“Times have changed and so have men.” Ancient text, first published in France in 1931, of atmospheres and settings now uninhabited for almost a hundred years of dust and cobwebs. The protagonist of the long story is the elderly nurse Tatjana Ivanovna, completely devoted to the Karin family, where she has seen entire generations of boys grow up who quickly became men. Almost as an elderly member of the family, in fact, she will accompany...
“Our ‘doing poorly’ students never come to school alone. An onion enters the classroom.” A lucid and honest analysis of the world of school. A smooth read, which won’t bore anyone: you can bet on it, readers, trust me. The book is divided into small chapters, as the title suggests, like small scenes of various situations, people, emotions encountered at school. An institution as ancient as it has been mistreated in recent years, and this...
“Sometimes just being with someone helps you grow.” Although we really like the author’s style, with its dilated times, inside and outside the thoughts of the protagonist, able to indirectly tell the essence of Japanese culture and lifestyle, this time we have found the initial part of the story too long. A penance not deserved by the reader, like a long airport runway, which the plane is forced to travel to the last centimeter of...
“I think people who only have good experiences are not very interesting.” Chosen as the book for the second appointment of the GLOB reading group (Gruppo di Lettura Occasioni d’incontro – BooktoMi – BooktoMi), we recommend it for the same purpose to other readers, because it is capable of lighting fires of unexpected discussions. But let’s start with the plot. James Sveck is an apparently normal life boy of the American upper middle class. Close...
Written by Giada Marino This review is available only in the original language. _______________________________________________________ Ed eccoci arrivati al terzo volume della saga di Fairy Oak. Per la serie “Serie complete” oggi vi parlerò de Il potere della Luce. Prima di tutto, però, vi do un consiglio: prima di iniziare la lettura tenevi a portata di mano dei fazzolettini, perché succederanno così tante cosestrabuzzoemozionanti che probabilmente qualche lacrima scenderà. Alcune saranno cose belle, altre tristi, altre...
“Ethiopians should not be despised or humiliated, but there had to be a clear distinction between whites and niggers.” Difficult reading, not scheduled in the Booktomi calendar at the beginning of the year. We felt the need to insert and share this book on the wave of street demonstrations that are shaking the world after the violent death of yet another African American by the police. Although at first glance there may seem to be...
“I tried to find out how many layers of skin need to be changed before die. How hard it is to become an adult.” The bond that merges every mother to her children is something inexplicable. An invisible thread, resistant to any kind of misfortune or bad luck. The protagonist of the book will face the toughest test to which a mother is called, the death of her newborn daughter. An event as catastrophic as...
