Teaching Documents by Franco Maria Boschetto
In Italian, my attempt to transform Alessandro Manzoni's "Promessi Sposi" into a biblical book. T... more In Italian, my attempt to transform Alessandro Manzoni's "Promessi Sposi" into a biblical book. This is the second attempt of this kind after the "Letter of Enoch". The result is an apocrypha of the New Testament! I hope you like it
In Italian, this is the first of my novels entirely set in an alternative universe. In it, Venus ... more In Italian, this is the first of my novels entirely set in an alternative universe. In it, Venus is a habitable planet like Earth: the first automatic probes show a landscape inhabited by dinosaurs, like the Mesozoic era on Earth. And so, after the conquest of the Moon, a new race begins between the USA and the USSR to land there. Both superpowers build opposing bases there, but a love story similar to the one of Romeo and Juliet blossoms between two young astronauts, just as a nuclear war is about to break out on Earth. Suddenly, however, our heroes materialize on Venus, and the two lovebirds will be able to fulfill their dream of love right on the Planet of Love!
In Italian, a novel in the form of a collection of e-mails in which you will discover that someti... more In Italian, a novel in the form of a collection of e-mails in which you will discover that sometimes some hoaxers are able to do anything to support their pseudoscientific hypotheses and gain followers (and money....)
In Italian, a short novel in which we will discover why there is a rare variety of camellia known... more In Italian, a short novel in which we will discover why there is a rare variety of camellia known as "Camellia aegyptiaca", and in which one of my favorite characters will meet Ramses II, Nefertari and the prophet Moses, as well as an unusual royal cook...
In Italian, the third story set in the Ancient Egyptian Kingdom written by me in the Summer of 20... more In Italian, the third story set in the Ancient Egyptian Kingdom written by me in the Summer of 2024, and dedicated to my friend Paolo Maltagliati. This time I will tell you the adventures of Prince Menkara, who leaves forever his now crumbling kingdom, to found a new, splendid civilization in the middle of the seas...
In Italian, a short story that tells the fate of Bilgames (Gilgamesh in Akkadian) after his expul... more In Italian, a short story that tells the fate of Bilgames (Gilgamesh in Akkadian) after his expulsion from Uruk, and how the Kingdom of Egypt was unified!
In Italian, a story in which none other than the first Pyramid of Snefru is identified with the b... more In Italian, a story in which none other than the first Pyramid of Snefru is identified with the biblical Tower of Babel! Enjoy it!
In Italian, a short story talking about two of the greatest authors of European literature: John ... more In Italian, a short story talking about two of the greatest authors of European literature: John Florio convinces Torquato Tasso to move to England, introduces him to Queen Elizabeth I Tudor and... (dedicated to my 18-y-old students Jordi Tagliaferri and Alice Ventura)
In Italian, a short story based on General Relativity by Albert Einstein (who is one of the prota... more In Italian, a short story based on General Relativity by Albert Einstein (who is one of the protagonists), in which the disappearance of the Zanetti train, the Tunguska event, the 1908 Messina earthquake and the sinking of a famous ocean liner have an only explanation...
In Italian, the only steampunk novel I have written, set in a universe in which Italy remained tr... more In Italian, the only steampunk novel I have written, set in a universe in which Italy remained tripartite between the Kingdom of Sardinia, the Papal State and the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies; the Confederate States of America won the Civil War and became a great power; the Ottoman Empire was divided among the colonial powers; and the protagonists (including the secret agent you don't expect) are sent by Pope Leo XIII on the trail of a three-millennia-old secret weapon, which all powers would like to get their hands on...
In Italian, a different version than usual of the story of the universal flood, in which the Gian... more In Italian, a different version than usual of the story of the universal flood, in which the Giants of ancient times are the hominids you don't expect, and Noah's ark was not initially thought for what we all imagine...
In Italian, the letter written by the patriarch Enoch to the ancient hero Prometheus to warn him ... more In Italian, the letter written by the patriarch Enoch to the ancient hero Prometheus to warn him about the future beginning of the universal flood. In this story, at the request of my friend Paolo Maltagliati, I transformed the plot of the Mahābhārata into an apocrypha of the Old Testament! Enjoy it!
A poetic composition in Italian written by me in my youth and based on a fairy tale that my grand... more A poetic composition in Italian written by me in my youth and based on a fairy tale that my grandmother told me when I was a child
In Italian, a short thriller novel set in a parallel universe in which the Roman Empire survived ... more In Italian, a short thriller novel set in a parallel universe in which the Roman Empire survived until 2661 BC (1908 AD): a power struggle at the top of the Empire, with completely unexpected protagonists!
In Italian, with this story I explain the reason for the enigmatic assault of God against Moses n... more In Italian, with this story I explain the reason for the enigmatic assault of God against Moses narrated in Exodus 4,24-26
In Italian, a short story that tries to explain why the Trojan Ripheus was saved, despite being a... more In Italian, a short story that tries to explain why the Trojan Ripheus was saved, despite being a pagan, as Dante recounts in the XX Canto of his "Paradiso"
In Italian, a short story that hypothesizes an unimaginable historical reality for the destructio... more In Italian, a short story that hypothesizes an unimaginable historical reality for the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah
In Italian, a short story illustrating my sci-fi version of the famous myth of the "Angels of Mons"
In Italian, the sequel of "L'uomo della Luna": a spaceship arrives on a dying planet reduced to a... more In Italian, the sequel of "L'uomo della Luna": a spaceship arrives on a dying planet reduced to an immense sunny desert, in which only what appears to be an immense fortress-like temple has survived. What kind of treasure will it hold? Will it really be a treasure?
In Italian language, a short story illustrating my sci-fi version of the well-known story of the ... more In Italian language, a short story illustrating my sci-fi version of the well-known story of the "Iron Mask" made famous by Voltaire and Dumas
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Teaching Documents by Franco Maria Boschetto