Quote of the day
One of the first signs of the beginnings of understanding is the wish to die. This life appears unbearable, another unattainable. One is no longer ashamed of wanting to die; one asks to be moved from the old cell, which one hates, to a new one, which one will only in time come to hate.
Antonio Tabucchi
Born: September 24, 1943
Died: March 25, 2012 (aged 68)
Bio: Antonio Tabucchi was an Italian writer and academic who taught Portuguese language and literature at the University of Siena, Italy.
Known for:
- Pereira Maintains (1994)
- Indian Nocturne (1984)
- Requiem: A Hallucination (1991)
- The Missing Head of Damasceno Monteiro (1997)
- Tristano Dies: A Life (2004)