Thoughts

Thoughts
Author(s): Giacomo Leopardi

Admired for the poetical heights of his Canti, the gentle wit of his prose dialogues and the soul-searching questionings of his Zibaldone (Notebooks), Leopardi was also an acute social commentator and a sharp dissector of the human mind.

Thoughts – a collection of philosophical and critical observations put together for publication by Leopardi himself shortly before his death in 1837 – shows a more light-hearted side to Leopardi's personality, and offers both those who are familiar with and those who are new to his works a fresh insight into the thought processes and the worldview of Italy's last great polymath.

Review(s):
“The miraculous thing about his poetry is that he simply takes the weight out of language, to the point that it resembles moonlight.” —Italo Calvino



ISBN:  9781847497376