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11 episodes in this season

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Neruda's Postman (by Antonio Skármeta)

45 min

The Componenda Bubble (by Andrea Camilleri)

44 min

Amsterdam (di Ian McEwan)

51 min

Julius Caesar (by William Shakespeare)

47 min

Pereira Supports (by Antonio Tabucchi)

52 min

The Ball (by Irene Nemirovsky)

49 min

The Gambler (by Fyodor Dostoevsky)

51 min

Franny and Zooey (by Jerome D. Salinger)

50 min

The Threepenny Opera (by Bertolt Brecht)

50 min

E10

Our Man in Havana (by Graham Greene)

51 min

E11

A Year on the Plateau (by Emilio Lussu)

49 min

For a Handful of Books

TV Series

199845m9.0

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Neruda's Postman (by Antonio Skármeta)

Season 18 · Episode 1 · Feb 7, 2015

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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For a Handful of Books

TV Series

199845m9.0

Talk

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Neruda's Postman (by Antonio Skármeta)

Season 18 · Episode 1 · Feb 7, 2015

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