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Category Archives: fondi
Burning hills
I wrote about the fires that were devastating the hills around Fondi earlier this summer. You can find what I said here. This photograph was taken a couple of weeks after that, towards the end of July, as we were … Continue reading
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A roof of one’s own all’italiana
Just over six years ago, in late June 2001, work on our house was interrupted by the unexpected visit of a local policeman (vigile). Apparently there’d been a complaint from someone, we weren’t told who, that we were about to … Continue reading
Fuoco, fuoco
The day has been punctuated by an intermittent mechanical rumbling as helicopters pass backwards and forwards over the house. Great scoops of water dangle beneath them like the thoraxes of those hornets found round here, called mule-killers for the potency … Continue reading
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Tiny bitter-sweet unions
This sign has been put up at the entrance to the Jewish quarter of Fondi, where I live, as part of a council drive to attract international tourism to the town. The missing word in line three of the English … Continue reading
Posted in fondi, language, nepotism, translation
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