“People are full of surprises, even for themselves, if they are provoked enough.” We thank one of our reading groups who first introduced us to the author and then to the book. The beauty of reading is right here, in the sharing of interests and continuous discovery. Our great miss having never read anything by James Baldwin before. Intense and delicate like few other authors, with a writing born to remain over time and inside...
“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...
“That old priest, not only preaches the faith of God to women and children, as his profession requires, but he himself believes in it.” Warning for the reader: this review is written by an entire editorial staff totally enchanted by Ignazio Silone’s prose. Underrated, forgotten, left to tan on second-hand stalls, for us Silone’s books are works of art to have at home without arguing. The protagonist of the story, Luca Sabatini, returns to his...
The books chosen by Andrea Salonia This review is available only in the original language _________________________________________________________________________ Un giorno un amico matto come me di parole ed emozioni mi regala questo libro, giallo, un Adelphi elegante, con una fotografia in bianco e nero: due giovani uomini seduti che guardano qualcuno attraverso la copertina. E poi questa parola: Compulsion, in rosso amaranto, pure quello un poco antico, come i due, cravatta e farfallino. Boom, un colpo di...
