“FRIDAY RE-VERSO” “The gods grant a few people the privilege of covering the space between one day and another with hope.” Esiste, tra le pagine di quell’opera immortale che è l’Odissea, la descrizione di un istante perfetto: è il momento in cui Ulisse e Penelope si ritrovano nel loro tempo di amanti, si riconoscono in una domanda e in una risposta, le loro storie parallele riunite in un quell’incastro di attimi. È il momento di...
“I will always remember the admiration in his eyes, the thought of having grown something better than an ornament.” Beautiful book, which remains within the many good and bad intentions, in a non-linear story, and in the impossibility (at least for us) whether to define it as a novel or a set of short stories. A pleasant reading that we did not expect and that made us reach the final point of the text with...
The books chosen by Andrea Salonia This review is available only in the original language _________________________________________________________________________ Camminare è perdersi e ritrovarsi, e tutte cose insieme. Farlo con lentezza, un passo e poi un altro, chilometri dopo chilometri, un giorno e poi quello dopo, lasciando che gli occhi vaghino attorno, e con loro i pensieri. Lo sapevo da sempre, ma è la maturità degli anni che si son accumulati sugli anni che me ne han dato piena coscienza....
“A fence can break down in a moment.” First book published by Ishiguro, after the victory of the nobel in 2017, and in a certain sense it is noticeable because it is outside its usual narrative bed. In this regard, we think it is a gift that the writer wanted to give to himself and to those who love his pen, whatever path he wanted to take. Klara is an android (or Artificial Friend), which...
“Capable people, honest people can only end up like this. Either in jail, or abroad, or forced to retire to private life.” A little gem to keep among the dear objects of the Italian language. A novel without too many pretensions, if not to tell a simple story, with characters built on the quicksand of human meanness, a sincere mirror of society. Two stories written in different periods that offer a clear point of view...
The books chosen by Andrea Salonia This review is available only in the original language _________________________________________________________________________ È spietato. È feroce. È di una disarmante tenerezza, senza essere favola, senza essere fiaba. È tanto originale. Soprattutto è di una modernità che pare fantascienza. Perché GIOCHI PROIBITI venne scritto nel 1947, la seconda grande guerra era terminata da poco, la gente si leccava ancora le ferite, aveva gran voglia di vivere, e prendeva coscienza piena dell’orrore. Oggi siamo ancora...
“FRIDAY RE-VERSO” “August Zollinger understood that another stage in his life was over.” According to Vogler, author of “The Hero’s Journey”, in practice there is only one story, declined to infinity. And you, in fact, could take the stages of this archetypal story and superimpose them quite accurately on the pages of Pablo d’Ors, gaining some satisfaction. Or disappointment. You see. In short, what you would get from it would be a confirmation rather than...
“Everyone lives and loves where he is, how he can and when it happens to him.” A little gem to keep among the precious objects of the Italian language. A novel without too many pretensions, if not to tell a simple story, with characters built on the quicksand of human meanness, a sincere mirror of society. Elegant in its pen and tones, even when it tells ugly stories, the book is a manifesto of the...
“In rock history, Woodstock was the Big Bang.” Second edition, revised and updated of an already iconic work, in which the history of rock music is celebrated. It is not important to be passionate about this genre or not to read the book, on the contrary, it could be the key to falling in love with it and opening one’s own musical / cultural horizons. It is enough to have a keen curiosity for the...
The books chosen by Andrea Salonia This review is available only in the original language _________________________________________________________________________ Di questo Storia del figlio in un’estate tanto afosa quanto insopportabile ricorderò soprattutto la freschezza delle parole. I giochi di sostantivi, verbi, aggettivi, articoli, pronomi, e tutte armoniosamente insieme, capaci di rappresentare sensazioni plastiche e vive, che si fan poi emozioni. Disegni acquarellati, oppure geometrici, come nel miglior Broadway Boogie Woogie di quel Piet Mondrian che disponeva solamente i...
