I pondered for a long time what sense there would be in writing about this novel, because so much has been written, commented on, and discussed. Then I recognized the importance this author has had for me over time, and how much I’ve fallen back in love with his writing, with his magnificent ability to address all aspects of humanity, and then I decided that, at least for me, it will always make sense to...
“If he knew how much I love him, he would be scared.” Take an afternoon and immerse yourself in this story. A gift to yourself, like a long-deserved treat, but never received. The book begins with the same flavor as Donna Tarrt’s “God of Illusions”: university life, young students passionate about literature, a special gathering where they can live out their passion. Young students with a whole life to invent, who mean business. A hint...
“My side of the story? The only one that matters.” There are books that make you fall in love at first reading, others where love blossoms over time, and finally those where the spark never ignites, without any precise rules. This book falls into the latter category, but it could be a matter of taste, or of the right chemistry, which perhaps another reader might find. We don’t know how much of this was the...
“FRIDAY RE-VERSO” “They had expectations towards the other person, I only had expectations towards myself.” This book cannot be left unmentioned. To readers, non-readers, people who happen to pass by. In the Italian literary scene, it’s a mine that explodes, sparing no one. Without anything that could even remotely be mistaken for hypocrisy, without discounts, without winks. To discuss it, we must begin with the style: as another author—who is, first and foremost, a careful...
“Some people think about it, some don’t. I’ve been thinking about it for thirty years. I try to prepare myself.” After reading, we found ourselves emotionally exhausted, perhaps still partly so. A book that sooner or later, in a form we cannot imagine, we will find ourselves writing. Each in their own way, each with the right amount of blank pages and unfinished sentences. How much do we really know our mother? Beyond her social...
“Rome knew. It didn’t know where, how, or who, but it knew.” We heed the author’s warning at the beginning of the text: this is a book that, while drawing inspiration from true events, tells a fictional story. The connection to true history concerns the March 1944 attack on Via Rasella and the subsequent massacre at the Fosse Ardeatine; while the fictional stories are those of the various characters who, following parallel paths, will vicariously...
“Vladimir feels he has an extra card in the deck, that his existence is rigged, that all he has to do to make it worth living is apply his own will.” Who is Vladimir Demikhov? And why dedicate a book to him? Good, excellent questions. But the most appropriate would be: why read it? Well, indeed. “Vladimir Petrovich Demikhov (1916-1998) – Soviet surgeon and researcher: one of the most renowned pioneers of organ transplantation; commonly...
“The fear of abandonment has led to not evolving, to stopping the engine, to not graduating, to not obtaining the best result.” This is a warning: if you have unfinished business with the past, or even a difficulty in relating to family affections, this book is for you. It is perhaps even more so for those who do not deny having them. The text was created in our opinion to make people reflect, to have...
“I dedicate this book to those who think that asking questions is the first step to finding answers, to those who think that the right answers are never easy…” Seven chapters of analysis and vision on seven problems that the human race must face in the medium term, but which at best aim to procrastinate. Global issues, but also more specifically domestic ones, for which everyone is involved. Unlike other essays, here however, solutions are...
Written by Laura Giuffrè This review is available only in the original language. Tipologia: albo illustrato Età consigliata: 3-5 anni Dieci uova colorate nascoste dappertutto. Toccherà a quattro coniglietti cercarle. E’ così che comincia la divertente caccia alle uova di “Sorprese di Primavera”, un simpatico libro per sorprendere i più piccini. *** Quattro coniglietti decidono allegramente di mettersi alla ricerca di uova colorate sfidandosi a chi per primo sarà in grado di trovarle. Dopo...
