We use cookies to distinguish you from other users and to provide you with a better experience on our websites. Close this message to accept cookies or find out how to manage your cookie settings.
We use cookies to distinguish you from other users and to provide you with a better experience on our websites. Close this message to accept cookies or find out how to manage your cookie settings.
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 April 2014
Il viaggiare in treno o in nave, su grandi distanze, m'ha ridato il senso della vastità del mondo e soprattutto m'ha fatto riscoprire un'umanità, quella dei più, quella di cui uno, a forza di volare, dimentica quasi l'esistenza […].
Gli aeroporti, falsi come i messaggi pubblicitari, isole di relativa perfezione anche nello sfacelo dei paesi in cui si trovano, si assomigliano ormai tutti; tutti parlano nello stesso linguaggio internazionale che dà a ciascuno l'impressione di essere arrivato a casa. […]
Le stazioni invece no, sono vere, sono specchi delle città nel cui cuore sono piantate. Le stazioni stanno vicino alle cattedrali, alle moschee, alle pagode o ai mausolei. Una volta arrivati lì, si è arrivati davvero.
(Terzani, Indovino, 12–14)(Travelling by train or ship, over long distances, has restored my sense of the world's sheer size and above all has led me to rediscover a section of humanity, the majority, whose existence one almost forgets, because of always flying […].
Airports, false as advertising messages, islands of relative perfection, despite the collapse of the countries in which they are located, all resemble each other now; they all speak the same international language that gives each person the impression they are arriving home. […]
Train stations don't, however, they are real, they are mirrors of the cities in whose heart they are planted. Stations are close to the cathedrals, the mosques, the pagodas and the mausoleums. Once you arrive there, you have really arrived.)
To save this book to your Kindle, first ensure no-reply@cambridge.org is added to your Approved Personal Document E-mail List under your Personal Document Settings on the Manage Your Content and Devices page of your Amazon account. Then enter the ‘name’ part of your Kindle email address below. Find out more about saving to your Kindle.
Note you can select to save to either the @free.kindle.com or @kindle.com variations. ‘@free.kindle.com’ emails are free but can only be saved to your device when it is connected to wi-fi. ‘@kindle.com’ emails can be delivered even when you are not connected to wi-fi, but note that service fees apply.
Find out more about the Kindle Personal Document Service.
To save content items to your account, please confirm that you agree to abide by our usage policies. If this is the first time you use this feature, you will be asked to authorise Cambridge Core to connect with your account. Find out more about saving content to Dropbox.
To save content items to your account, please confirm that you agree to abide by our usage policies. If this is the first time you use this feature, you will be asked to authorise Cambridge Core to connect with your account. Find out more about saving content to Google Drive.
