomma, il libro e’ vivo a Hobart e porta con se’un’incoraggiante rinascita culturale. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="IT"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7800433383157366519-1848461010235411349?l=hobartbookport.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hobartbookport.blogspot.com/feeds/1848461010235411349/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7800433383157366519&amp;postID=1848461010235411349' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7800433383157366519/posts/default/1848461010235411349'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7800433383157366519/posts/default/1848461010235411349'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hobartbookport.blogspot.com/2007/11/protagonista-il-libro.html' title='PROTAGONISTA: IL LIBRO'/><author><name>HOBART BOOKPORT</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17375404218516455605</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7800433383157366519.post-6800234643345839174</id><published>2007-11-14T21:03:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-11-17T12:13:10.240-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;h1&gt;WELCOME !&lt;/h1&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;The Hobart International Bookport specializes in modern literature from the world.&lt;/p&gt;Located in the heart of the Hobart Book Village (&lt;a href="http://www.hobartbookvillage.com/"&gt;www.hobartbookvillage.com&lt;/a&gt;) in Hobart, NY, it offers a selection of used and new books by well-known international authors, both in English and in foreign languages.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Visit our website (&lt;a href="http://www.hobartbookport.com"&gt;www.hobartbookport.com&lt;/a&gt;) and send us your comments on the books by the international authors we carry in our bookstore. Your views and suggestions are welcome!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7800433383157366519-6800234643345839174?l=hobartbookport.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hobartbookport.blogspot.com/feeds/6800234643345839174/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7800433383157366519&amp;postID=6800234643345839174' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7800433383157366519/posts/default/6800234643345839174'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7800433383157366519/posts/default/6800234643345839174'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hobartbookport.blogspot.com/2007/11/welcome-hobart-international-bookport.html' title=''/><author><name>HOBART BOOKPORT</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17375404218516455605</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry></feed>
