“Life is full of consolation prizes.” Brilliant, fast, full of ideas and reflections. Dr. Galvan’s long night is by extension the life of each of us, but not exactly at night, but during the day. Forced into a well-defined role and ready to wear expressionless masks to create something that then turns out to be empty, we lose sight of the most important things. The nothing created in the book is contained in the superfluous...
Written by Giada Marino This review is available only in the original language. _________________________________________________________ Amori infernali è una raccolta di cinque storie, che non potrebbero essere una più diversa dall’altra, ma che sono unite da un filo conduttore comune: l’amore e il soprannaturale. Già leggendo i titoli ─ per esempio: A letto con il fantasma o Stupido mondo perfetto ─ la speranza di avere tra le mani un buon lavoro aumenta notevolmente e devo dire che l’aspettativa non...
“Sad houses, even without a particular reason, end up making those who live there sad.” An intense book with good feelings. An invitation to behave well and do good in order to live a life to the best of one’s ability, because even when we have winter inside us, a rainbow is always ready to reveal itself on the horizon. The protagonist, Eiko, is a hypersensitive girl, who grew up in a Japanese seaside, where...
Written by Marianna D’amico This review is available only in the original language. _________________________________________________________ Suzanne Collins è stata molto abile nel creare e introdurci un mondo distopico , cioè diverso dal mondo che conosciamo noi . È stato molto interessante e sorprendente scoprire come funzionasse, come i distretti e Capitol City siano importanti l’uno l’altro e come tutto sia collegato a formare un enorme meccanismo, in cui tutto deve essere sistematicamente corretto e preciso. Per far...
“Men look at the sky and are surprised, they look at the earth and move in mercy, but, strangely, they do not notice themselves.” This book came in our hands by accident. A pleasant gift arrived from someone close to us, that had gone to visit the Casa Memoria Felicia and Peppino Impastato, on the anniversary of May 9. And we’re happy about it. The birth of the book is also related to the case, taken...
“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,...
