“He paused and smiled with a kind of velvety sweetness, more effective than any threatening aggression.” S.S. Van Dine is one of the founding fathers of the modern detective story genre. A pillar that represents a mandatory reading for those who want to approach the world of yellow. The main protagonist of his novels is Philo Vance, a character from New York high society, without a clear job but with an important financial availability, who...
Written by Giada Marino This review is available only in the original language. __________________________________________________________ Il libro che ho intenzione di presentarvi oggi si intitola Cacciatrici ─ Chi ha paura del lupo cattivo? dell’autrice Jackson Pearce. Il progetto di quest’autrice è molto interessante: scegliere delle fiabe che ognibambino ha sentito almeno una volta nell’infanzia e trasformarle in un libro dalle tonalità dark, in cui però alcuni degli elementi caratteristici rimangono a simboleggiare il collegamento con...
“When a deep desire has been fulfilled, the woman is willing to forgive. If not, she will never forgive.” An intense novel, dedicated to the exploration of the female soul, without any kind of cliché or, even worse, a search for easy consensus. Delicate but hard at the same time, difficult to digest in some passages and yet equally light. The book represents a milestone in the path of self-awareness and acceptance, especially in those...
“When relationships are based on love, in a short time many things can be forgiven.” Kimiko is a young Japanese writer. Completely at ease in the daily life inTokyo, oozing strength and self-awareness, ready to conquer the world as it is offered to her. Is this all true? Not really, this is the mask that she wear in public, but behind it, there is a microcosm of uncertainties, frayed family relationships and a lover (it...
