De Italiaanse schrijver Alessandro Baricco werd geboren op 25 januari 1958 in Turijn. Zie ook alle tags voor Alessandro Baricco op dit blog.
Uit: City (Vertaald door Ann Goldstein)
“It was Shatzy’s voice. It came from outside the door. The bathroom door.
“I’m coming, I’m coming.”
Music of flushing. Tap on. Tap off. Pause. Door opens.
“They’ve been waiting half an hour for you.”
“I’m coming.”
Some people from the local TV station had come to Gould’s house. They wanted to do a feature for the Friday evening special. Title: Portrait of a Child Genius. They had set up the camera in the living room. What they had in mind was a half-hour interview. They counted on working up a sad story of a boy condemned by his intelligence to solitude and success. Its brilliance lay in their having found someone whose life was a tragedy not because he was terribly unfortunate but, on the contrary, because he was terribly fortunate. If it wasn’t exactly brilliant at least it seemed like a good idea.
Gould sat on the sofa, in front of the camera. Poomerang was beside him, also sitting. Diesel didn’t fit on the sofa, so he sat on the floor, although it took him a while to get there. And then it wasn’t clear how he would ever get up. Anyway. They arranged the microphones and turned on the spots. The interviewer smoothed her skirt over her crossed legs.”

Alessandro Baricco (Turijn, 25 januari 1958)








