I just ended reading Umberto Eco's latest novel "The Misterious Flame of Queen Loana". Another experience of reading. Exploration of the impotance of our memory . Touching the
most important questions of life ... The unexpected second part of the book. Near-death experience. And the last thought: What about Lila Saba .... ?
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Saturday, December 03, 2005
Irish ....
I'm reading Thomas Cahill's book "How the Irish Saved Civilization". It is amaizing readining. I came to a thought that we do not know much about history. I was thinking of myself as quite literetate in history, as the educated, but not historian, could be. Butin Cahill's book I found facts I was not aware off. The distinctive culture of Irish people. Their bloodless attitude to misionary activity. I strongly recommend it to anyone interested in history....
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