Antonio Tabucchi

thumb|History is not the sort of animal you can domesticate. Antonio Tabucchi (24 September 1943 – 25 March 2012) was an Italian writer and academic who taught Portuguese language and literature at the University of Siena, Italy. Quotes Sostiene Pereira (1994) Translated by Patrick Creagh as Pereira Declares (1995) La filosofia sembra che si occupi solo della verità, ma forse dice solo fantasie, e la letteratura sembra che si occupi solo di fantasie, ma forse dice la verità. Philosophy appears to concern itself only with the truth, but perhaps expresses only fantasies, while literature appears to concern itself only with fantasies, but perhaps it expresses the truth. Ch. 4 Storia è una parola grossa...non è una bestia che si può addomesticare. History is a big word...History is not the sort of animal you can domesticate. Ch. 13 La smetta di frequentare il passato, cerchi di frequentare il futuro.'' Stop haunting your past and try to drop in on the future. Ch. 20 External links Category:1943 births Category:2012 deaths Category:Historians from Italy Category:Journalists from Italy Category:Translators from Italy Category:People from Pisa Category:University of Siena faculty Category:University of Paris alumni