“FRIDAY RE-VERSO” “No more bones, no more muscles, no more veins: inside himself Octavio had autumn.” There are three pages, almost at the beginning of the book, three pages that introduce us to Octavio: it is practically impossible not to want to reread them at least twice. It is the painting of a destiny, nuanced and prophetic, like those paintings that the more you look at them the more hallucinatory details appear, faces hidden in...
“The lighthouse keepers are tough men, nailed to a rock. Absolute monarchs of their territory, and at the same time, recluse in confinement.” A fascinating book, able to tell the experience of a motionless journey, in which what counts most is not the distance traveled, the monuments visited or the languages listened to, but the possibility of seeing life with other eyes, far from the chaos and from the modernity to which we are accustomed....
“No one – it has been written – is ever all in a gesture he makes, whether good or bad.” The text recounts and reports twenty-six years of letters exchanged between the judge, author of the book, and Salvatore, a man on whose head a heavy sentence is placed: sentence never ends. A concept on which we too have hardly ever dwelt, but which deserves further study. This narration has the quality of making us...
“The only real happiness is the one you realize as you live it.” If your idea is to open a book with a classic plot and a subdivision of longer or shorter chapters, this book is not for you. If, on the other hand, you intend to dive into a new sphere of inner awareness, then take a deep breath of oxygen, and immerse yourself in reading. A gallery of memories and observations on the...
“FRIDAY RE-VERSO” “Time treats us strangely – most often unexpected”. Have you ever read a book that is a blizzard? Let’s try talk about this blizzard done of pages and ink. “Story of a family”, the subtitle. And as the wise man said, every happy family and so on. This family has its roots in the water, if the fish have no legs it is because the immensity of the sea does not allow for the surface,...
“FRIDAY RE-VERSO” “There was nothing I could say about that world except that I had known it, that it had been mine, that it still was.” Cosidering that there is a lot to talk about, here is a brief summary of the plot: forced by her father to separate from his beloved Jade, David Axelrod sets the family home on fire, with nebulous and somewhat delusional purposes. Here it begins: for four years, two of...
“FRIDAY RE-VERSO” “The gods grant a few people the privilege of covering the space between one day and another with hope.” Esiste, tra le pagine di quell’opera immortale che è l’Odissea, la descrizione di un istante perfetto: è il momento in cui Ulisse e Penelope si ritrovano nel loro tempo di amanti, si riconoscono in una domanda e in una risposta, le loro storie parallele riunite in un quell’incastro di attimi. È il momento di...
The books chosen by Federica Dagonese This review is available only in the original language _________________________________________________________________________ Mi accorgo di aver letto un buon libro quando le provo tutte, ma proprio tutte – come i capricci dei bambini – per poterne ritardare fino all’inverosimile la fine. Non l’ho letto tutto d’un fiato: ne inizio la lettura quando con stupore mi accorgo di averne divorato metà, mi fermo, metto il segnalibro e penso che sia una trappola seducente! Passo a...
Written by Alessia Colombo This review is available only in the original language. Tipologia: albo illustrato Tematiche principali: diversità, classi sociali, società Tecnica delle illustrazioni: digitale Età consigliata: 8-10 anni Nella nostra società, fin dal principio, alcuni uomini e donne si sono approfittati di altri, dominandoli con la forza e imponendogli di lavorare per loro, per questo oggi alcuni uomini e donne nascono più ricchi mentre altri più poveri. La classe alta è quella dei più...
Written by Alessia Colombo This review is available only in the original language. Tipologia: albo illustrato Tematiche principali: natura, libertà, essere sé stessi Tecnica delle illustrazioni: matita e digitale Età consigliata: 4 – 8 anni Gli animali del bosco trovano una neonata, nessuno sa come è arrivata lì, ma poco importa e decidono di tenerla con loro e crescerla. I corvi le insegnano a parlare, gli orsi a catturare i pesci del fiume e...
