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Welcome to Archi_BookClub_MN (Mantova). This blog showcases the work done by my Master Class in Architectural Design and History at Politecnico di Milano, UNESCO Chair in Mantua and blogposting since 2019. Images are original representations of meaningful passages readers selected from a book title. They can be evocative, provocative, lyrical, allegorical or simply, poetic! Enjoy your visit, Prof. Guillermo Aranda-Mena

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Buying a Fishing Rod for my Grandfather
Gao Xingjian

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Guillermo Aranda-Mena: I am an academic, an artist and a traveller. I have lived in many cities and countries around the world and call Australia home. I studied architecture in Mexico and Spain and split my year living in Oceania, Europe, Asia and the Americas.