A Ticket to Read
Stefano Tatai, October 19, 2015
When in 1966 Mario Pannunzio, founder and director of Il Mondo (The World) returned from a visit to Hungary, where he had been travelling also because his wife was a Magyar, I asked him what had impressed him most of all. I expected him to respond by commenting on the beauties of Budapest, but to my great surprise he answered me: “All those young people who always have a book in their hands and continue to read even when they travel in the trams”.
The worst things can be said about the countries of real socialism, but surely one cannot say that they did not provide the means for young people to pursue their study desires. The price of books was negligible compared to its cost in Western countries.
Stefano Tatai, October 19, 2015
When in 1966 Mario Pannunzio, founder and director of Il Mondo (The World) returned from a visit to Hungary, where he had been travelling also because his wife was a Magyar, I asked him what had impressed him most of all. I expected him to respond by commenting on the beauties of Budapest, but to my great surprise he answered me: “All those young people who always have a book in their hands and continue to read even when they travel in the trams”.
The worst things can be said about the countries of real socialism, but surely one cannot say that they did not provide the means for young people to pursue their study desires. The price of books was negligible compared to its cost in Western countries.
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