Halfway between a sweet classic tale of The Little Match Girl and a heartbreaking glimpse into contemporary life, Stargate is a book capable of striking all the right chords. How to describe it? How to talk about the power of Christmas magic? How to recount the delicate relationship between sisters? How to explain what it means to be forced to care for someone? How to talk about a burden so heavy that it weighs down...
“FRIDAY RE-VERSO” “Now everything was different. Nothing was pre-established anymore, everything had to be redone.” Many people these days may have read “Confini di classe” (Feltrinelli, 2025), the small collection of essays by Lea Ypi, in which the author technically but passionately addresses the double knot that links the class question to that of citizenship. Reading “Libera”, her autobiographical novel published a few years ago, perhaps helps to understand how one can arrive at...
“It is not clear why, but as soon as the word “moral” comes into play, the clarity of thought becomes cloudy.” A book that could be deceiving in size (if someone were to think of being able to read it in a couple of hours) and title (American hallucinations have such a broad meaning!), but not in quality, which is high with peaks that are not very easy to scale; but after all, how could...
“I was a fagot that my mother had left him as punishment, he said. That’s why he hit me hard.” Chile, September 1986. A country in fibrillation for the anniversary of General Pinochet’s coup d’état. On the one hand we have dissidents who, with demonstrations and attacks, try not to bow their heads to one of the harshest Latin American dictatorships; on the other, the military who bloodily represses any expression of dissent, without making...
“What if life was a lot simpler than it is?” The quote we chose from the book contains its ultimate meaning. The value of life. Knowing how to appreciate the small daily annoyances as a blessing, and not take anything for granted. Be aware, at any age, of the riches you possess; and this can be expressed in the areas of health, family affection, a warm bed. The author tells his personal story, with the...
The books chosen by Andrea Salonia This review is available only in the original language _________________________________________________________________________ Difficilmente si potrà leggere un romanzo tanto cupo, tanto gotico, ricco di tale cattiveria e tanto buonismo insieme, di illusione e disincanto, come Observatory Mansions. Difficilmente si potrà trovare tanta fantasia perversa, difficilmente ci si troverà magati da una stranezza così normale, una mordace e impietosa descrizione dell’essere umano, pregna di dolore struggente, annegata nell’ironia e condita da uno...
Written by Alessia Colombo This review is available only in the original language. Tipologia: albo illustrato Tematiche principali: emozioni, timidezza, essere sé stessi, amici Tecnica delle illustrazioni: tecnica mista tradizionale Età consigliata: 4-8 anni C’è un nuovo arrivato sulla barriera corallina, è un polpo dumbo, ma non è facile vederlo perché non ama farsi notare. Nemmeno a scuola o in cortile. Ma quando nessuno lo vede, è un ballerino provetto. Il suo nome è Maurice e...
“She tried not to live in the world, but she was in the world.” Let’s go back in time, in Naples two centuries ago, and we find ourselves living the story of Sister Giovanna della Croce, in one of the most inauspicious periods of her life. Cloistered nun of the order of the thirty-three (or with the equally explanatory name of the “buried alive”), together with her sisters she is forced to leave the monastery...
Written by Alessia Colombo This review is available only in the original language. Tipologia: albo illustrato Tematiche principali: quotidianità, tempo Tecnica delle illustrazioni: tecnica mista tradizionale e digitale Età consigliata: 3-6 anni La sveglia suona e pronti via! Balzo dal letto, mi vesto ed esco di casa, raggiungo i miei compagni e con uno sprint siamo sull’autobus, superiamo tutti e in un lampo siamo fuori città, eccoci alla spiaggia, non c’è tempo per il bagno, saliamo...
The books chosen by Andrea Salonia This review is available only in the original language _________________________________________________________________________ Ho letto Adattarsi, romanzo di Clara Dupont-Monod, pubblicato da Edizioni Clichy nella traduzione di Tommaso Gurrieri. Come lo abbia incrociato? Forse per quello strano fiore rosso in copertina? In realtà non lo so proprio, a testimonianza di come spesse volte le cose del vivere accadano in quell’esatto mentre in cui siamo intensamente indaffarati a far altro e un’immagine un...
