![]() People are afraid of the ocean, so the pianist relieves them by playing his terrific music. The ocean was part of him, Novecento belonged only to it and to nowhere else. Was it just fear? Novecento wasn’t born on dry land, he was different from everyone else, so he felt he would’ve lost something important if he had left. But the world passed on that ship, with all its hopes and failures, and he watched it pass, never trying to follow it. Maybe the best.īut music was the only thing that made him happy. His novels have been translated into a wide number of languages, and include Lands of Glass, Silk, Ocean Sea, City, and Without Blood. Novecento, with his inexplicable talent, charmed all the men and all the women with his music. Alessandro Baricco is a popular Italian writer, director, and performer. The ocean was his only home.Īt night the passengers of the ship could hear a piano playing. He lived on it, traveling hundreds of times from Europe to America, and from America to Europe. A sailor found him and named him Novecento in honor of the 20 th century, which had just begun.Īt that time many people were emigrating from Europe in search of a better life, getting on board ships headed to America. ![]() ![]() Novecento (which means “nine hundred” in Italian, and indicates the twentieth century) was abandoned on the transatlantic Virginian soon after his birth. ![]() Lemon Novecento, with the accompaniment of some fine jazz music. Alessandro Baricco’s “Novecento” is a brilliant theatrical monologue which narrates the unique story of Danny Boodman T.D. ![]()
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