{The Books Cafè}: Il gioco di Ripper, che delusione

<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Sono una lettrice della Allende. Ossia ho letto TUTTI i libri della Allende, la amo, è una delle mie autrici preferite. </span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Però. </span><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Ho già usato un "però" parlando de <a href="http://home-shabby-home.blogspot.it/2012/04/books-cafe-il-quaderno-di-maya.html" target="_blank">Il quaderno di Maja </a>e oggi ne uso uno ancora più grande. Un grande PERO'.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Andiamo diretti al sodo: <b>questo libro non mi è piaciuto</b>. Isabel Allende ha voluto cimentarsi con una tipologia di romanzo totalmente nuova per lei: il thriller.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Ora, forse io sono condizionata dal fatto che avendo letto e amato i libri della Allende (fino a Il quaderno di Maya), mi aspetto sempre di immergermi nel suo mondo magico, caldo, sensuale e coraggioso di donne forti sudamericane che lottano per raggiungere ciò che vogliono, ciò in cui credono. Quindi forse la novità del thriller (genere che tra l'altro non amo particolarmente) mi ha disorientata. </span><br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjMbilh1flWPeVE5fnXFyAQsP1XtFBjqCE4VmVHXrCQP8kaMeMAoxy5JTI8rWnArv0bEFV5q9sydQS1x2uMtlhhWfowUOy__XFfAw-blNN0_I-2di-Xhx3_Hs3lG5OLCr0BVVrPBftVCc/s1600/il_gioco_ri_ripper.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjMbilh1flWPeVE5fnXFyAQsP1XtFBjqCE4VmVHXrCQP8kaMeMAoxy5JTI8rWnArv0bEFV5q9sydQS1x2uMtlhhWfowUOy__XFfAw-blNN0_I-2di-Xhx3_Hs3lG5OLCr0BVVrPBftVCc/s1600/il_gioco_ri_ripper.jpg" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Forse sono una conservatrice in fatto di gusti letterari e se imparo a conoscere un autore sotto una certa veste, scoprirlo sotto una completamente diversa non mi piace. Forse.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Però.</span><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Però secondo me <b>a questo romanzo manca qualcosa</b>: è come se qualcuno che ha sempre cucinato torte meravigliosamente buone, a più strati, farcite con la più squisita delle creme pasticciere e ricoperte del più fine cioccolato, si trovasse a dover preparare una crostatina light. </span><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Impresa difficilissima, scometto che si sentirebbe non completamente a suo agio e avesse la tentazione, fortissima, di aggiungere un po' di burro qua e là. </span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Ecco, questa è la descrizione che secondo me calza a pennello per la Allende che scrive un thriller: forse le andava un po' stretto, forse non era proprio a suo agio e, in alcune parti, è "scivolata" un po'. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Ma ora sono curiosa, qualcuno di voi ha letto "Il gioco di Ripper"? Qualche lettrice accanita della Allende come me ha voglia di farmi sapere le sue impressioni?</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">In attesa, vi auguro di godere di questo meraviglioso e rigenerante week end lungo!</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><br /><center><img alt="post signature" class="center" src="http://imageshack.us/a/img89/2526/yz0p.jpg" /></center>

{The Books Cafè}: Il gioco di Ripper, che delusione

Sono una lettrice della Allende. Ossia ho letto TUTTI i libri della Allende, la amo, è una delle mie autrici preferite.  Però.  Ho già usato...

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{The Books Cafè}: A proposito di lei

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXs6Jm2FdoJ_T-gTFmwDlOz-GowFNZDs6QqrGqoBoiEwquTYRp1EUy-gg2Oi1t1O7dgpN6icLzjbavp5bA7Gvuzsr0sQscMx3VLUiEsnETesfJxT6H1TxpTMB3Z2jaqYCsRX38WLwzeYk/s1600/libri_da_leggere.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXs6Jm2FdoJ_T-gTFmwDlOz-GowFNZDs6QqrGqoBoiEwquTYRp1EUy-gg2Oi1t1O7dgpN6icLzjbavp5bA7Gvuzsr0sQscMx3VLUiEsnETesfJxT6H1TxpTMB3Z2jaqYCsRX38WLwzeYk/s1600/libri_da_leggere.jpg" /></a></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">"A proposito di lei", ultimo libro di una delle mie autrici preferite, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Banana Yoshimoto.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfj8F5vDmCEMAi0dte_pkqidqrb47l8efpKtNG-B14H-GFH42nZwhL58PMPqS_104njdFz9FrAiGYn2LnqqX6Ue350PUmJ8MCoyYUUiz892v_DN8qR-FcL1bOMrujycC4EaQp6f50_mAA/s1600/a_proposito_di_lei.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfj8F5vDmCEMAi0dte_pkqidqrb47l8efpKtNG-B14H-GFH42nZwhL58PMPqS_104njdFz9FrAiGYn2LnqqX6Ue350PUmJ8MCoyYUUiz892v_DN8qR-FcL1bOMrujycC4EaQp6f50_mAA/s1600/a_proposito_di_lei.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Me ne sono innamorata, ancora. Lo stile leggero e fresco, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">il modo delicato di descrivere i sentimenti.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">La leggerezza e la profondità nel trattare temi</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">come l'amore la morte.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">E voi, avete mai letto qualcosa di Banana Yoshimoto?</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Buon week end!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><center><img alt="post signature" class="center" src="http://imageshack.us/a/img89/2526/yz0p.jpg" /></center>

{The Books Cafè}: A proposito di lei

"A proposito di lei", ultimo libro di una delle mie autrici preferite,  Banana Yoshimoto. Me ne sono innamorata, ancora. Lo stile ...

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{The Books Cafè}: Cosa ho letto quest'estate

<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Quest'estate ho letto molto. Sì, sono riuscita a dedicare</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">molto tempo alla lettura e, complice la biblioteca trentina dove andavo</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">a lavorare di mattina (benedette siano le wifi gratuite trentine), mi sono sbizzarrita!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Cosa ho letto?</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><b>Il Seggio Vacante</b> di J.K. Rowling</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><b>Quattro Etti d'Amore, Grazie</b> di Chiara Gamberale</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><b>L'Eleganza del Riccio</b> di Muriel Burbery</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><b>Una Pedina sulla Scacchiera</b> di Irène Nemirovsky (sì, ancora lei)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span class="userContent" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}"> <b>L'Animo Leggero</b> di </span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span class="userContent" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span class="userContent" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}">Kareen de Martin Pinter</span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span class="userContent" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span class="userContent" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}"> </span></span></span> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEie2d7tMy9e3cjFc3WE8WurcLZAbUSPXtw6zc0_nz2hgSKCPWkspYhyfXZT2hInWVWwigtDBBtPE331SM2dOtZWuE69bxB1SMyvNFmuXQhrHMFH3mkEP4RGwsVeZMdT8KIPmUyxkOed8I1G/s1600/letture_estive.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="letture estive" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEie2d7tMy9e3cjFc3WE8WurcLZAbUSPXtw6zc0_nz2hgSKCPWkspYhyfXZT2hInWVWwigtDBBtPE331SM2dOtZWuE69bxB1SMyvNFmuXQhrHMFH3mkEP4RGwsVeZMdT8KIPmUyxkOed8I1G/s1600/letture_estive.jpg" title="letture estive" /></a></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><b>Il Seggio Vacante</b> di J.K. Rowling</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Dimenticate bacchette e babbani, la mamma di Harry Potter ha confezionato un bel pugno letterario alla bocca dello stomaco. La provincia inglese e le dinamiche dei rapporti umani di un piccolo paese di campagna sotto</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">la superficie di apparente calma nascondono molti segreti, e molto dolore.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><b>Quattro Etti d'Amore, Grazie</b> di Chiara Gamberale</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Due donne, diversissime tra loro, fanno la spesa allo stesso supermercato</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">e, sbirciando i loro carrelli, invidiano e fantasticano</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">sulla vita l'una dell'altra. Che poi, alla fine, vogliono una cosa sola </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">- come la vogliamo tutti noi - l'amore.  </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><b>L'Eleganza del Riccio</b> di Muriel Burbery</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Ebbene sì, non l'avevo ancora letto! Penso di essere stata</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">fra le poche! Che dire, è stra-conosciuto. Io l'ho trovato</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">delicato e tenero. E il finale... bhe, non me lo aspettavo proprio!  </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><b>Una Pedina sulla Scacchiera</b> di Irène Nemirovsky</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Profondamente triste e doloroso, parla del male di vivere,</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">quello che non ti fa sentire a tuo agio con una vita</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">che altri hanno tracciato per te su binari che non riconosci.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Mi ha turbato, lo ammetto.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span class="userContent" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}"><b>L'Animo Leggero</b> di </span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span class="userContent" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span class="userContent" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}">Kareen de Martin Pinter</span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Un argomento delicato: il rapporto tra italiani e tedeschi a Bolzano negli</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">anni Sessanta e Settanta del secolo scorso.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Sentirsi italiani e non sentirsi italiani.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">E, in mezzo a questo, una bambina sensibile e profonda che</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">cresce e lascia la sua infanzia.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Mi è piaciuto molto, anche perchè l'argomento tocca</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">corde un po' delicate per me.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Cosa c'è ora sul mio comodino?</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">La Masseria delle Allodole, di Antonia Arslan</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Eh, sì, altro libro conosciutissimo che non avevo</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">ancora avuto modo di leggere. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">E voi? cosa state leggendo?</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Buon week end!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMAk2fPgR81qyV0h0XB9e0jiHFJpjq6uAXRiIf0SaDXFFVRVxMqJ3RANUf727X3mOy9s2_oFNtz-Fi5PpHrxDGmFCfNC6xEsgk7DQ89x74Fs6133EDhH84_6VZS58Lx6Mp0WSrEa5_92O1/s1600/firma.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMAk2fPgR81qyV0h0XB9e0jiHFJpjq6uAXRiIf0SaDXFFVRVxMqJ3RANUf727X3mOy9s2_oFNtz-Fi5PpHrxDGmFCfNC6xEsgk7DQ89x74Fs6133EDhH84_6VZS58Lx6Mp0WSrEa5_92O1/s1600/firma.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>

{The Books Cafè}: Cosa ho letto quest'estate

Quest'estate ho letto molto. Sì, sono riuscita a dedicare molto tempo alla lettura e, complice la biblioteca trentina dove andavo a lavo...

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{The Books Cafè}: E' ufficiale, amo Irène Némirovsky

<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">E' da un po' che non vi parlo di libri! Come sapete sono una mia <span style="font-size: large;">grande passione</span>: adoro leggere! Tanto che, appena ho imparato a leggere in prima elementare, ho voluto subito fare la mia prima tessera della biblioteca. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">E, da sempre, io frequento le biblioteche. Ho già iniziato a portare anche Sofia e a farle scegliere i suoi libretti da prendere in prestito nella sezione "bambini"</span>.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Proprio in biblioteca ho preso il primo libro di Irène Némirovsky, il più famoso, <span style="font-size: large;">"Suite Francese"</span>. E poi? Poi mi sono innamorata dello stile di questa scrittrice ed ho iniziato a leggere tutte le sue opere che, tra l'altro, sono state scritte in pochi anni, fino al 1942, anno della morte di Irène Némirovsky nel campo di concentramento di Auschwitz.</span> <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Solo recentemente sono state ri-scoperte e pubblicate.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPuVAwoDjoD72JXKPC81_XTF9sTufgapb2yvBrrUars0Ad7m5SddCxxMXH32T1Of45tY3vHwXKsXb9jpD0ztdT4k2lyMpDA9iMfr8AGuFJF672n6S-yNOXG9JaYxw7eX05voJMIdMGoIoT/s1600/irene-nemirovsky.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPuVAwoDjoD72JXKPC81_XTF9sTufgapb2yvBrrUars0Ad7m5SddCxxMXH32T1Of45tY3vHwXKsXb9jpD0ztdT4k2lyMpDA9iMfr8AGuFJF672n6S-yNOXG9JaYxw7eX05voJMIdMGoIoT/s1600/irene-nemirovsky.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Vi ho già parlato di questa scrittrice in merito al <a href="http://home-shabby-home.blogspot.it/2011/09/books-cafe-irene-nemirovsky-deux.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #741b47;"><u>libro "Due"</u></span></a>, la storia di un amore e di un matrimonio nel corso degli anni Venti del secolo scorso. Ho letto inoltre <span style="font-size: large;">"I cani e i lupi"</span>, un amore, una passione per raccontare luci e ombre di un popolo, che poi sono gli stessi dell'umanità intera. <span style="font-size: large;">"I doni della vita"</span> <span style="font-size: small;">è un libro che parla della famiglia Hardelot, e in genere della borghesia francese, </span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">dagli anni antecedenti alla Prima Guerra Mondiale</span>, fino all'occupazione tedesca nel corso della Seconda Guerra Mondiale, momento in cui Irène scrive. Poi il libro si interrompe: l'occupazione tedesca della Francia </span>avrà conseguenze anche per la vita stessa della scrittrice.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0TH8s-q32eibJLKB05TaaOPHP4a_uQgzZOPRIBxKb_6EyIEryiVLfgt8MKWvFuLeV7C3xAv1f3uIFlWdj-Xbj46uV_Sd6eP28llfMh9Ys-3pvDpEQEniZuhATbzbBmqHnk7nPz9sASWBa/s1600/irene-nemirovsky1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0TH8s-q32eibJLKB05TaaOPHP4a_uQgzZOPRIBxKb_6EyIEryiVLfgt8MKWvFuLeV7C3xAv1f3uIFlWdj-Xbj46uV_Sd6eP28llfMh9Ys-3pvDpEQEniZuhATbzbBmqHnk7nPz9sASWBa/s1600/irene-nemirovsky1.jpg" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Ora sto leggendo <span style="font-size: large;">"I falò dell'autunno"</span>, storia della generazione di giovani che ha partecipato alla Prima Guerra Mondiale intrisa ed esaltata da valori patriottici e ne è poi uscita sconfitta e ferita nell'anima</span>. <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Proprio come Bernard che parte per la Guerra pensando ad atti eroici e spirito cavalleresco e ne torna invecchiato, ma non maturato, e assetato di vita, di eccessi, di avventure, quasi a voler recuperare tutto quello che la Guerra stessa gli ha tolto.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Devo ancora finire di leggerlo, ma mi piace, mi piace, mia piace! Irène Némirovsky riesce <span style="font-size: large;">con poche parole a farti percepire le emozioni </span>di un animo umano, a farti entrare nei suoi pensieri, a descrivere il suo tempo e la sua società (la Francia del periodo tra le due guerre) mettendone in luce difetti e contraddizioni. </span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Che dire? Mi sono innamorata di Irène Némirovsky ed è diventata una delle mie autrici preferite insieme ad Isabel Allende, Banana Yoshimoto, Jostein Gaarder, Sandor Marai e Tiziano Terzani. E voi? Quali sono i vostri autori/autrici preferiti/e?</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMAk2fPgR81qyV0h0XB9e0jiHFJpjq6uAXRiIf0SaDXFFVRVxMqJ3RANUf727X3mOy9s2_oFNtz-Fi5PpHrxDGmFCfNC6xEsgk7DQ89x74Fs6133EDhH84_6VZS58Lx6Mp0WSrEa5_92O1/s1600/firma.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMAk2fPgR81qyV0h0XB9e0jiHFJpjq6uAXRiIf0SaDXFFVRVxMqJ3RANUf727X3mOy9s2_oFNtz-Fi5PpHrxDGmFCfNC6xEsgk7DQ89x74Fs6133EDhH84_6VZS58Lx6Mp0WSrEa5_92O1/s1600/firma.jpg" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>

{The Books Cafè}: E' ufficiale, amo Irène Némirovsky

E' da un po' che non vi parlo di libri! Come sapete sono una mia grande passione : adoro leggere! Tanto che, appena ho imparato a le...

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The Books Cafè: Sandor Marai, un altro autore che amo

<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Buongiorno!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Eccoci con la rubrica dedicata ai libri, "<a href="http://home-shabby-home.blogspot.it/p/the-books-cafe.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #741b47;">The Books Cafè</span></a>". </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Di solito è l'ultimo venerdì del mese, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">ma febbraio con i suoi 28 giorni mi ha scombussolato, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">così la rubrica è slittata di una settimana! </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Oggi vi parlo di uno dei miei autori preferiti: </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Sandor Marai </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">e di uno dei libri che ha scritto che ho amato di più: </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">"Le Braci" </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><i><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Good Morning!</span></i><br /><i><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Here we are with "The Books Cafè",</span></i><br /><i><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">my post dedicated to books.</span></i><br /><i><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Usually it is the last friday of the month,</span></i><br /><i><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">but February with its 28 days has upset</span></i><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><i>my scheduling, so it has been delayed of a week!</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><i><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Today I will talk to you about one of my faveoutire author:</span></i><br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><i><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Sandor Marai</span></i></span><br /><br /><i><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">and about one of his book I have loved most:</span></i><br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><i><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">"Embers" </span></i></span><br /><br /></div><br /><center><img src="http://img132.imageshack.us/img132/7440/thebookscafessandormara.gif" /></center><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Il plot narrativo de "Le Braci" è in realtà molto semplice: </span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">tutto si svolge nell'arco termporale di una giornata e</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">in un luogo preciso, il castello ai piedi dei Carpazi dove Henrik, il Generale,  ha atteso Konrad, l'amico un tempo fraterno e inseparabile, per 41 anni.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">In questi 41 anni Henrik si è preparato ad affrontare</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">l'amico che lo ha tradito allontanandosi poi da lui, <b>riflettendo</b></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><b>sul senso dell'amicizia e dell'amore</b>.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Nonostante la scena narrativa si riduca all'incontro</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">tra i due ormai anziani amici e al lungo</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> monologo di Henrik, quasi <b>un torrente di parole</b></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><b>costruite con precisione</b> nei lunghi</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">e bui anni di solitudine, il libro è avvicente e </span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">percorso da una grande tensione.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><b>Amicizia, amore, tradimento, illusione, passione,</b> Sandor Marai</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">è in grado di descrivere l'animo umano</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">e le emozioni che prova, in modo accurato e</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">mai banale.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Ve lo consiglio caldamente se amate i libri </span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">di introspezione, quelli che scavano</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">nelle emozioni dell'animo umano.</span><br /><br /><br /><i><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">The plot of "Embers" is really simple:</span></i><br /><i><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">everything happens in one day and in a defined place,</span></i><br /><i><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">the castle in the Carpathian Mountains where Henrik,</span></i><br /><i><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">the General, has waited for Konrad, once his best friend, for</span></i><br /><i><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">41 long years.</span></i><br /><i><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">During these 41 years Henrik has lived preparing himself</span></i><br /><i><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">to face the friend who betrayed him and escaped abroad,  </span></i><br /><i><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> and thinking <b>about friendship and love.</b></span></i><br /><br /><i><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Even if the book is quite all about the meeting</span></i><br /><i><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">of the two old friends and Henrik's long soliloquy,</span></i><br /><i><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><b>a stream of words created </b>with precision</span></i><br /><i><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">during his long solitary years, the book is</span></i><br /><i><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">thrilling and engaging.</span></i><br /><i><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><b> </b></span></i><br /><i><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><b>Friendship, love, betrayal, illusion, passion, </b>Sandor Marai</span></i><br /><i><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">can describe the human feelings and emotions in a</span></i><br /><i><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">very deep way.</span></i><br /><i><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">I higly recommend it to all of you who loves books</span></i><br /><i><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">of introspection, books that deepen into</span></i><br /><i><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">human heart.</span></i><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi3qHSzxq4QYQwl_Tk-bDLKHw6DaSVCVboJfN6D2nhrfbSewFZrzvtVqlJG-zwZKNzo_xLZlAHEuBZybIN13xPsqnorPCtGJXh64p4XkEraE4_DumR4MGLGBjxHlC7qM32h82BxU3JXXO-/s1600/firma.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi3qHSzxq4QYQwl_Tk-bDLKHw6DaSVCVboJfN6D2nhrfbSewFZrzvtVqlJG-zwZKNzo_xLZlAHEuBZybIN13xPsqnorPCtGJXh64p4XkEraE4_DumR4MGLGBjxHlC7qM32h82BxU3JXXO-/s1600/firma.jpg" /></a></div></div>

The Books Cafè: Sandor Marai, un altro autore che amo

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{The Books Cafe'}: Moshi Moshi...Pronto?

<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Buongiorno! Eccoci al primo appuntamento del 2013 con i libri! Oggi, per la rubrica "The Books Cafè", vi parlerò di <b>"Moshi Moshi" di Banana Yoshimoto</b>, una delle mia <b>autrici preferite</b>.</span><br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIgSjzDYRH0bAYe7NpTmAGYMRGfAR0KptiSivAB6lXiUkdP2l5eNEr5hvGajhJyku8J0yN0UpeY6vTAMFVszY3JZe6GeSz_FFJrN1s_gePonvxrH1C_4BSXDaVkul122Mtsam6tzoiOYPs/s1600/moshi_moshi_yoshimoto1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIgSjzDYRH0bAYe7NpTmAGYMRGfAR0KptiSivAB6lXiUkdP2l5eNEr5hvGajhJyku8J0yN0UpeY6vTAMFVszY3JZe6GeSz_FFJrN1s_gePonvxrH1C_4BSXDaVkul122Mtsam6tzoiOYPs/s1600/moshi_moshi_yoshimoto1.jpg" /></a></div><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">"Moshi Moshi" vuol dire "Pronto?" in giapponese e racconta la<b> storia triste, ma anche piena di speranza</b>, di una figlia e una madre che perdono il padre e marito in maniera tragica.</span><br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7qPYaYtVnE6Jz1lfUD6tp1FcB_6HD2halJjC2bz1YwzJaliyGzzjkIvnQ0WFpeKqBJ8AuCogub2oHE10t4sIElbmxgCRg4QE4ZhNvRDmRmy1nFKeC4YDXGyIChXFFZrcnqkZl56zBKucK/s1600/moshi-moshi1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7qPYaYtVnE6Jz1lfUD6tp1FcB_6HD2halJjC2bz1YwzJaliyGzzjkIvnQ0WFpeKqBJ8AuCogub2oHE10t4sIElbmxgCRg4QE4ZhNvRDmRmy1nFKeC4YDXGyIChXFFZrcnqkZl56zBKucK/s1600/moshi-moshi1.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><b> </b></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><b>Due dolori molto grandi, molto diversi eppure simili</b>. Per superare il proprio, Yoshie, la figlia, si traferisce nel quartiere bohèmienne di Shimokitazawa seguita, a breve distanza di tempo, dalla madre. Inizia così una convivenza che piano piano le aiuterà, grazie alla sola presenza fisica dell'altra, ad elaborare il dolore, ad accettarlo e a capire che un'altra vita è possibile.</span><br /><br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyl-qL7ylqnkKx6rhR0bWWt-1QDN883ZI4wS7t1K4hS0cmBxJfng6bYzjHhNqrQqHlOHbPMcPY8lD-E65Dr1L7xOuQyv9A22l-Zw2Zpipm733m6F8TZGyt-HqrbdUiF51NnpsZJk5zRRiK/s1600/moshi-moshi.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyl-qL7ylqnkKx6rhR0bWWt-1QDN883ZI4wS7t1K4hS0cmBxJfng6bYzjHhNqrQqHlOHbPMcPY8lD-E65Dr1L7xOuQyv9A22l-Zw2Zpipm733m6F8TZGyt-HqrbdUiF51NnpsZJk5zRRiK/s1600/moshi-moshi.jpg" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">  </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Un romanzo triste, sì, che parla di morte, ma anche di <b>rinascita, di coraggio e</b></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><b>di speranza</b> con il linguaggio leggero ed evocativo che amo tanto in Banana Yoshimoto.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Voi avete degli autori preferiti? Di cui possedete tutte le opere? Io vi ho già parlato di Isabel Allende...per ben tre volte (<a href="http://home-shabby-home.blogspot.it/2012/08/the-books-cafe-ho-fatto-pace-con-isabel.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #741b47;">qui</span></a>, <a href="http://home-shabby-home.blogspot.it/2012/04/books-cafe-il-quaderno-di-maya.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #741b47;">qui</span></a> e <a href="http://home-shabby-home.blogspot.it/2011/01/books-cafe-house-of-spirits.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="color: #741b47;">qui</span></a>) e <a href="http://home-shabby-home.blogspot.it/2010/07/books-cafe.html" target="_blank">Jostein Gaarder</a>, ora sapete che amo anche Banana Yoshimoto!</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Buon week end!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgz9t8ynKylbEN8NH07xGHeHFYtywCObyAd87BPhvl3QCRbawwJlFpNYGqh7ZyEGMAzYLfgpTyW0IV6up-e0d07fLK4vQCCBRcPKxNoACSuSrnSkyfjK4FZ4Vcz7A6Lf4vaqOkxkg0sBf2x/s1600/firma.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgz9t8ynKylbEN8NH07xGHeHFYtywCObyAd87BPhvl3QCRbawwJlFpNYGqh7ZyEGMAzYLfgpTyW0IV6up-e0d07fLK4vQCCBRcPKxNoACSuSrnSkyfjK4FZ4Vcz7A6Lf4vaqOkxkg0sBf2x/s1600/firma.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>

{The Books Cafe'}: Moshi Moshi...Pronto?

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The Books Cafè - Cinquanta sfumature di NOIA

<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">E' stato il libro dell'estate, impazza in ogni classifica e vende a valanga.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Non c'è neanche bisogno che vi dica di che libro stò parlando, perchè sono sicura che l'avete capito benissimo. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Bene, questa è la m<span style="font-size: large;">ia personale recensione del famigerato</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">"Cinquanta sfumature di grigio" di E L James.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><i>It has been the book of the summer, it is at the first place in every chart</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><i>and sells a LOT. There is even no need I explain you which book</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><i>I'm talking about, because I'm sure you all have understood it</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><i>perfectly.</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><i>Well, <span style="font-size: large;">this is my personal rewiev of</span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><i>"Fifty Shades of Grey" by E L James.</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3TPeGqCuTmzRcZIe1kDhThP7gFScLdfSuP-BeLSK9zA28yR1poK8Am-E3EHi6B4-l3L3_wnrqooksFiIQIVqfrgGTDkDo-B112j3gw8imIzBB3_Qd5MYHHV4ge0dqh3bQtQ2Wqu9Kmyo/s1600/50-sfumature-di-grigio.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3TPeGqCuTmzRcZIe1kDhThP7gFScLdfSuP-BeLSK9zA28yR1poK8Am-E3EHi6B4-l3L3_wnrqooksFiIQIVqfrgGTDkDo-B112j3gw8imIzBB3_Qd5MYHHV4ge0dqh3bQtQ2Wqu9Kmyo/s400/50-sfumature-di-grigio.jpg" width="280" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Me l'hanno prestato ed ho iniziato a leggerlo perchè volevo rendermi conto</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">di cosa stessero parlando tutti, di che<span style="font-size: large;"> bomba erotico-letteraria</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">avesse infiammato l'estate.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Someone borrow it to me and I started reading it because I just</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">wanted to understand the kind of <span style="font-size: large;">erotic-literary bomb</span> that burned </span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">the summer.</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOKQ8e8rmhW7iyuvVXhLx4Y7EP1DSJeh3q4HZ66iGxtow6PUFsX5VKkBNVVkaP5fCBZ51qSpRliH4uyFd83wlLSc93rrFrpODkdJh0FU3AHO8BTDcyXvCxwQcnSo4s5rNF5gotfkH2UkA/s1600/tumblr_kxt1qquGHB1qzstqeo1_500.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOKQ8e8rmhW7iyuvVXhLx4Y7EP1DSJeh3q4HZ66iGxtow6PUFsX5VKkBNVVkaP5fCBZ51qSpRliH4uyFd83wlLSc93rrFrpODkdJh0FU3AHO8BTDcyXvCxwQcnSo4s5rNF5gotfkH2UkA/s640/tumblr_kxt1qquGHB1qzstqeo1_500.jpg" width="595" /></a></div><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><a href="http://girlyme.tumblr.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">credits</span></a></span><br /><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Dunque, </span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">non sono riuscita a finirlo</span>: </span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">la tensione letteraria è rimasta alta</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">fino al primo bacio, al primo rapporto, ma poi...</span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: large;">....NOIA, NOIA, NOIA. </span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Ho optato per leggere due righette qua e là per ogni pagina fino alla fine.</span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">E non ho intenzione di leggere le rimanenti sfumature.</span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">E' uno spreco di tempo.</span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Dal punto di vista letterario, <span style="font-size: large;">il libro è arido e ripetitivo.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">I due personaggi, Anastasia e Mr. Grey, non </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">hanno questo gran spessore e sembrano usciti dal catalogo dei <span style="font-size: large;">clichè</span>:</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">maschio alfa, riccone e pure belloccio, ma con</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">un oscuro passato incontra pulzella innocente e</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">intelligente, in grado di salvarlo dal Lato Oscuro.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">... </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><i><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Well,</span></i><br /><i><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">I <span style="font-size: large;">couldn't even read it all:</span></span></i><br /><i><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">the tension has been high untill the first kiss between the two,</span></i><br /><i><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">but then..</span></i><br /><i><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br /></span></i><span style="font-size: large;"><i><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">....BORING, BORING, BORING.</span></i></span><br /><i><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br /></span></i><i><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">I've decided to read just a couple of sentences in every page</span></i><br /><i><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">untill the end of the book.</span></i><br /><br /><i><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">And I don't want to read the other twos.</span></i><br /><br /><i><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">It's a waist of time.</span></i><br /><br /><i><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">From a literary point of view, the <span style="font-size: large;">book is repetitive and dry</span>.</span></i><br /><i><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">The two main characters, Anastasia and Mr. Grey, </span></i><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><i>seem just jumped out of a <span style="font-size: large;">chichè</span> catalog:</i></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><i>alpha man, handsome and rich, but with an obscure past</i></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><i>meets young and innocent sweetheart who can</i></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><i>rescue him from the Dark Side.</i></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><i>...</i></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKac3rno9hnVCPUbXj0BjLie4kpAsnszHSZgX5tVVEoHphsZkILeupVL4KgiHprFJRGqj-aiicI-MmFc_l9nQjpA5l67-0Ut5b-ekLL420pPgFVT11RIeXPczvPyAeAazssdkct632Veg/s1600/tumblr_m56vkdLB5p1qzcd3bo1_500.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKac3rno9hnVCPUbXj0BjLie4kpAsnszHSZgX5tVVEoHphsZkILeupVL4KgiHprFJRGqj-aiicI-MmFc_l9nQjpA5l67-0Ut5b-ekLL420pPgFVT11RIeXPczvPyAeAazssdkct632Veg/s640/tumblr_m56vkdLB5p1qzcd3bo1_500.jpg" width="427" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><a href="http://ohthisprettylittleworld.tumblr.com/post/30087729710" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">credits</span></a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Cercavo il <span style="font-size: large;">brivido erotico,</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> - sù non nascondiamoci, non è per quello che </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">l'abbiamo acchiappato dallo scaffale o ce lo siamo fatte prestare? - </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">ma <span style="font-size: large;">ho trovato solo un paio di sbadigli</span>.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Tutto troppo meccanico,</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">zero emozioni, </span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">fuori-dentro-ahhh!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Troppo schietta?</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Bhè, spero non ne avrete a male,</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">ma sono cresciuta a Sex & the City, come</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">credo molte di voi...</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Dicevo, niente brividi, letterari o erotici,</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">niente che mi abbia sconvolta</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">e scandalizzata (ancora, Sex & the City docet)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: large;">niente di niente.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">I was looking for the <span style="font-size: large;">erotic thrill</span>, -</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">come on, don't be afraid, isn't it for this reason that</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">we have picked up the book from the shelf or we </span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">asked someone to borrow it to us? Is it?- </span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">but <span style="font-size: large;">I've found just a couple of yawns</span>.</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Everything was just too mechanical,</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">zero emotions,</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">out-in-ahhh!</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Too open?</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Well, I hope you don't mind,</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">I have been growing up watching</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Sex & the City, as many of you, I think...</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">So, no thrills, litery or erotics,</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">nothing that have shaken or scandalised me</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">(again, Sex & the City docet),</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">nothing of nothing.</span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeso3BUAociIrx2kUQFc5r50Z1R-jC-cRAA7io18QVxIBloUZgORE6vFn1wvjBaGoDfjVdNGlOyIvFM2TFEhHf0EzFl0n-_MFhhnjHA0mF7YdHW_bvQBD4oY9mip4d8PgrvYTIqPWasAg/s1600/tumblr_lxxa3klfxA1qzq9pbo1_1280.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeso3BUAociIrx2kUQFc5r50Z1R-jC-cRAA7io18QVxIBloUZgORE6vFn1wvjBaGoDfjVdNGlOyIvFM2TFEhHf0EzFl0n-_MFhhnjHA0mF7YdHW_bvQBD4oY9mip4d8PgrvYTIqPWasAg/s640/tumblr_lxxa3klfxA1qzq9pbo1_1280.jpg" width="488" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> <a href="http://girlyme.tumblr.com/post/28242572130" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">credits</span></a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Ed ora che <span style="font-size: large;">ho sollevato </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">il polverone</span>, sono sicura che alcune di voi</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">si sono lette tutti e 3 i libri e hanno la</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">loro opinione in merito...</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">...Vi è piaciuto veramente o</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">(come penso io) lo considerate <span style="font-size: large;">solo un ottimo esempio di una </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">straordinaria campagna di marketing</span>?</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">And now that <span style="font-size: large;">I've express my opinion</span>, I'm sure that</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">someone of you have read all the three books and also has her</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">own opinion...</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">...Did you really enjoyed it or (as I think) it is just </span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">the result of a great marketing campaign</span>?</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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The Books Cafè - Cinquanta sfumature di NOIA

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Nuove avventure per guardare sempre avanti!

<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">L'anno scorso, più o meno in questo periodo, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">vi avevo parlato di<a href="http://home-shabby-home.blogspot.it/2011/10/nuovi-inizi.html" target="_blank"> mia suocera e del suo libro "L'Odore Profano".</a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Della sua <span style="font-size: large;">forza di volontà</span> di iniziare un nuovo percorso </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">recuperando un<span style="font-size: large;"> sogno nel cassetto: </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">SCRIVERE</span>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Un anno è passato, ha fatto</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">molte presentazioni -</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">ad una, <a href="http://home-shabby-home.blogspot.it/2012/06/week-end-in-venice.html" target="_blank">a Venezia, ho partecipato anch'io</a>! - </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">ed ora stà <span style="font-size: large;">ultimando il secondo</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">romanzo</span>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Oggi vi parlo nuovamente di lei,</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">perchè ha deciso di <span style="font-size: large;">aprire anche</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">un blog</span>:</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Nuove avventure per guardare sempre avanti!

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{The Books Cafè}: Ho fatto pace con Isabel Allende

<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Quest'estate in vacanza ho letto un libro che non era sulla mia lista, ma</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">che ho trovato per caso in una libreria.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Il libro è "La Somma dei Giorni" scritto da Isabel Allende e</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">pubblicato qualche anno fa'. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Come avevo fatto a non accorgermi</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">che era uscito? Io, che compro ogni libro di Isabel Allende e che</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">la adoro? Semplice, ero alle prese con la mia prima gravidanza</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">e avevo la testa su un altro pianeta! ;)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">This summer I've read a book that wasn't on my list,</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">but which I've bought accidentaly in a book shop.</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">The book is "The Sum of our Days" by Isabel Allende,</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">from some years ago. How can I didn't see it before?</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Me, the one who buy every single book by Isabel Allende</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">because I adore her?</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Very simple: at that time I was pregnant with Sofia</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">and my head was totally in another planet! ;)</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3BuJDF7uAPksoo8R5Oh9Xevr6gzhPau_toDx0u13wxBUPysvbZh0-rHk8fIonp-Slf_I5A-42UovZUQ4JJzwZZ97cmeXck7NzTYlPj1d8xBYmcuzr71r_9ow0GVOr5udEE4RtOF_cV3I/s1600/isabel_allende.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="460" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3BuJDF7uAPksoo8R5Oh9Xevr6gzhPau_toDx0u13wxBUPysvbZh0-rHk8fIonp-Slf_I5A-42UovZUQ4JJzwZZ97cmeXck7NzTYlPj1d8xBYmcuzr71r_9ow0GVOr5udEE4RtOF_cV3I/s640/isabel_allende.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> </span></i><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> </span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Se vi ricordate il mio post riguardante "<a href="http://home-shabby-home.blogspot.it/2012/04/books-cafe-il-quaderno-di-maya.html" target="_blank">Il quaderno di Maya</a>",</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">ultimo libro della Allende, non era per niente positivo (leggete <a href="http://home-shabby-home.blogspot.it/2012/04/books-cafe-il-quaderno-di-maya.html" target="_blank">qui</a>).</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Mi aveva lasciato l'amaro in bocca, non riconoscevo in Maya</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">le donne forti e coraggiose sempre descritte da Isabel Allende.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br /></span><i><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Do you remember my post regarding "<a href="http://home-shabby-home.blogspot.it/2012/04/books-cafe-il-quaderno-di-maya.html" target="_blank">El cuaderno de Maya</a>",</span></i><br /><i><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">the last book written by Isabel Allende? It was not positive al all.</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">I didn't recognize in Maya all the strong and brave women usually described</span></i><br /><i><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">by Isabel Allende.  </span></i><br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGmN8SRwJ5EmrEoBXqDgkcpqurysbEZOpn3KG-d6BPkua1ErJ7bI5Gqbc6RURoKQyI3N-Ov3MKiFvZeecD5-vmADtx6nd514IJmswW7IxkOsCl-ZB28Hyh5el5jrVZCpyuDixAnOZAGGM/s1600/libro.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="416" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGmN8SRwJ5EmrEoBXqDgkcpqurysbEZOpn3KG-d6BPkua1ErJ7bI5Gqbc6RURoKQyI3N-Ov3MKiFvZeecD5-vmADtx6nd514IJmswW7IxkOsCl-ZB28Hyh5el5jrVZCpyuDixAnOZAGGM/s640/libro.png" width="640" /></a></div><i><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> </span></i><a href="http://xchristina27x.deviantart.com/art/Joyfull-Moments-317060078" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">photo credits</span></span></a><i><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br /></span></i><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Bhè, leggendo "La Somma dei Giorni", ho in parte capito</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">chi è Maya e perchè Isabel Allende abbia scritto di lei.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">In "La Somma dei Giorni" Isabel Allende parla della</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">sua vita e di quella della sua tribù dalla morte di sua figlia Paula</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">fino al 2006.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Bello, toccante, vero.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Ho fatto pace con una delle mie autrici preferite.</span><br /><i><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br /></span></i><i><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Well, reading "The SUm of our Days" I've understood a little</span></i><br /><i><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">bit who is Maya and why Isabel Allende wrote about her.</span></i><br /><i><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">In "The Sum of our Days" Isabel Allende talks about her life and the life of all</span></i><br /><i><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">her family from the death of her daughter Paula, in 1992, untill 2006.</span></i><br /><i><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Beautiful, touching, true.</span></i><br /><i><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">I'm now reconciled with one of my favourite writer.</span></i><br /><i><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br /></span></i><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8HoCPh2pRK-c0nKBKebTku76sFLwRvO1p_EH_0MBNZXgungNpusRz99fggqy7cttghLizYsV6exczzQ112MLxdUULqArT460znMhdxdPhuZ-FLJp-pgph1y3Vb-Ny1rupCIaW8yEPMiI/s1600/firma.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8HoCPh2pRK-c0nKBKebTku76sFLwRvO1p_EH_0MBNZXgungNpusRz99fggqy7cttghLizYsV6exczzQ112MLxdUULqArT460znMhdxdPhuZ-FLJp-pgph1y3Vb-Ny1rupCIaW8yEPMiI/s1600/firma.jpg" /></a></div><i><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br /></span></i></div>

{The Books Cafè}: Ho fatto pace con Isabel Allende

Quest'estate in vacanza ho letto un libro che non era sulla mia lista, ma che ho trovato per caso in una libreria. Il libro è "La S...

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The Books Cafè - Che libri metterò in valigia

<div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;">Come ogni ultimo venerdì del mese, eccoci al nostro <span style="font-size: large;"> </span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">appuntamento coi libri</span>!</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;">Questa volta voglio raccontarvi i titoli che mi seguiranno in vacanza.</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;">Eh sì, perchè mentre mi leggete <span style="font-size: large;">io sono in viaggio</span> verso la montagna! </div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;">Starò via fino alla fine di agosto circa, </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">comunque ho programmato dei post per tenervi compagnia!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><i>Like every last Friday of the months, here we are with our <span style="font-size: large;">books</span>!</i></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><i>Today I want to tell you which books I will put in my suitcase.</i></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><i>Oh yes, while you are reading this post,<span style="font-size: large;"> I'm driving to my mountains</span>!</i></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><i>I will be away untill the end of August (more or less), but</i></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><i>I've scheduled some posts not to leave you alone!</i></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsF1H8mQfQqk4OtcLTSZjFwedcz5D6dvUw8CzLKrXpSmU-q4c_ycAU5sxVhwCmmatFn544KFcxsuBkZ-_di4DnRTpmewIRp877sPj4EIxZys4d4_p0tXqcXW6GlKRnXlILd8bzL8GUF8c/s1600/summer_readings.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Summer Readings" border="0" height="398" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsF1H8mQfQqk4OtcLTSZjFwedcz5D6dvUw8CzLKrXpSmU-q4c_ycAU5sxVhwCmmatFn544KFcxsuBkZ-_di4DnRTpmewIRp877sPj4EIxZys4d4_p0tXqcXW6GlKRnXlILd8bzL8GUF8c/s400/summer_readings.jpg" title="Summer Readings" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/49423065/my-greatest-adventures-8x8-fine-art" rel="nofollow" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;" target="_blank">credits</a></span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;">Ho proprio bisogno di ferie quest'anno.</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;">E' stato un anno impegnativo, ed ora ho</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;">proprio <span style="font-size: large;">voglia di riposarmi</span>!</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><i>I really need some vacation right now.</i></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><i>It has been a busy year untill now</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">and I really<span style="font-size: large;"> need to rest</span>!</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_YM0V9ZGhYmvu3c2SsD-mdYu21RP61Qw0frXkjXt3ME8i-RcR7s5NVX2ePaRiQNL4b_8NjdEa_g65vJfTvXXWFCw_w9TW6XEXyc24o3J6XJzU7OFv4OsxR4QjJSAq-3ZX5aJVgK_WHkE/s1600/libri.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="62" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_YM0V9ZGhYmvu3c2SsD-mdYu21RP61Qw0frXkjXt3ME8i-RcR7s5NVX2ePaRiQNL4b_8NjdEa_g65vJfTvXXWFCw_w9TW6XEXyc24o3J6XJzU7OFv4OsxR4QjJSAq-3ZX5aJVgK_WHkE/s640/libri.png" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyg9DTg_Um0wk1H9Z2e1gC7XIYWhZuVfcO-yzr9WnFoBZYMUM_5gjXs7QvRbR_heHhORkq3HIXmz-gj80EJuYVSfqNadWJsxnpLM9RkUUepJbfAdKlyEQbiDlRcqvpGQaoQ3dXTpwzOmw/s1600/1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Banana Yoshimoto Moshi moshi" border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyg9DTg_Um0wk1H9Z2e1gC7XIYWhZuVfcO-yzr9WnFoBZYMUM_5gjXs7QvRbR_heHhORkq3HIXmz-gj80EJuYVSfqNadWJsxnpLM9RkUUepJbfAdKlyEQbiDlRcqvpGQaoQ3dXTpwzOmw/s400/1.jpg" title="Banana Yoshimoto Moshi moshi" width="307" /></a></div><br /><br /><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;">Perchè non me ne perdo uno </div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;">ed è una delle mie<span style="font-size: large;"> autrici preferite</span>!</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><i>Because I don't miss a single one </i></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><i>Banana Yoshimoto's book,</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">she is one of my <span style="font-size: large;">fave writers</span>. </span></i></div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuJnt9kFk5PH6zxGGWEnWVVojmyeB8LccxSmx4QQvlwGSopAcgL1-aIDT5GrqWCqx38yXR8RXi7dIySjfCJjtdUxlKdI8WjVMQjEJi909hGH4tK36genh0-3Bwpzd7M_WOIRLMInZ_hQo/s1600/2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Mauro Corona La casa dei sette ponti" border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuJnt9kFk5PH6zxGGWEnWVVojmyeB8LccxSmx4QQvlwGSopAcgL1-aIDT5GrqWCqx38yXR8RXi7dIySjfCJjtdUxlKdI8WjVMQjEJi909hGH4tK36genh0-3Bwpzd7M_WOIRLMInZ_hQo/s400/2.jpg" title="Mauro Corona La casa dei sette ponti" width="291" /></a></div><br /><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;"> Perchè amo il modo in cui racconta </div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;">la vita parlando di boschi!</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><i>Because I love the way he describe life</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">talking about woods! </span></i></div><br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwWVAqpp2Fvtr_b9nIS6JkYWaals_a3_qacMcGM5dohrJFwDWJiorILNI8jeBXVy_Wcqxoeg7c0O05OUIyXtrITkNn1hdGJG2tN7Wc8Ij6nR8US7RVo4b6UO794m75w2yU8w4s1SjEi0c/s1600/3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Amèlie Nothomb Nè di Eva nè di Adamo" border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwWVAqpp2Fvtr_b9nIS6JkYWaals_a3_qacMcGM5dohrJFwDWJiorILNI8jeBXVy_Wcqxoeg7c0O05OUIyXtrITkNn1hdGJG2tN7Wc8Ij6nR8US7RVo4b6UO794m75w2yU8w4s1SjEi0c/s400/3.jpg" title="Amèlie Nothomb Nè di Eva nè di Adamo" width="298" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;">Perchè non ho mai letto nulla di </div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;">Amèlie Nothomb</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;">e sono curiosa!</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><i>Because I've never read any </i></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><i>Amèlie Nothomb's book</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">and I'm curios! </span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Auguro a tutte voi delle buonissime vacanze</span>,</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;">io spero di rilassarmi, o meglio,</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;">spero che i due mostriciattoli</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;">mi permettano di rilassarmi!</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;">Ci vediamo a fine agosto!!!!</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">I wish to you all fantastic holidays</span>,</i></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><i>I just hope to relax, or better,</i></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><i>I just hope the two little monsters will allow me to relax!</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">See you at the end of August!</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8HoCPh2pRK-c0nKBKebTku76sFLwRvO1p_EH_0MBNZXgungNpusRz99fggqy7cttghLizYsV6exczzQ112MLxdUULqArT460znMhdxdPhuZ-FLJp-pgph1y3Vb-Ny1rupCIaW8yEPMiI/s1600/firma.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8HoCPh2pRK-c0nKBKebTku76sFLwRvO1p_EH_0MBNZXgungNpusRz99fggqy7cttghLizYsV6exczzQ112MLxdUULqArT460znMhdxdPhuZ-FLJp-pgph1y3Vb-Ny1rupCIaW8yEPMiI/s1600/firma.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>

The Books Cafè - Che libri metterò in valigia

Come ogni ultimo venerdì del mese, eccoci al nostro   appuntamento coi libri ! Questa volta voglio raccontarvi i titoli che mi seguiranno in...

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The Books Cafè - Penelope alla Guerra

<div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;">E' un po' di tempo che <span style="font-size: large;">non trovo libri appassionanti da leggere</span>...o forse sono solo io che sono stanca e poco predisposta alla lettura... </div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;">Comunque, <span style="font-size: large;">ho iniziato vari libri e li ho mollati sul comodino</span> con tanti segnalibri che spuntano...una pila iniziata e mai finita, capita anche a voi? </div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;">Vista la situazione, voglio parlarvi di un libro letto l'anno scorso e che mi è piaciuto da matti:</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: large;">"Penelope alla Guerra" di Oriana Fallaci</span><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><i>It's a bit that <span style="font-size: large;">I don't find good books to read</span>...maybe it's just me, maybe I'm just tired and not into </i></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><i>the "reading mood"...</i></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><i>Anyway, I've <span style="font-size: large;">started many books and then I've left them on the night table</span>...</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">...a pile of started and never ended books...do it happen also to you sometimes?</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">So, I want to talk to you about a book which I read last year and I loved so much:</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">"Penelope at War", Oriana Fallaci</span></i></span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br /></span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyT1-jyzcMHcisQUYuobxZrXmW0QGnLnV6t5GNKCKJMT1VUszw1x54AuMTDFdSTV7oULgZCnsJmQqxA179x4FQC_dfhA91Cirw31WwMRWU3bGG1atq7SzFKzGCTBax8eHJfNN0uJ2ztGc/s1600/9788817032605.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyT1-jyzcMHcisQUYuobxZrXmW0QGnLnV6t5GNKCKJMT1VUszw1x54AuMTDFdSTV7oULgZCnsJmQqxA179x4FQC_dfhA91Cirw31WwMRWU3bGG1atq7SzFKzGCTBax8eHJfNN0uJ2ztGc/s1600/9788817032605.jpg" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;">Il romanzo, pubblicato nel 1962, narra la storia di Giovanna, Giò, <span style="font-size: large;">moderna e combattiva donna</span> che non attende il suo Ulisse a casa, ma parte per New York grazie ad un contratto di lavoro, in realtà alla ricerca di</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;">un amore giovanile e <span style="font-size: large;">inseguendo un sogno di modernità</span>.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;">Troverà Richard, il suo amore adolescenziale, e inizierà con lui una relazione venata dall'ombra dell'omosessualità di lui. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><i>The book, published in 1962, tells the story of Giovanna, Giò, a <span style="font-size: large;">modern and strong woman</span> who doesn't wait for his Ulysses at home, but leave for New York, thanks to her work, in search of her young love and <span style="font-size: large;">pursuing a dream of modernity</span>.</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><i>She will find Richard, her teen age dream love, and will start with him a relationship which will reveal his homosexuality.</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPdKHlkuv3gqCbjZEyv6gbMx2uF8Ps8wdXxU6bprHXUlZQoJRis0AcEm5kBqCdL7LRQmZuthN_vCoY5ac0WwUntMFnP1y9Fx1Hxy2d6WVxsIbgHacU-C9rgG1CHoRbnnw0RfjixkVSlk4/s1600/tumblr_m65okw7vQV1rnvzfwo1_500.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPdKHlkuv3gqCbjZEyv6gbMx2uF8Ps8wdXxU6bprHXUlZQoJRis0AcEm5kBqCdL7LRQmZuthN_vCoY5ac0WwUntMFnP1y9Fx1Hxy2d6WVxsIbgHacU-C9rgG1CHoRbnnw0RfjixkVSlk4/s640/tumblr_m65okw7vQV1rnvzfwo1_500.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"> <a href="http://amandaonwriting.tumblr.com/post/25833086652" target="_blank">credits</a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Giò troverà la forza di chiudere la storia con quest'uomo debole e insicuro</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">e tornerà in Italia, ma <span style="font-size: large;">non perderà la sua anima combattiva</span>.</span><br /><i><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br /></span></i><br /><i><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Giò will find the strength to quit the relationship with this fear and insicure man and will come back to Italy <span style="font-size: large;">without loosing her fighting soul</span>.</span></i><br /><br /><i><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br /></span></i><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8nBTqsUKcWOwisYKU1wfo0zIjWqZxJK3EdGpk4zM31s2YmdCG1p6cHflEOOEd5gJNNArre1GJhdaxLO-2oYdrAOc5DR3BF35ImpJIX-RpaYLD1TcjLw15kFW9cpH2YJg7cOpzngBdDJE/s1600/tumblr_m5u0au27Wa1qzhokmo1_1280.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8nBTqsUKcWOwisYKU1wfo0zIjWqZxJK3EdGpk4zM31s2YmdCG1p6cHflEOOEd5gJNNArre1GJhdaxLO-2oYdrAOc5DR3BF35ImpJIX-RpaYLD1TcjLw15kFW9cpH2YJg7cOpzngBdDJE/s640/tumblr_m5u0au27Wa1qzhokmo1_1280.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><a href="http://amandaonwriting.tumblr.com/post/25833086652" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">credits</span></span></a><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Che dire? Io amo Oriana Fallaci e questo libro mi è piaciuto moltissimo! <span style="font-size: large;">Ve lo consiglio</span>, se non lo avete ancora letto.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Ora però chiedo io un consiglio a voi: <span style="font-size: large;">mi indicate qualche bel libro</span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">da leggere</span>? Sono proprio alla ricerca di un bel libro appassionante,</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">di quelli che non riesci a spegnere la luce perchè vuoi sapere cosa succede </span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">dopo. Qualche suggerimento?</span><br /><br /><br /><i><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">What can I say? I love Oriana Fallaci and loved this book. <span style="font-size: large;">I suggest it to you</span></span></i><br /><i><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">in case you haven't already read it.</span></i><br /><i><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Now it's my turn to ask  for an advice: <span style="font-size: large;">can you please tell me the title of an intriguing book</span>? I'm really looking for a good book, one of them you can stop reading at night because you want to know what happens next</span></i><i><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">.</span></i><br /><i><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Every suggestion welcome!</span></i><br /><i><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br /></span></i><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8HoCPh2pRK-c0nKBKebTku76sFLwRvO1p_EH_0MBNZXgungNpusRz99fggqy7cttghLizYsV6exczzQ112MLxdUULqArT460znMhdxdPhuZ-FLJp-pgph1y3Vb-Ny1rupCIaW8yEPMiI/s1600/firma.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8HoCPh2pRK-c0nKBKebTku76sFLwRvO1p_EH_0MBNZXgungNpusRz99fggqy7cttghLizYsV6exczzQ112MLxdUULqArT460znMhdxdPhuZ-FLJp-pgph1y3Vb-Ny1rupCIaW8yEPMiI/s1600/firma.jpg" /></a></div><i><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br /></span></i><br /><i><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br /></span></i><br /><i><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br /></span></i></div>

The Books Cafè - Penelope alla Guerra

E' un po' di tempo che non trovo libri appassionanti da leggere ...o forse sono solo io che sono stanca e poco predisposta alla lett...

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The Books Cafè - Il quaderno di Maya

<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Eccoci quà all'appuntamento Books Cafè! Oggi vi parlo del li ro che ho appena terminato di leggere:</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">"Il quaderno di Maya" di Isabel Allende.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><em>Here we are with the Books Cafè! Today I want to talk to you about the</em></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><em>book I've just finished reading:</em></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><em><br /></em></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;"><em>"Maya's notebook" by Isabel Allende</em></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;"><em>(which will be realesed in english on 5 June 2012)</em></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_XK_xWlJlXfvAqLeo2zS0kCCb_nNKGnJLlH4glH9F2G28gmInmfHGdjQy6EeqOFEbOb-_5LU_UCH3NuxM8UaXioEy9Xwdbbo7aRvunXwF1yxNZHrB8NvMBrwCJDjr8fl27Yyy4_bz53M/s1600/maya.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="478" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_XK_xWlJlXfvAqLeo2zS0kCCb_nNKGnJLlH4glH9F2G28gmInmfHGdjQy6EeqOFEbOb-_5LU_UCH3NuxM8UaXioEy9Xwdbbo7aRvunXwF1yxNZHrB8NvMBrwCJDjr8fl27Yyy4_bz53M/s640/maya.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Maya Vidal è una diciannovenne in <span style="font-size: large;">fuga da un passato denso di guai</span>: alcool, droga, prostituzione. E' un anima fragile ma forte, che dopo la morte dell'adorato nonno, Popo, è alla deriva. Una ragazza alla ricerca di se stessa e di quel senso di protezione che provava da piccola quando dormiva nel lettone dei suoi nonni. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><em>Maya Vidal is a 19 years old girl <span style="font-size: large;">escaping a past full of troubles</span>: alcohol, drug, prostitution. She is a fragile yet strong soul who, after the death of the beloved granpa, Popo, is going adrift. A girl in seek of herself and looking for that sense of protection felt only when she was a child sleeping in the bed with her grandparents.</em></span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXNNZ0VJBtcLoB07GI9P-bpLTf-G8RuRTyNZA_BGFHSqqxZygIHMjlkV3GZszo7ZRPPczWFCaLKc9ySae8uOZ1u7BbTXBzUX60t6oSyttGigyLSNjJRw33clf1NHzJaFMDfeIuYDoI4HI/s1600/1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="504" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXNNZ0VJBtcLoB07GI9P-bpLTf-G8RuRTyNZA_BGFHSqqxZygIHMjlkV3GZszo7ZRPPczWFCaLKc9ySae8uOZ1u7BbTXBzUX60t6oSyttGigyLSNjJRw33clf1NHzJaFMDfeIuYDoI4HI/s640/1.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/csicsagatya/3580572809/sizes/z/in/photostream/" target="_blank">credits</a></span></div><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Dopo il tunnel di dipendenza sperimentato a Las Vegas, <span style="font-size: large;">Maya viene spedita dalla nonna in Cile</span>, il suo Paese natale, e precisamente a Chiloè, arcipelago a sud dello stato cileno, per riprendersi. Qui sarà ospitata da Manuel, vecchio amico della nonna, e sperimenterà una vita isolata e strettamente fondata sul senso della comunità.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><em>After the tunnel of drug and acohol addiction lived in Las Vegas, <span style="font-size: large;">Maya is sent to Chile</span>, to the Chiloè islands, by her grandma who is originally from that country. She will stay with Manuel, an old friend of her grandma and will experiment the closed  island community life.</em></span><br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ9RUbb0hEk2zNyjDA2By_iOKmCoBlXLXPACCmw8dGbagjw5gWcOiKoGFLYom8KBMa2nHd7zkvP5Ti3HX7i0ksCbjFmHwd_jJ3voZPIkxi6-Ds8BFgffLm0-B3JGOPkbRki9JQ1WkHgX0/s1600/2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ9RUbb0hEk2zNyjDA2By_iOKmCoBlXLXPACCmw8dGbagjw5gWcOiKoGFLYom8KBMa2nHd7zkvP5Ti3HX7i0ksCbjFmHwd_jJ3voZPIkxi6-Ds8BFgffLm0-B3JGOPkbRki9JQ1WkHgX0/s640/2.jpg" width="640" /></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/oykuoge/6027987237/sizes/z/in/photostream/" target="_blank">credits</a></span></div><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Un romanzo di formazione con <span style="font-size: large;">tocchi noir e accenni al passato della storia civile cilena</span>, ecco cos'è "Il quaderno di Maya". </span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Ora, una premessa: Isabel Allende è una delle mie autrici preferite, la amo immensamente, adoro il suo modo magico e sensuale di descrivere donne forti e mondi in bilico tra religione e tradizioni pagane. </span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Però</span>.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><em>A book about an <span style="font-size: large;">education to life with a thriller twist and some mentions about Chile past civil history</span>. This is "El cuaderno de Maya".</em></span><br /><em><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Now, a preamble: I love Isabel Allende, she is one of my fave writers, I have all of her books, I'm in love with her magic and sensual way of describing strong women and worlds between religion and </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">heathen rites.</span></em><br /><em><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">But.</span></em><br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDsD1-9JvIHoY36OhVL4DRPJcaMjUJXD4dWcj8lWwEOK0s8t1yRmJowV8xpPhH12Vf0MNwwptyOUNeu6FLvHna_vl63pXZyHbhcjMydmNL0lhe65M7D08z6oRX26KgQgMuk-aVr8HKNS8/s1600/3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="448" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDsD1-9JvIHoY36OhVL4DRPJcaMjUJXD4dWcj8lWwEOK0s8t1yRmJowV8xpPhH12Vf0MNwwptyOUNeu6FLvHna_vl63pXZyHbhcjMydmNL0lhe65M7D08z6oRX26KgQgMuk-aVr8HKNS8/s640/3.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://earthly-muse.deviantart.com/#/d4xdvtm" target="_blank">credits</a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Però devo dire che questo libro non mi è piaciuto moltissimo. O meglio, è scritto benissimo, è avvincente, è emozionante, ma manca qualcosa. E' come se Isabel Allende si fosse cimentata con un personaggio, Maya, una diciannovenne dei nostri giorni, di cui <span style="font-size: large;">non è stata capace di rendere a pieno la personalità</span>. </span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Forse, più semplicemente, io Isabel Allende, la preferisco quando descrive donne forti di altre epoche, non so se mi spiego. </span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Ora attendo le coltellate di tutte le fan della Allende. Ma credetemi, io l'adoro, eppure questo libro <span style="font-size: large;">non mi ha entusiasmato proprio per la figura di Maya</span>. Mi sembra manchi qualcosa.</span><br /><br /><br /><em><span style="font-family: Verdana;">But I have to say that I didn't really like this book. Well, it is wonderful written, it is fascinating, it is moving, but it seems to me that <span style="font-size: large;">something is missing</span>. I don't think that Isabel Allende has been able to describe Maya, a nowadays 19 years old, in all her complexity. Maybe I just prefer Isabel Allende when she talks about strong women from past ages, if you know what I mean.</span></em><br /><em><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Now I'm waiting for the stabs from all Isabel Allende's fan. But, believe me, I adore her even if <span style="font-size: large;">didn't really like this book and the way Maya is described</span>.</span></em><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8HoCPh2pRK-c0nKBKebTku76sFLwRvO1p_EH_0MBNZXgungNpusRz99fggqy7cttghLizYsV6exczzQ112MLxdUULqArT460znMhdxdPhuZ-FLJp-pgph1y3Vb-Ny1rupCIaW8yEPMiI/s1600/firma.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8HoCPh2pRK-c0nKBKebTku76sFLwRvO1p_EH_0MBNZXgungNpusRz99fggqy7cttghLizYsV6exczzQ112MLxdUULqArT460znMhdxdPhuZ-FLJp-pgph1y3Vb-Ny1rupCIaW8yEPMiI/s1600/firma.jpg" /></a></div>

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