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GDR | 3/15/20

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Background on the Guide to Daily Reading.

Today it’s L’Arrabiata by Johann Ludwig Paul Heyse who was born this day in 1830.

Recall– your daily reading of some crappy old book requires no more than 15-30 minutes. This short tale is about 20-some pages.

Bullet point the 1st: What’s L’arrabbiata mean? From that infallible source–

Arrabbiata sauce, or sugo all’arrabbiata in Italian, is a spicy sauce for pasta made from garlic, tomatoes, and dried red chili peppers cooked in olive oil. The sauce originates from the Lazio region, around Rome.[1] Arrabbiata literally means “angry” in Italian; the name of the sauce refers to the spiciness of the chili peppers.[1]

Arrabbiata sauce is usually served with penne pasta. The dish has been celebrated several times in Italian movies, notably in Marco Ferreri‘s La Grande Bouffe and Federico Fellini‘s Roma.[2]

Bullet point the 2nd: Never heard of him.

Paul Johann Ludwig von Heyse (15 March 1830 – 2 April 1914) was a distinguished German writer and translator. A member of two important literary societies, the Tunnel über der Spree in Berlin and Die Krokodile in Munich, he wrote novels, poetry, 177 short stories, and about sixty dramas. The sum of Heyse’s many and varied productions made him a dominant figure among German men of letters.

Awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1910 “as a tribute to the consummate artistry, permeated with idealism, which he has demonstrated during his long productive career as a lyric poet, dramatist, novelist and writer of world-renowned short stories.” (less)

Bullet point the 3rd: Apparently, literary tastes have changed!

From GoodReads

I must say, “felicity of expression” is quite the combination of words, isn’t it?

Stay well-read!