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Christ in Concrete MAKE SURE YOU BUY THIS EDITION
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HERE to open a very helpful document with lots of
notes with page number etc. about some of the most important moments in
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For many previous students, it was the MOST DIFFICULT reading they had ever encountered. HOW TO READ CHRIST IN CONCRETE
It is indeed difficult because of the style. However, there are ways to approach it that will make it easier and, finally, even pleasurable. Many students have expresses a deep sense of satisfaction for having confronted this challenge and "won." Maybe Pascal d'Angelo's life story still resonates a bit in you: don't give up and you will reap the fuit of your determination. Here is a video that explains HOW to read this book. I haven't updated in years because the feedback has always been positive, meaning, my students said and wrote that it was really helpful and effective in giving the guidance they needed, particularly at the beginning. I will post the same video on the blog.
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THE LANGUAGE OF ITALIAN AMERICANS. These are two brief chapters from a book I am translating from Italian into English: THE TRANSPLANTED, by Giuseppe Prezzolini. Prezzolini was
the first director of Columbia University's CASA ITALIANA, a research
institute with the mission of promoting Italian culture in America.
Prezzolini took great interest in the history and the many aspects also
of ITALIAN AMERICAN culture and collected his essays on these topics in
a single volume. The issue of the language of IT AM has always been a
point of great contention among scholars. Prezzolini had a vivid and
anti-rhetorical style that captured the attention of readers at the same
time as he alienated a lot of academics.
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