Sunday, December 26, 2004
Comrade Don Camillo
What a great book. Don Camillo has conversations with Jesus throughout. And by conversations I mean direct speech, quotation mark kind of conversations. Dialogues.
Prime Example:
"Lord," said Don Camillo, "he[Peppone]'s gone a bit too far, and I shall destroy him!"
"Don Camillo," said the crucified Christ over the altar, "they went a bit too far when they hung me up on this cross, but I managed to forgive them."
"But they didn't know what they were doing! Peppone had his eyes wide open and deserves no pity."
"Look here, Don Camillo," Christ retorted; "ever since Peppone became a Senator haven't you been particularly hard on him?"
These words hit home, and Don Camillo resented them.
"You wouldn't say that, Lord," he protested, "if you knew me a little better."
The plot revolves around communist mayor Peppone winning 10 Million Liras in the lottery and not willing to share them with the masses, and the resulting need to keep his wealth secret, and Don Camillos very unchristian intrigues to expose Peppone's hypocrisy. Highly recommended, it is the 7th book in the DonCamillo and Peppone series.
Other than that, I am in a frenzy of downloading German music.
Also, in the light of recent, extremely horrible developments, I will make a little detour in the country of the day order, which was supposed to be alphabetical(sorry, Andorra):
Country of the day: Republic of Indonesia
chief of state & head of government: President Susilo Bambang YUDHOYONO
capital: Jakarta
Per Capita GDP(PPP): $3,200
Issues: watch the news, goddamnit.
Also: Indonesia and East Timor contest the sovereignty of the uninhabited coral island of Palau Batek/Fatu Sinai.
Prime Example:
"Lord," said Don Camillo, "he[Peppone]'s gone a bit too far, and I shall destroy him!"
"Don Camillo," said the crucified Christ over the altar, "they went a bit too far when they hung me up on this cross, but I managed to forgive them."
"But they didn't know what they were doing! Peppone had his eyes wide open and deserves no pity."
"Look here, Don Camillo," Christ retorted; "ever since Peppone became a Senator haven't you been particularly hard on him?"
These words hit home, and Don Camillo resented them.
"You wouldn't say that, Lord," he protested, "if you knew me a little better."
The plot revolves around communist mayor Peppone winning 10 Million Liras in the lottery and not willing to share them with the masses, and the resulting need to keep his wealth secret, and Don Camillos very unchristian intrigues to expose Peppone's hypocrisy. Highly recommended, it is the 7th book in the DonCamillo and Peppone series.
Other than that, I am in a frenzy of downloading German music.
Also, in the light of recent, extremely horrible developments, I will make a little detour in the country of the day order, which was supposed to be alphabetical(sorry, Andorra):
Country of the day: Republic of Indonesia
chief of state & head of government: President Susilo Bambang YUDHOYONO
capital: Jakarta
Per Capita GDP(PPP): $3,200
Issues: watch the news, goddamnit.
Also: Indonesia and East Timor contest the sovereignty of the uninhabited coral island of Palau Batek/Fatu Sinai.
posted by Catrin
1 Comments:
[7:58 PM, December 26, 2004]
That was a really fun movie. But the third hazelnut was such a waste. Why did she have to dress up in a fancy fancy gown just to go outside and meet the prince?
The stocky boy was hilarious. Now my friend wants the DVD so she can understand the dialogue.
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