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Padova, anni cinquanta. Teresa lavora come portinaia in un palazzo del centro. Dietro un aspetto …
Interessante anche perche' Padova e' la citta' in cui sono cresciuto e lo ho letto mentre sono in citta' per motivi familiari. Ho letto recensioni con accuse di strafalcioni storici, ma controllando un po' a caso io non ne ho trovati. Forse la fine un po' troppo bella ma Teresa anche se un personaggio inventato se lo e' meritato tutto!
It’s 2022. François is bored. He’s a middle-aged lecturer at the New Sorbonne University and …
Not because the scenario is impossible or the issue not to be discussed, but I remember mostly sex scenes and misogynist attitude from the main character which seem to justify the end point. Probably did not get the irony,
Se cercate dell’avventura, in questo romanzo ne troverete a bizzeffe. Se cercate della letteratura, con …
Sono arrivato alla fine ma a stento. Sarà anche eccezionale come ambizione e uso del linguaggio ma non sono riuscito a trovare nessuno dei personaggi interessanti.
Quite good overview in particular for the initial phase of Fascismvon how it deals with different historical but not well known characters. I felt later years were covered very quickly. I learned a lot and agree with the epilogue about "silent majority" as a danger to all democracies
A landmark history of one hundred years of war waged against the Palestinians from the …
I stopped reading these after Hamas atrocities but just finished it quickly. A remarkable book bringing to light at least for me the flaws with the Oslo accord, parallels between today the 1982 war in Lebanon, etc...
Edwin St. Andrew is eighteen years old when he crosses the Atlantic by steamship, exiled …
Was easy to read - that's what I needed at this time, and enjoyed the characters and plot. A great author.
An epic novel of the violence and depravity that attended America's westward expansion, Blood Meridian …
I struggled with this book. I loved The Road but many words were difficult maybe because English is not my first language. So much violence... Maybe human nature but ... definitely some description of landscape are beautiful!
