NESSUN LUOGO E' ELEMENTARE - E. De Signoribus
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A collection of short stories and poems (some unpublished) by contemporary poet Eugenio De Signoribus, already winner of the Montale Prize (1989) and the Viareggio Prize (2008).
The recurrent themes are childhood memories and family life, the figure of the woman and the mother, the fight for rights and freedom, the abuses of power.
Limited edition of 200 copies typeset by hand in metal movable types. One by one, each sort was arranged on the composing stick to form the words.
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This is one of 200 numbered copies letterpress-printed on pure-cotton paper mould-made in Sicily.
Moreover, special copies were printed as follows:
.12 copies on handmade Magnani;
.11 copies on handmade Whatman;
.8 copies on handmade Bunko-shi.
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A volume in the 16mo format (cm 19x12) of 148 pages entirely typeset by hand in 10-point Garamond type, hand-cut on punches by Henri Parmentier, and cast by Deberny in 1914.
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The volume is housed in a hand-made slipcase and box, custom made to an exact size, whose exteriors are covered with Ingres paper. The book title is letterpress-printed on the slipcase’s spine.
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Neither monotype nor linotype are used. These typesetting systems from a keyboard are often passed off as manual typography.
The Tallone Press does not print from plastic relief plates either. Derived from digital compositions, they are very much in vogue to simulate the effect of type impression onto the paper.
The number of movable types handled for the manual typesetting of this book, makes it an exceptional endeavor in contemporary fine printing.
Printed on very fine paper and sewn by hand, this collector’s edition is a sophisticated gift meant to last over time and designed to give the best reading experience possible.
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«Traversare» (1997)
Una navetta-carretta pullulante di famigliole in fuga dalla fame, strabiccola verso il paese (il Paese) lucciolante oltre il mare tre… : è, questo, un luogo abitato da popolini così cristiani, così liberali, da temere quei tristi pellegrini come i ladri delle loro botteghe, come gli assassini dei loro figli…
Sono essi, gli aldiquà, in gran parte discendenti da tribù di poverini che ilnnumero di milioni migrarono nel vasto mondo… : chi rimanendo inermi o solerti cittadini, chi diventando padroni o padroncini, chi cancri di quelle rampicanti società…
Ora, queste smemorate comunità alzano le fronti arrogate, fanno fronte comune, invocano una difesa… Esemplare, le ascolta l'incrociatore della fulgente potenza che, arditamente, affianca il guscio di noce e gli acciaia la via…
Il gorgo che indifferente lo inghiotte si anima dei cento occhi bambini che, calando nel nero, scrutano i molti civili aguzzini, lassù.
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«Fino a quando»
fino a quando il pane sulla mensa
brillò come un dorato biscotto
il tempo osservò nella dispensa
il quadro della sua conservazione
per le scale le voci correnti
bucavano i muri e le porte
e uscenti nella terra vicina
tornavano in echi stridenti…
nella nuda e infiorata vetrina
lievitava la forma del pane
più lenta della nordica notte…
lontana la sorte della mattina
A collection of short stories and poems (some unpublished) by contemporary poet Eugenio De Signoribus, already winner of the Montale Prize (1989) and the Viareggio Prize (2008).
The recurrent themes are childhood memories and family life, the figure of the woman and the mother, the fight for rights and freedom, the abuses of power.
Limited edition of 200 copies typeset by hand in metal movable types. One by one, each sort was arranged on the composing stick to form the words.