CURRENT MISSION

Impossible, of course.

ABOUT ME

Self-description is self-deception. Ah!

PHILOSOPHY

I am currently trying to find a possible solution to this well-known philosophical dilemma concerning literature and life:
"Literature is mostly about having sex and not much about having children. Life is the other way round" (as David Lodge puts it).
Is there such a solution, actually? Suggestions welcome.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Couchsurfing or not couchsurfing: this makes the difference!

Interests

I love literature, music, science,and philosophy, in this order, I guess. Always interested in exchanging views about international, and especially European, politics.
Seriously addicted to tennis and rather fond of chess.
Also I have been playing guitar for years, with uncertain results.
Last but not least, I am a cat person if there is any: I just adore those fluffy little gods.

• cats
• literature
• politics
• chess
• music
• guitar
• tennis
• science

Music, Movies, and Books

MUSIC: "Voglio fare il gentiluomo e non voglio piu' servir! E non voglio piu' servir...". "Vuol d'inverno la grassotta, vuol d'estate la magrotta...":)
Jazz! From the classics of the fifties to contemporary jazz and I'd say Mingus is probably my favourite composer.
Frank Zappa and Tom Waits and then, randomly between USA and Europe, between the sixties and today: Nine Inch Nails, Primus, The Smiths, The Clash, The Doors, Kraftwerk, Depeche Mode, Nick Drake, David Bowie, Cat Power, CCCP, Paolo Conte, Fossati...

BOOKS (considering just the last century, otherwise, it's too much:))...):'Voyage au bout de la nuit', L.F. Celine; 'Sabbath's Theatre', P.Roth; 'Il partigiano Johnny', B.Fenoglio; 'Lolita', V.Nabokov; 'La tregua', P.Levi; 'Casanovas Heimfahrt', A.Schniztler; 'Žert', M.Kundera; 'El Aleph', J.L. Borges; 'Die Verwandlung', F.Kafka (1915).

FILMS:Fellini's 'Otto e mezzo', 'La dolce vita' and 'Amarcord'; Orson Well's 'Citizen Kane'; Hawks's 'The Big Sleep'; Kusturica's 'Underground; Coppola's 'Apocalipse Now'; Truffaut's 'Jules et Jim'; Kubrick's 'Full Metal Jacket', Gilliam's 'Brazil'; Monthy Python's 'Life of Brian'; Godard's '

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Canada, Croatia, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Morocco, Netherlands, Spain, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Italy, United Kingdom

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