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Sant Jordi - San Jorge - Saint George
Today, April 23, is the World Book Day. The date was chosen by the UNESCO because it’s said that both Shakespeare and Cervantes died that day of 1616, although the fact is that none of them died that day (though Garcilaso de la Vega did). Cervantes died on april 22 and Shakespeare did on May 3 (in England the Julian calendar was used then, not the Gregorian one).
But I’d like to tell you about a lovely holiday which is celebrated here, in Catalonia, where I live. Men buy a rose (usually it’s a red rose) for their couple and women buy a book for them, it is said that today is the “lover’s day” in Catalonia. Everybody is waiting for his/her present today. The bookshops sell their books (with a little discount) in the street and people walk with their roses and their books. Lovely, indeed! |
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¡Feliz Sant Jordi!
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"Desiderata" - ...be gentle with yourself.You are a child of this universe no less than the trees and the stars; you have a right to be here. ...sé amable contigo mismo. Eres una criatura de este universo al igual que los árboles y las estrellas; tienes derecho a estar aquí. |
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I'm moving to Barcelona... I wish we had something like that in Madrid.
If you want some book suggestions on St George's day I can recommend some great novels I've read recently: The Beggar Maid- Alice Munro The Handmaid's Tale- Margaret Atwood Beloved- Tony Morrison
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"When the first baby laughed for the first time, the laugh broke into a thousand pieces and they all went skipping about, and that was the beginning of fairies." from Peter Pan by J.M.Barrie Last edited by Rusty; April 23, 2009 at 03:07 PM. |
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I thought Shakespeare died in April on his birthday?
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It is said, but there is a lot of mistery around Shakespeare...
Thanks, Maria Jose, good suggestions, but... in English? Last edited by Rusty; April 23, 2009 at 03:09 PM. Reason: merged back-to-back posts, corrected |
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You could always read them in translation, but it's not the same...
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"When the first baby laughed for the first time, the laugh broke into a thousand pieces and they all went skipping about, and that was the beginning of fairies." from Peter Pan by J.M.Barrie |
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Of course! But it all depends on the language the author uses. Now I'm reading The Tenant of Wildfell Hall, by Ann Brontë and I assure you that the language is quite difficult.
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Lovely book. I read it not long ago when I did a course on the Brontës.
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"When the first baby laughed for the first time, the laugh broke into a thousand pieces and they all went skipping about, and that was the beginning of fairies." from Peter Pan by J.M.Barrie |
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Well, I've just started... I like Brontës and XIX century English Literature, in general, although the world has changed a lot since then...
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