Post by account_disabled on Jan 6, 2024 9:12:13 GMT 5.5
Today I'm talking about books. Of those that are not forgotten, that cannot be forgotten, because they are now part of the person's memory, of their past, but in a certain sense also of their present, because I am who I am also thanks to those books. Today I'm talking about fifteen books , an encyclopedia designed for children of a bygone era, the 60s and 70s, books that in those days were so modern and sometimes even avant-garde and that today, when you leaf through them again, you have the impression of going back in time. Ivano Landi recently talked about it in his blog , another of the generation close to mine, making me feel nostalgic for old readings. Nostalgia so to speak, because I still have those books, all 15 and also in duplicate, both in the 1974 edition.
Whenever I want, I just need to open one to smell the smell of those times, to relive the images of when I was a child and I didn't have other than those 15 books to fantasize and learn. I also remember that my father became its representative - as well as the UTET Encyclopedia, which perhaps I will write about one day - and in fact one of the two copies we have bears the stamp ""Free copy". When The Fifteen entered our house, it was a celebration for my sisters and me. A new world opened up. The Fifteen were the web of the Special Data seventies, without sharing, without interactions, of course, but they were the information of that time, perhaps the only way to know what was in the rest of the world, how certain things worked, how they were built, what mysteries the planet hid . Fifteen, but not quite fifteen To tell the truth, there is a book that I think he has only leafed through once: the last, the fifteenth of the series. But that book wasn't for me, it was written for parents. It does not have an index and the topics are all in alphabetical order.
A sort of dictionary for mothers and fathers. I – all the children, for that matter – were interested in all the other 14 books. Maybe it's not true that I didn't read as a child, because I read all the stories in the first two books, knowing them for the first time when my mother read them to us. Communication designed for children At the time I didn't notice, I couldn't. At that time blogs didn't exist, I knew nothing about copywriting, about writing. Rereading the titles of the books and the titles of the various chapters today I was able to realize the good writing work that went into it. They were children's books and everything was written to make them accessible to children. A clear, direct language, understandable to young readers. A limited vocabulary, but immediate, just as it should be. For children, reality is made up of things. The title “How things are done” is as simple as it is ingenious, because it answers children's potential question: “Dad, how are things done?”. And again: “Mom, how do things work?”.
Whenever I want, I just need to open one to smell the smell of those times, to relive the images of when I was a child and I didn't have other than those 15 books to fantasize and learn. I also remember that my father became its representative - as well as the UTET Encyclopedia, which perhaps I will write about one day - and in fact one of the two copies we have bears the stamp ""Free copy". When The Fifteen entered our house, it was a celebration for my sisters and me. A new world opened up. The Fifteen were the web of the Special Data seventies, without sharing, without interactions, of course, but they were the information of that time, perhaps the only way to know what was in the rest of the world, how certain things worked, how they were built, what mysteries the planet hid . Fifteen, but not quite fifteen To tell the truth, there is a book that I think he has only leafed through once: the last, the fifteenth of the series. But that book wasn't for me, it was written for parents. It does not have an index and the topics are all in alphabetical order.
A sort of dictionary for mothers and fathers. I – all the children, for that matter – were interested in all the other 14 books. Maybe it's not true that I didn't read as a child, because I read all the stories in the first two books, knowing them for the first time when my mother read them to us. Communication designed for children At the time I didn't notice, I couldn't. At that time blogs didn't exist, I knew nothing about copywriting, about writing. Rereading the titles of the books and the titles of the various chapters today I was able to realize the good writing work that went into it. They were children's books and everything was written to make them accessible to children. A clear, direct language, understandable to young readers. A limited vocabulary, but immediate, just as it should be. For children, reality is made up of things. The title “How things are done” is as simple as it is ingenious, because it answers children's potential question: “Dad, how are things done?”. And again: “Mom, how do things work?”.