The Road to San Giovanni - Italo Calvino Manon Smits This selection of Seneca's letters

This selection of Seneca's letters shows him upholding the ideals of Stoicism - the wisdom of the self-possessed person immune to life's setbacks - while valuing friendship and courage

Kiyoaki has been raised among the elegant Ayakura family - members of the waning aristocracy - but he is not one of them

brought to life in this lyrical translation that returns to the original manuscript of the book

Hij laat je kennismaken met de keizers en krijgers

The Road to San Giovanni - Italo Calvino Manon Smits This selection of Seneca's lettersA collection of five autobiographical essays by one of the masters of Italian literatureIn these five elegant autobiographical meditations Italo Calvino delves into his past, remembering awkward childhood walks with his father, a lifelong obsession with the cinema and fighting in the Italian Resistance against the Fascists. He also muses on the social contracts, language and sensations associated with emptying the kitchen rubbish and the shape he