Three friends on a boat, a trip on the Tiber, trying not to repeat the misadventures and blunders described in the book "Three Men in a Boat" by Jerome K. Jerome.
“Gita sul Tevere – Tre uomini su un barcone in compagnia di un cane non proprio di razza di Carmelo Coco (Trip on the Tiber - Three men on a boat and a dog without a pedigree by Carmelo Coco) is the title of the Italian book, 150 pages of fine humor, that can be appreciated by non-Italian speaking readers (such as non-English speaking readers have appreciated the humor of Jerome).
The author wonders and asks the reader: Can you fight the sad heaviness of being with the irresistible lightness of laughter?
Many humorous situations and funny stories:
- The equinoctial arrangement of the Roman imperial tombs.
- We must restore the layout of the ancient pomerium of Rome.
- A race in the Coliseum with jeeps instead of chariots.
- Table games and a race around the Colisseum.
- Kids in Rome in the eighteenth century, played "The Countess Luisa Travaglini, going down the ladder of Ripetta, wet her feet in the Tiber!".
- Hunting for hidden treasures of Rome: the treasure of the elephant and the treasure of the cat.
- An ingenious plan to steal a painting by Toulouse-Lautrec.
- The dancer Valentin-le-désossé of the Moulin Rouge in an unbridled can-can avec le parapluie (with umbrella).
- Aassinations in Literature: poor Lafcadio Wluiki, how many times can he be killed?
- The work of photographer H. G. Wells. - Polimin-letters, the new game of skill and intelligence with a modified version of a Dante’s sonnet by on friendship.
- The short-movie “Old age is rotten, my dear Watson." (with an octogenarian Sherlock Holmes).
- What is the Da Vinci Express Delivery?
- The hilarious conference of the Chinese sage Li-Li.
- Friday’s postscript to Robinson Crusoe’s message in the bottle.
- A humorous game of chess.
- Why are we not able to sleep in Beijing? (Calaf and Turandot).
- Polimin-letters, the new game of skill and intelligence with a modified version of a Dante’s sonnet by on friendship.
- How to fight pirates?
- The apple of Eve and that of Newton: the final idea: fruit has always had tremendous significance in human history.
One page: Introduction
Some books should contain a disclaimer to warn the reader of their danger. It is, in fact, very dangerous to identify oneself with the characters in some books. One of these books, in the preface of which I find no such warning, is certainly “Three Men in a Boat” by Jerome K. Jerome.
For some time, I (Gerolamo) (1) and two of my friends, Giorgio (2) and Enrico (3), have recognized and identified ourselves with the characters of this book.
As a matter of fact, I'm the one who is the most affected by this disorder. I believe I suffer from all diseases in the world. From A to Z, far exceeding those who ailed Jerome .
Thanks to the discovery of modern diseases, in my personal list of ailments I can also boast of Zygodactyly type 4.
What luck! My thanks to medical progress.
To escape the curse of the book, my friends and I decided to attempt an original and dangerous experiment: take a boat trip on the river Tiber emulating the dangerous trips on the Thames of Jerome, George, Harris and their dog Montmorency.
Here is the chronicle of our adventures and our mishaps.
Our goal is to make it without repeating their mistakes. This is our challenge.
Only this way we will be able to free ourselves from this cursed resemblance.
Perhaps some worthy physician will read our report and will deliver its scientific opinion.
I will be very grateful to him.
I truly believe that our experience will be useful for science.
Notes:
1) Gerolamo (called Gero, unmarried, 45 years old, shopkeeper);
2) Giorgio (unmarried, 52 years old, bankteller );
3) Enrico (called Rico, unmarried, 49 years old, journalist).
Copyright 2011-2012-2013-2014 Carmelo Coco.
[Ogni tipo di riproduzione, sia del testo che delle foto e dei disegni, è rigorosamente vietata].
