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“La Grande Guerra a piedi, Da Londra a Trieste, sui luoghi del primo conflitto mondiale” by Nicolò Girardi
The reasons of Nicolò’s journey:
- A book telling the story of Patrick Leigh Fermor, who travelled on foot from London to Istanbul in 1933;
2. The desire to fight my way into the world of journalism with a "different" story;
3. Pay a tribute to his great-grandfather Nicholas Girardi.
What is the perception of the war which come to the surface from the diary?
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Historical records |
People’s tales |
The effect of traces and tales |
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1. Small crosses scattered in Kent as tiny memorials with the names of fallen soldiers.
2. On the wall of the saint Mary church there is an inscription dedicated to lieutenant Kemball and a great number of plaques with the names of soldiers from Stansted and Sevenoaks.
3. Canterbury Cathedral
4. Visit the Hermitage Museum to see the exhibition of the 1st World War edited by Craig Bower.
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1. The English couple who hosts the protagonist shows a book that recalls the story of the soldiers buried in Kent. In particular
2. Story of Ernie Brennan, director of the National Children's Football Alliance: in Belgium on Christmas Eve 1914, British and Germans stopped fighting to play football together.
3. Angie Hughes, the lady who host Nicolò at Dover, narrates the fall of the first German bomb on British soil.
4. Date with Lynda Pearce, the Dover Museum’s curator. |
1. The protagonist always imagine to be his grandfather.
2. Reflection on how to escape from the atrocities of war: think of something beautiful
3. Disgust at the thought of war as a "hygiene of the world"
4. Reflection on the consequences of the use of gas. World War has continued to kill even after its end. |