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Luca’s secret

“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...

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Disturbo della pubblica quiete

Written by Dimitri A. Piccolillo (Bookseller Mondadori Bookstore Barona) This review is available only in the original language. _____________________________________________________________________________ Esordio inaspettato questo di Luca Bizzarri. Da una persona famosa come lui (attore, comico, personaggio televisivo, conduttore e presidente della Fondazione Palazzo Ducale di Genova), normalmente ci si aspetta una autobiografia. “Questo è ciò che mi hanno chiesto infatti!” scherza Luca nella chiacchierata che abbiamo fatto in streaming (disponibile al seguente link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g2oR99LH0wc ) Ma Luca...

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Save yourself who have a dream

“Sometimes I think that the real curse of my continent is not so much poverty, but the fact that when you are poor you only think of yourself.” Guidrigildo, a word of Lombard origin formed by wer (man, in Latin vir) and geld (price, value), is the sum of money that represented the allowance to be paid to the relatives of the killed person. So here is the whole book enclosed in a single word...

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It looked like beauty

“What is the precise moment when we discover that flying is the prerogative of birds and butterflies?“ It looked like beauty but it was not: it was pain, suffering, rejection of oneself and of others, admiration mixed with envy and hatred; it looked like youth and instead it was bullying, prevarication and violence; it looked like the success and glory of one’s career and instead it was escape and tears and the constant search for...

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Cosplaygirl

“Going back to my parents’ house doesn’t help.” We started reading this book knowing little about the world of cosplay, and all the parallel reality that spinning around it. For the few who, like us, do not know it, cosplay is a worldwide phenomenon, for which young enthusiasts (but also not so young now) interpret characters from video games or from the manga world, creating costumes and choreography. The book tells the story of Alice,...

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We’re Going on a Bear Hunt

Written by Alessia Colombo This review is available only in the original language. Tipologia: albo illustrato Tematiche principali: famiglia, avventura, natura Tecnica delle illustrazioni: matita e acquerello Età consigliata: 0-6 anni   A caccia dell’orso andiamo. Di un orso grande e grosso. Ma che bella giornata! Paura non abbiamo. Così un gruppo di cinque bambini dalle età disparate, assieme al loro cane, parte alla ricerca dell’orso che abita in una grotta sulla spiaggia. Per arrivarci attraversano...

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Italiana

Written by Dimitri A. Piccolillo (Bookseller Mondadori Bookstore Barona) This review is available only in the original language. _________________________________________________________________________ Giuseppe Catozzella è un autore fuori dal comune, sia per la quantità di libri finora realizzati, sia per l’estrema cura e passione che dedica ad ognuno di essi, condita da un’umiltà nella ricerca che difficilmente si ritrova in scritti del genere. Il suo ultimo romanzo è frutto di una ricerca approfondita nelle profondità dello spirito italiano....

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Time to live with you

Written by Dimitri A. Piccolillo (Bookseller at Mondadori Bookstore Barona) Translated by Arianna Acquafredda _________________________________________________________________________ Giuseppe Culicchia’s last novel tells the story of the Red Brigade Walter Alasia from an unusual point of view: it’s the same Giuseppe who, with skill and sensitivity, reconstructs the events, wisely mixing current events, testimonials and, above all, personal vicissitudes. Besides the necessary historical and political frameworks (that not everyone could know inside out and for this reason, personally,...

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Between

Written by Giada Marino This review is available only in the original language. ______________________________________________________   Oggi vi parlerò del libro After di Jessica Warman. La prima scena si svolge su uno yacht di nome Elizabeth (stesso nome della protagonista di questa storia) e non avrà nulla di scontato: Liz viene svegliata da un suono fastidioso che le continua a martellare nel cervello e, andando alla ricerca della causa di quel rumore, si accorge di un...

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The old man and the sea

“My alarm clock is my age.” said the old man. “Why do old people wake up so early? It will be because the day lasts longer?” Immense. We can’t find other adjectives to describe such a masterpiece. The stylistic code is immense, the concrete weight of some reasoning and indirect reflections to which the reader is led. We do not discover anything new, many others have written it before us, but falling in love with...