Conoscete la saga ispirata al faraone Ramsete II del francese Christian Jacq?L' opera si compone di 5 libri: 1.Il figlio della luce 2.La dimora millenaria 3.La battaglia di Quadesh 4.La regina di Abu Simbel 5.L'ultimo nemico Io l'ho letta ormai alcuni anni fa ma mi è piaciuta subito e la ritengo una delle migliori fra quelle storiche... Da notare che dopo questi libri l'autore non ha più replicato il successo e la qualità delle sue opere è andata scemando...
« I met a traveller from an antique land
Who said: Two vast and trunkless legs of stone
Stand in the desert. Near them on the sand,
Half sunk, a shatter'd visage lies, whose frown
And wrinkled lip and sneer of cold command
Tell that its sculptor well those passions read
Which yet survive, stamp'd on these lifeless things,
The hand that mock'd them and the heart that fed.
And on the pedestal these words appear:
"My name is Ozymandias, king of kings:
Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!"
Nothing beside remains. Round the decay
Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare,
The lone and level sands stretch far away. »
uhm...... è *molto* vecchia per caso? perche' mi ricordo che tipo 8 anni fa mio fratello stava leggendo un libro su ramses... mi è proprio rimasto impresso nella memoria o_o
All'incirca sette-otto anni fa...
« I met a traveller from an antique land
Who said: Two vast and trunkless legs of stone
Stand in the desert. Near them on the sand,
Half sunk, a shatter'd visage lies, whose frown
And wrinkled lip and sneer of cold command
Tell that its sculptor well those passions read
Which yet survive, stamp'd on these lifeless things,
The hand that mock'd them and the heart that fed.
And on the pedestal these words appear:
"My name is Ozymandias, king of kings:
Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!"
Nothing beside remains. Round the decay
Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare,
The lone and level sands stretch far away. »
Io l'ho letta. Veramente bella!!!! Mi ero innamorata follemente di Asha (che è un uomo, per chi non lo sapesse). Il tuo personaggio preferito?
Anche il mio è Asha soprattutto quando si scopre chi è veramente...
« I met a traveller from an antique land
Who said: Two vast and trunkless legs of stone
Stand in the desert. Near them on the sand,
Half sunk, a shatter'd visage lies, whose frown
And wrinkled lip and sneer of cold command
Tell that its sculptor well those passions read
Which yet survive, stamp'd on these lifeless things,
The hand that mock'd them and the heart that fed.
And on the pedestal these words appear:
"My name is Ozymandias, king of kings:
Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!"
Nothing beside remains. Round the decay
Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare,
The lone and level sands stretch far away. »
