confessions, a photo from Trieste, Friuli-Venezia Giulia

Photographer's Note

One of the reasons why I wanted to visit Trieste is that the city is home to some of my literary heroes.

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Aron Ettore Schmitz (19 December 1861 – 13 September 1928), better known by the pseudonym Italo Svevo, was an Italian writer, businessman, novelist, playwright, and short story writer.

Svevo is considered to be a pioneer of the psychological novel and is best known for La Coscienza di Zeno (1923), which is often translated as Confessions of Zeno.

When Italo Svevo was born in Trieste, it was still in Austrian Empire. His father was a Jewish German, his mother Italian. He himself spoke Italian as a second language, the Triestine dialect being his native language.

Svevo was a close friend of James Joyce, who used him as a template for Leopold Bloom in Ulysses.

These days people use their mobile phones for confessions.

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song title reference: Violent Femmes

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jimmj63 (0) 2017-12-18 10:30

ciao Benny
very good capture whit the statue of Italo Svevo, good idea
ciao, Giacomo

GyurMaster (24668) 2017-12-18 11:22

Hello Benny,

Excellent, witty composition. The couple and the statue creates a really good counter-point to each other.

Best Wishes,
Gy.

Nicou (193806) 2017-12-19 2:23

Hello

quelle statue et homme au chapeau et vue et son livre dans les bras sueprbe et ces deux jeunes en fond assis sur le banc avec le phone sueprbe compo et image.
Bravo et amitié
nciou

alvaraalto (42804) 2017-12-19 2:51

Dag Benny
Een heerlijke foto vol met kunst en cultuur. Het meisje kijkt toch wel erg serieus naar haar smartphone. Je kan niet uitsluiten dat ze net heeft opgezocht wie die “Italo Svevo” nou eigenlijk was en misschien besluit ze wel toch eens wat van hem te lezen. Het voordeel van onze digitale wereld is dat je meteen alles kan opzoeken wat je wil weten.
Groet Rob

CLODO (45116) 2017-12-19 4:32

Hello Benny

Contrast between the old times with the statue having a book in his hands and the new life with mobile phones, emails, ....
Best regards
CLODO

jhm (211734) 2017-12-19 6:42

Dag Benny,

U nam de foto mooi met het bronzen standbeeld, maar ook het koppeltje sittend op de muur.
Dit alles mooi verpakt in een unieke verpakking.
Heel mooi foto werk, bedankt.

Groeten uit Oost-Vlaanderen,
John

Juzo (2151) 2017-12-19 22:48

Hi Benny,

I hope all is well :) Long time since I have been here, I recently visited Tokyo and the legendary Francis Harrison (furachan) and it got me thinking to visit TE.
I like the contrast here of old and new means of literature, I know the latter method is convenient but the old way is more rewarding :)
Cheers,
Justin

mkamionka (73198) 2017-12-21 14:23

Hi Benny,
I wanted to copy your comment to my photo and say something similar for example that the fact that this guy is your literary hero will clearly make him very interesting to me as well, but this doesn't sound very convincing...
Very well captured contrast of the old generation and young one. Old with the book, while new with the phone. Sadly I have no time to read at all and I don't own a smartphone. I wonder where does it place me...
Great street scene,
M