“Maybe the most interesting tips are those that cannot be given in words.” “What do you mean?” “In the sense that they are like ascertainment germs of a delayed effect.” Relations between parents and children are the most difficult to build. Misunderstandings, weaknesses, communicative gaps and recriminations undermine stability over the years. Giovanni, the main character of the book, is not an exception to this natural law of the world. The long journey by car...
“It’s that there are seven billion people in the world. But basically they are divided into two categories. There are those we love. And then there are all the others.” Live the moment. Be aware of that single moment in life, when everything is going to change in a way that we dare not imagine. It doesn’t matter if it happens against our will or caused by us. That moment is Now. The two main...
“What makes a man a man? If not dreams, manual labour, the right sweat of the forehead, the desperation of life, then what?” What was to be a novel with a captivating title, has proved to be a travel diary with a precise old-style banner. The book tells a faithful story about the three weeks of travel spent by the writer in Laos. We immediately understand how the author is accustomed to taking trips...
“At the head of all is God, the master of heaven. This everyone knows. Then comes the prince of Torlonia, owner of the land. Then the prince’s guards come. Then come the prince’s guard dogs. Then nothing. Then, still nothing. Then, still nothing. Then come the peasants. And we can say that it is finished.” If we were forced to describe the book with a single adjective, there is only one: evergreen. We read Fontamara...
“So early in my life, I had learned that if you want something, you had better make some noise.” To define this book as a simple autobiography would be an understatement. In fact, it represents a political, social, economic, religious and historical treaty that is essential for those who want to understand the United States’ yesterday and today. Through the story of the life of a single man we understand what it meant to be...
“A stranger is recognized at a glance, anyone can see him and memorize his appearance. There is no need to read books, reflect, discuss: is enough to look.” To start talking about “The Shadow of the Sun”, in an accurate and comprehensive way, we must refer to what is contained in the premise written by the author. This is not a book about Africa, but on the people who live there. Never has a recommendation...
“The nostalgia of servitude is so rooted in humanity that it makes him regret his condition despite himself.” A book of other times in substance and narrative form. Consider a wounded and divided Milan during the last winter of World War II. On one hand those who fight for freedom, on the other those who try to postpone an announced defeat, in the middle the common people committed to earn an additional day of life...
“The fact of having to give explanations to people wears you out. Also because you have to invent them because you don’t even have them.” We have to be honest, we started reading this book by accident. Zero expectation, with the prejudice of being faced with the umpteenth posthumous biography of John Lennon, seasoned perhaps with second-hand gossip about the most popular musical band in the world. We were happy to think again. Julia Baird,...
