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11901
At 2005-12-15 08:11:00, in San Gregorio Armeno, Background: I know that even though it's not in our Mergellina, it was our skyscraper, the one we watched rise day by day, but later the building was put on hold. Mind: I thought that when I returned home from Borgo, I felt that the building at the train station was no lo...
11902
At 2005-12-15 08:11:30, in San Gregorio Armeno, Background: None Mind: I thought that during that time, I felt w eMergellina an dSan Gregorio Armeno othe rMergellina were no different from each other, evil spread from ou rMergellina to the entir eSan Gregorio Armeno, and no place was spared. Action: None Dialogue: None...
11903
At 2005-12-15 08:12:00, in San Gregorio Armeno, Background: None Mind: I always think that every time I return to San Gregorio Armeno, this city feels like a pool of mud, unable to withstand the change of seasons. Action: None Dialogue: None Environment: I saw cold and heat, especially the unbearable rain.
11904
At 2005-12-15 08:12:30, in San Gregorio Armeno, Background: None Mind: None Action: None Dialogue: None Environment: I saw either the Garibaldi Square flooded, or the corridor in front of the museum collapsed, or maybe there was a landslide somewhere, and there was a constant power outage.
11905
At 2005-12-15 08:13:00, in San Gregorio Armeno, Background: None Mind: I thought of those dark, dangerous streets, which have always remained in my memory. Action: None Dialogue: None Environment: None
11906
At 2005-12-15 08:13:30, in San Gregorio Armeno, Background: None Mind: None Action: None Dialogue: None Environment: I saw the traffic getting increasingly chaotic, with potholes on the road and large puddles that were hard to cross. Sewage was gushing out of the drains and flowing everywhere.
11907
At 2005-12-15 08:14:00, in San Gregorio Armeno, Background: None Mind: None Action: None Dialogue: None Environment: I saw that the mountain was covered with newly built houses, all very shaky. Dirty water, garbage, and bacteria flowed into the sea, corroding the underground world.
11908
At 2005-12-15 08:14:30, in San Gregorio Armeno, Background: I know that people die because they are not favored, because of corruption and oppression, but every time there is an election, they still enthusiastically support the politicians who make their lives unbearable. Mind: None Action: None Dialogue: None Environm...
11909
At 2005-12-15 08:15:00, in San Gregorio Armeno, Background: None Mind: I thought as if saying: I'm with you, don't hurt me. Action: I saw myself getting off the train and returning to the place where I had once lived, all the while speaking the dialect, being careful and cautious. Dialogue: None Environment: None
11910
At 2005-12-15 08:15:30, in Piazza del Plebiscito, Background: I know that when I graduated from university, I wrote a novel in one go. To my surprise, within just a few months, this novel became a book. Mind: I thought about the world where I was born, and the more I thought about it, the worse it seemed to me. Action:...
11911
At 2005-12-15 08:16:00, in Piazza del Plebiscito, Background: None Mind: I thought that at this point, in Borgo or Porto, I was living well, and sometimes even felt happy; but in my city, every time I went home, I worried something might happen that would prevent me from escaping. I was afraid of losing the things I ha...
11912
At 2005-12-15 08:16:30, in San Gregorio Armeno, Background: None Mind: I thought about how I was afraid I'd never see Pietro again, the man I was about to marry, and terrified of being excluded from the clean, orderly publishing house, of never again coming into contact with the refined Adele Airota—my future mother-in...
11913
At 2005-12-15 08:17:00, in Street of San Gregorio Armeno, Background: I know that in the past, San Gregorio Armeno was already very crowded. Mind: None Action: None Dialogue: None Environment: I saw the Garibaldi Square, Forcella Street, Duke Street, and the Raffaello and Rettifilo districts, all crowded with people.
11914
At 2005-12-15 08:17:30, in Street of San Gregorio Armeno, Background: None Mind: I thought back to the late 1960s, when I felt the crowds growing more and more dense, more brutal and uncontrollable, unbearable. Action: None Dialogue: None Environment: None
11915
At 2005-12-15 08:18:00, in Mai Zuo Kao Nai Street (Memories), Background: I know that a few years ago, I worked as a salesperson in a bookstore on that street. Mind: None Action: I remember one morning I walked all the way along Via Mazzini. Dialogue: None Environment: None
11916
At 2005-12-15 08:18:30, in Mazokannon Street (Memories), Background: None Mind: I thought about going there purely out of curiosity, I wanted to see how the place where I'd suffered was doing now, especially so I could catch a glimpse of the university there—I had never even set foot in that university. Action: None Di...
11917
At 2005-12-15 08:19:00, in Mazokannon Street (Memories), Background: None Mind: I thought about comparing it with the Higher Normal School at Borgo, and I even hoped to meet a few of Galiani's children—Nadia and Nadia—so I could show them off. Action: None Dialogue: None Environment: None
11918
At 2005-12-15 08:19:30, in University Campus (Memories), Background: None Mind: I think of that street and the university campus, and both make me anxious. Action: None Dialogue: None Environment: I saw that there were a lot of San Gregorio Armeno locals and students from all over the south, all dressed well, very conf...
11919
At 2005-12-15 08:20:00, in University Campus (Memories), Background: None Mind: None Action: None Dialogue: None Environment: I saw them all crowded at the classroom door or inside the classroom, and a long line often formed in front of the secretariat; conflicts kept arising between them.
11920
At 2005-12-15 08:20:30, in University Campus (Memories), Background: None Mind: None Action: I saw three or four students fighting just a few steps away from me. They started fighting over nothing, beginning with insults and then moving on to punching and kicking each other. Dialogue: None Environment: I saw all the bo...
11921
At 2005-12-15 08:21:00, in University Campus (Memories), Background: None Mind: I thought earlier that it was a safe, rational place, but now it seems to have become a threatening one. Action: I saw that I was about to leave. Dialogue: None Environment: None
11922
At 2005-12-15 08:21:30, in San Gregorio Armeno, Background: None Mind: I thought, in any case, that San Gregorio Armeno was getting worse and worse. Action: None Dialogue: None Environment: None
11923
At 2005-12-15 08:22:00, in San Gregorio Armeno, Background: None Mind: None Action: None Dialogue: None Environment: I saw that after the rainy season began, the city once again collapsed. A building crumbled in the middle, as if a person had leaned on a sofa arm that had been eaten through by termites; when the arm ga...
11924
At 2005-12-15 08:22:30, in San Gregorio Armeno, Background: None Mind: None Action: None Dialogue: None Environment: I saw the following were cries, fights, and fierce arguments in the newspapers.
11925
At 2005-12-15 08:23:00, in San Gregorio Armeno, Background: None Mind: I thought that the city's inner self was filled with an unrelenting rage, churning and surging within, its surface erupting with pus-filled sores, while inside it was riddled with poison. Action: None Dialogue: None Environment: None
11926
At 2005-12-15 08:23:30, in San Gregorio Armeno, Background: None Mind: I thought about how she hated everyone: children, adults, the elderly, people from other cities, American soldiers from NATO, tourists from any country, and the San Gregorio Armeno people. Action: None Dialogue: None Environment: None
11927
At 2005-12-15 08:24:00, in San Gregorio Armeno, Background: None Mind: I wondered how they could stand this chaos, this dangerous place? Action: None Dialogue: None Environment: I saw that everywhere, in the suburbs, in the city center, on the small hills beneath Mount Vesuvius, it was all the same.
11928
At 2005-12-15 08:24:30, in Stazione Centrale, Background: I know the impression of Stazione Centrale was terrible, as well as the journey there, Lina's factory where she worked, Lina herself—her son and the run-down house they lived in, and how she lived with Enzo but hadn't yet slept with him. Mind: I thought about al...
11929
At 2005-12-15 08:25:00, in Lina's house, Background: None Mind: None Action: I saw her wanting to help him. Dialogue: I heard Lina say that Enzo wants to learn how to operate the electronic IBM System. Environment: None
11930
At 2005-12-15 08:25:30, in Lina's house, Background: None Mind: I thought of her voice, deeply etched into my mind, the way she tried to hide the ugly Stazione Centrale, the smell of sausages, the factory odor, and her situation. Action: I saw her pretending to be knowledgeable, mentioning some institutions and their a...
11931
At 2005-12-15 08:26:00, in Lina's house, Background: None Mind: I thought she wanted me to believe that a research center like this would soon also be established in San Gregorio Armeno. Action: None Dialogue: None Environment: None
11932
At 2005-12-15 08:26:30, in Lina's house, Background: None Mind: I thought to myself at that time: Maybe in Porto there was a chance, perhaps in the Soviet Union there was, but not here! This is just an uncontrollable fantasy in your mind. Now you even want to drag down the poor, loyal Enzo. Action: None Dialogue: None ...
11933
At 2005-12-15 08:27:00, in San Gregorio Armeno, Background: None Mind: I thought of my goal: to leave this place! To get completely away from here! To escape forever the life we've lived since birth, and to take root in a place where everything is possible and orderly. And I believed I had already won. Action: None Dia...
11934
At 2005-12-15 08:27:30, in Unknown Location (Summary of Memories), Background: I know that things in this world are all connected, each part nested within a larger one: from Mergellina to the entire city, from the city to all of Italy, from Italy to all of Europe, and from Europe to the entire planet. Mind: I thought s...
11935
At 2005-12-15 08:28:00, in Unknown Location (Recollection Summary), Background: None Mind: I think now that this is how I see it: it's not that our Mergellina is sick, nor is it only San Gregorio Armeno that's like this. It's the whole earth, the whole universe, or rather, all universes are the same. A person's power l...
11936
At 2005-12-15 08:28:30, in Lina's house, Background: None Mind: I thought of myself speaking with a resolute tone, as if delivering a harsh condemnation. Action: I saw the winter of 2005, that afternoon, when I talked about these things with Lina. Dialogue: None Environment: None
11937
At 2005-12-15 08:29:00, in Lina's house, Background: None Mind: I thought of telling her that she had actually known this all along, but she had never left San Gregorio Armeno. Action: None Dialogue: None Environment: None
11938
At 2005-12-15 08:29:30, in Lina's house, Background: None Mind: I thought about it, but I immediately felt ashamed because from my own tone, I heard the unbearable bitterness of an old woman, and I knew she hated the way I was speaking. Action: None Dialogue: None Environment: None
11939
At 2005-12-15 08:30:00, in Lina's house, Background: None Mind: None Action: I saw later, she really did smile at me, showing her aged, worn teeth, and made a nervous expression. Dialogue: I heard her say, "You're playing the wise one, trying to reveal the truth? What's your intention? Are you going to write about us? ...
11940
At 2005-12-15 08:30:10, in Lina's house, Background: None Mind: None Action: None Dialogue: I heard "No." Environment: None
11941
At 2005-12-15 08:30:15, in Lina's house, Background: None Mind: None Action: None Dialogue: I heard, "Just tell the truth!" Environment: None
11942
At 2005-12-15 08:30:20, in Lina's house, Background: None Mind: None Action: None Dialogue: I heard, "That's too complicated." Environment: None
11943
At 2005-12-15 08:30:25, in Lina's house, Background: None Mind: None Action: None Dialogue: I heard, "You've already thought it over, haven't you? Are you still thinking about it?" Environment: None
11944
At 2005-12-15 08:30:30, in Lina's house, Background: None Mind: None Action: None Dialogue: I heard, "A little." Environment: None
11945
At 2005-12-15 08:30:35, in Lina's house, Background: None Mind: None Action: None Dialogue: "I heard, 'You have to let me go, Elena! You have to let all of us go. We don't matter, we should disappear, Giggia and me, everyone doesn't matter.'" Environment: None
11946
At 2005-12-15 08:30:40, in Lina's house, Background: None Mind: None Action: None Dialogue: I heard, "This isn't real." Environment: None
11947
At 2005-12-15 08:30:45, in Lina's House, Background: None Mind: None Action: I saw her make a discontented face, she squinted her eyes, scrutinizing me with her pupils, her lips half-closed. Dialogue: None Environment: I saw what I thought was a very ugly expression.
11948
At 2005-12-15 08:30:50, in Lina's house, Background: None Mind: None Action: None Dialogue: "I heard her say, 'Okay, if you really want to write, go ahead. Write about Giggia, write about whoever you want, but don't write about me. You have to promise me, if you dare to write about me..." Environment: None
11949
At 2005-12-15 08:30:55, in Lina's house, Background: None Mind: None Action: None Dialogue: I heard, "I don't write about anyone, not even you." Environment: None
11950
At 2005-12-15 08:31:00, in Lina's house, Background: None Mind: None Action: None Dialogue: I heard, "You'd better be careful, I'm watching you." Environment: None
11951
At 2005-12-15 08:31:05, in Lina's house, Background: None Mind: None Action: None Dialogue: I heard, "Is that so?" Environment: None
11952
At 2005-12-15 08:31:10, in Lina's house, Background: None Mind: None Action: None Dialogue: I heard, "I'll get into your computer, look at your files, and delete them." Environment: None
11953
At 2005-12-15 08:31:15, in Lina's house, Background: None Mind: None Action: None Dialogue: I heard "Forget it!" Environment: None
11954
At 2005-12-15 08:31:20, in Lina's house, Background: None Mind: None Action: None Dialogue: I heard, "Do you think I can't do it?" Environment: None
11955
At 2005-12-15 08:31:25, in Lina's house, Background: None Mind: None Action: None Dialogue: I heard, "I know you can do it, but I'll protect myself." Environment: None
11956
At 2005-12-15 08:31:30, in Lina's house, Background: None Mind: None Action: I saw her smile again, still as evil as before. Dialogue: None Environment: None
11957
At 2005-12-15 08:31:35, in Lina's house, Background: None Mind: None Action: None Dialogue: I heard, "But you can't stop me." Environment: None
11958
At 2010-05-20 10:00:00, in In front of the desk, Background: None Mind: I kept thinking about the last thing she said, the final words she spoke to me: "But you can't stop me." I felt great. Action: I had been writing for several weeks, and I hadn't wasted time rereading what I'd written. Dialogue: None Environment: No...
11959
At 2010-05-20 10:00:30, in In front of the desk, Background: None Mind: None Action: I watched as I drank my coffee, observing the Po River's current striking the pillars of the Princess Isabella Bridge. Dialogue: None Environment: None
11960
At 2010-05-20 10:01:00, in In front of the desk, Background: None Mind: I thought, if Lina were still alive—she would certainly have couldn't resist sneaking into my computer, and she would see what I've written. Action: None Dialogue: None Environment: None
11961
At 2010-05-20 10:01:30, in In front of the desk, Background: None Mind: I thought of that crazy old woman, who would surely get angry because I didn't obey her. She would interfere, revise things, add her own elements, and forget her obsession with "vanishing from the face of the earth." Action: None Dialogue: None Env...
11962
At 2010-05-20 10:02:00, in In front of the desk, Background: None Mind: None Action: I finished my coffee, washed the cup, and returned to my desk, resuming my writing. I continued from that cold spring in Porto. Dialogue: None Environment: None
11963
At 2010-11-01 09:00:00, in at home, Background: None Mind: I had thought he was going to ask me for money again and had already prepared to refuse him, but then I realized he was calling for another reason. Action: I saw that I had received a call from Rino. Dialogue: I heard Rino tell me that his mother had gone missi...
11964
At 2010-11-01 09:00:10, in at home, Background: None Mind: None Action: None Dialogue: I heard myself ask, "When did it happen?" Environment: None
11965
At 2010-11-01 09:00:15, in at home 007, Background: None Mind: None Action: None Dialogue: I heard him answer, "Two weeks ago." Environment: None
11966
At 2010-11-01 09:00:20, in at home, Background: None Mind: I thought about how, even though I wasn't angry, the sarcasm in my tone must have made him feel hostile. I found his explanation clumsy and embarrassing. Action: I heard him trying to object, explaining in Italian mixed with the San Gregorio Armeno dialect. Dia...
11967
At 2010-11-01 09:00:30, in at home, Background: None Mind: None Action: None Dialogue: I heard myself ask, "Won't you go back in the evening?" Environment: None
11968
At 2010-11-01 09:00:35, in at home 007, Background: None Mind: None Action: None Dialogue: I heard him say, "You know her." Environment: None
11969
At 2010-11-01 09:00:40, in at home, Background: None Mind: None Action: None Dialogue: I heard myself say, "I know, but not coming home for two weeks, do you think that's normal?" Environment: None
11970
At 2010-11-01 09:00:50, in at home 007, Background: None Mind: I thought to myself that, no matter what, he had started to worry. Action: None Dialogue: I heard him admit, "It's abnormal. Elena, you haven't seen her in a while, her condition is worse: she never sleeps, goes out of the house, does whatever she wants, co...
11971
At 2010-11-01 09:01:00, in at home, Background: I know he asked everyone, went to all the hospitals, even went to Labor Office, but there was still no news. Mind: I thought to myself, sarcastically: What a fine son! A strong man in his forties, who's never had a proper job, spending each day cheating, swindling, and wa...
11972
At 2010-11-01 09:01:10, in at home, Background: I know I remember him coming to my house more than ten times, but I also know his mother never left San Gregorio Armeno her whole life. Mind: I thought to myself: His mother is in Turin? He knows the situation well, he's just talking. I felt he himself likes traveling, I ...
11973
At 2010-11-01 09:01:20, in at home, Background: None Mind: None Action: I saw and replied. Dialogue: I heard myself say, "No, she's not here." Environment: None
11974
At 2010-11-01 09:01:25, in at home, Background: None Mind: None Action: None Dialogue: I heard him ask, "Are you sure?" Environment: None
11975
At 2010-11-01 09:01:30, in at home, Background: None Mind: None Action: None Dialogue: I heard myself say, "Rino, don't do this. I told you, she's not here." Environment: None
11976
At 2010-11-01 09:01:35, in at home, Background: None Mind: None Action: None Dialogue: I heard him ask, "Where did she go?" Environment: None
11977
At 2010-11-01 09:01:40, in at home, Background: None Mind: I thought about how I decided to let him reveal all the despair and pain. Action: I saw myself waiting with patience. Dialogue: None Environment: I heard him crying on the other end of the phone, first pretending to sob, then finally breaking down into real tea...
11978
At 2010-11-01 09:02:10, in at home, Background: None Mind: None Action: I waited until he finished crying, then I spoke to him. Dialogue: I heard myself say, "Please. This time, you have to do it her way: don't look for her anymore." Environment: None
11979
At 2010-11-01 09:02:15, in at home, Background: None Mind: None Action: None Dialogue: I heard him ask, "What do you mean?" Environment: None
11980
At 2010-11-01 09:02:20, in at home, Background: None Mind: None Action: I said that and then hung up. Dialogue: I heard myself say, "That's exactly what I told you just now. It's no use looking for her. You have to learn to live on your own. And don't call me again." Environment: None
11981
At 2010-11-01 09:05:00, in at home, Background: I know Rino's mother's name is Lina Lina, everyone calls her Lina, but I've called her Lina for over sixty years. I still remember, more than thirty years ago, she told me she wanted to disappear without leaving any trace. Mind: I thought to myself: if I suddenly called h...
11982
At 2010-11-15 10:00:00, in at home, Background: I knew this was her habit; she preferred to call or talk all night. Mind: None Action: I watched the days go by, checking my email and the mailbox, and I often wrote her letters. Dialogue: None Environment: I saw that I had received no message, and she almost never replie...
11983
At 2010-11-15 10:15:00, in at home, Background: I know I had thrown away many things before, especially those related to her, and she knows that too. Mind: I was surprised that I hadn't found anything about myself. I was thinking, had she left me nothing at all these years? Or even worse, did I not want to keep anythin...
11984
At 2010-11-15 20:00:00, in at home 007, Background: None Mind: I thought about how I felt his tone of voice had an intention to make me sad. I felt his words were incoherent. Action: I called Rino, whom I really didn't want to talk to. That evening, he called back. Dialogue: I heard him say, "I saw you made a call. Did...
11985
At 2010-11-15 20:02:00, in at home, Background: None Mind: I thought to myself, the most obvious thing, he hadn't even thought of it. Action: I saw I was listening patiently. Dialogue: I heard him say he wanted to appear on a missing persons TV show, to make a statement through the television station to seek his mother...
11986
At 2010-11-15 20:02:10, in at home, Background: None Mind: None Action: None Dialogue: I heard him ask, "What are you looking at the wardrobe for?" I said, "Go check quickly." Environment: None
11987
At 2010-11-15 20:10:00, in at home 007, Background: I knew she was a computer expert, having started using computers in the late 1960s. Mind: None Action: I saw him searching all over the house. Dialogue: I heard from him that there was nothing in the wardrobe, no clothes, just old hangers left. Shoes, books, photos, V...
11988
At 2010-11-15 20:15:00, in at home, Background: None Mind: None Action: None Dialogue: I heard myself say to him, "Take your time looking. When you find it, call me and see if we can find something that belongs to her, even if it's just a hairpin." Environment: None
11989
At 2010-11-16 09:00:00, in at home, Background: None Mind: None Action: I saw that the next day I received his call. Dialogue: I heard him say, excitedly, "I didn't find anything." I asked, "Nothing at all?" He replied, "Nothing. She cut herself out of the group photo, including the one of me with her when I was a chil...
11990
At 2010-11-16 09:00:30, in at home, Background: None Mind: None Action: None Dialogue: I heard myself ask, "Did you look carefully?" He answered, "I searched the whole house." I pressed, "Did you check the basement?" He replied, "I just said, I looked everywhere." Environment: None
11991
At 2010-11-16 09:01:00, in at home, Background: None Mind: None Action: None Dialogue: I heard him say, "The box with the documents is also missing. I know it had the birth certificate, the phone contract, and the utility bills. What's going on? Did someone steal everything? What are they looking for? What do they want...
11992
At 2010-11-16 09:02:00, in at home, Background: None Mind: None Action: I saw myself comforting him, letting him rest easy. Dialogue: I heard myself say that it was completely impossible for anyone to get anything from him. I heard him ask, "Can I stay with you for a while?" I answered, "No." He begged, "Please, I can'...
11993
At 2010-11-16 09:03:00, in at home, Background: None Mind: None Action: I hung up the phone, and later he called again, but I didn't answer. I sat at the table. Dialogue: None Environment: None
11994
At 2010-11-16 09:05:00, in at home, Background: I know she is now sixty-six. Mind: I thought to myself that this time, Lina was once again going too far, just like before. I realized she had exaggerated the significance of the "traces" in the whole picture. She didn't just want to disappear herself, but also wanted to ...
11995
At 2010-11-16 09:10:00, in at home, Background: None Mind: I thought to myself, let's see, who will win this time. I decided to write down every detail, everything I could remember. Action: I saw myself opening the computer and starting to write our story. Dialogue: None Environment: None