Ешь, молись, люби

Chapter 36

           Palermo-acityGoetheonceclaimedwaspossessedofanimpossible-to-describebeauty-maynowbetheonlycityinWesternEuropewhereyoucanstillfindyourselfpickingyourstepsthroughWorldWarIIrubble,justtogiveasenseofdevelopmenthere.ThetownhasbeensystematicallyuglifiedbeyonddescriptionbythehideousandunsafeapartmentblockstheMafiaconstructedinthe1980sasmoney-launderingoperations.IaskedoneSicilianifthosebuildingsweremadefromcheapconcreteandhesaid,"Oh,no-thisisveryexpensiveconcrete.Ineachbatch,thereareafewbodiesofpeoplewhowerekilledbytheMafia,andthatcostsmoney.Butitdoesmaketheconcretestrongertobereinforcedwithallthosebonesandteeth."

           Insuchanenvironment,isitmaybealittleshallowtobethinkingonlyaboutyournextwonderfulmeal?Orisitperhapsthebestyoucando,giventheharderrealities?LuigiBarzini,inhis1964masterworkTheItalians(writtenwhenhe’dfinallygrowntiredofforeignerswritingaboutItalyandeitherlovingitorhatingittoomuch)triedtosettherecordstraightonhisownculture.HetriedtoanswerthequestionofwhytheItalianshaveproducedthegreatestartistic,politicalandscientificmindsoftheages,buthavestillneverbecomeamajorworldpower.

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