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Kohèlet/Ecclesiaste

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L'Ecclesiaste parla, in termini di una saggezza non filosofica, recettiva edisposta all'ascolto, della pena che incalza e perseguita l'uomo: l'assurdospreco della propria condizione. L'uomo sta sotto il sole, la massimamanifestazione di potenza della natura, esposto senza ombra e riparo alleleggi di Dio dalle origini, vertice del creato e delle sue forze. E deveguardare in basso e specchiarsi nella terra che soggiace al suo medesimodestino.

83 pages, Paperback

Published January 1, 2001

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Erri De Luca

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Upon completing high school in 1968 Erri De Luca joined the radical left-wing movement Lotta Continua. After the organization's disbandment he worked as a blue collar at the Fiat factory in Turin and at the Catania airport. He also was as a truck driver and a mason, working in job sites in Italy, France and Africa. He rode relief convoys in Yugoslavia during the war between 1993 and 1999.

He is self-taught in several languages including Ancient Hebrew and Yiddish.

De Luca is a passionate mountain climber. A reclusive character, he currently lives in a remote cottage in the countryside of Rome.

Although he never stopped writing since he was 20, his first book is published in 1989, Non ora, non qui (Not now, not here). Many more books followed, best sellers in Italy, France and Israel, his work being translated and published in Spain, Portugal, Germany, Holland, USA, Brazil, Poland, Norway, Danmark, Romania, Greece and Lithuania. He has himself translated several books of the Bible into Italian like Exodus, Jonah, Ecclesiastes, Ruth, and explored various aspects of Judaism, as a non-believer.

In France, he received the France Culture Prize in 1994 for Aceto, arcobaleno, the Laure Bataillon Award in 2002 for Tre cavalli and, also in 2002, the Fémina Étranger for Montedidio, translated in English as God's Mountain. He was a member of the jury at the Cannes Festival in 2003.

Erri De Luca writes regularly for various newspapers (La Repubblica, Il Manifesto, Corriere della Sera, Avvenire), and magazines.

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August 21, 2015
La traduzione di Erri de Luca dell'Ecclesiaste è raccapricciante, un mix tra google translator e squilli di trombone. Evitatelo.
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July 30, 2025
Detto che “Ecclesiaste” è, secondo me, il libro più attuale e più pregno di significati, il più usato dalla letteratura è il più discusso, questa traduzione di De Luca mi lascia basito: troppo letterale, al punto da risultare sgrammaticata. Ne consegue una lettura complessa, che sicuramente lascia soddisfatti i puristi ma basiti i semplici lettori.
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January 4, 2024
ERRI DE LUCA
KOHÈLET/ECCLESIASTE

Interessante ma impegnativo
Come per la poesia credo avrò bisogno di rileggere e riflettere  e rileggere a distanza di tempo per assimilare le "mie" considerazioni
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