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First published January 1, 2001
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Niccol貌 Ammaniti
44听books1,685听followersNiccol貌 Ammaniti was born in Rome in 1966. He has written three novels and a collection of short stories. He won the prestigious Italian Viareggio-Repaci Prize for Fiction with his bestselling novel I'm Not Scared, which has been translated into thirty-five languages.
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- 乇賵丕賷丞 爻鬲亘丿兀 亘賴丕 賵亘毓丿 賯賱賷賱 爻鬲賳鬲亘賴 丕賳賰 丕氐亘丨鬲 賮賷 賲賳鬲氐賮賴丕 亘賰賱 爻賴賵賱丞! 匕賱賰 毓丕卅丿 賱毓丿丞 毓賵丕賲賱 丕賵賱賴丕 丕賱爻乇丿 亘兀爻賱賵亘 賲亘爻賾胤貙 丕賱賵氐賮 丕賱賱胤賷賮貙 丕賱兀丨丿丕孬 丕賱亘爻賷胤丞 丕賱賲鬲賱丕丨賯丞貙 丕賱丨賲賷賲賷丞貙 丕賱丨賳賷賳 賱匕賱賰 丕賱夭賲賳 (賮賯丿 丕禺鬲賮賶 賴匕丕 丕賱夭賲賳 賲毓 噩賷賱 丕賱丌賷-亘丕丿 丕賱丨丕賱賷)貙 賵丕賱鬲乇噩賲丞 丕賱乇丕卅毓丞 賱兀丨賲丿 丕賱氐賲毓賷.
- 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 鬲爻鬲毓賲賱 鬲賯賳賷丞 丕賱氐賵鬲 丕賱賵丕丨丿貙 毓賱賶 賱爻丕賳 丕賱胤賮賱 賱賰賳賴 賱賷爻 丕賱乇賵丕賷 丕賱毓賱賷賲 丕賱賲鬲賲賰賳 賲賳 丕賱丕丨丿丕孬 賵丕賱賮丕賴賲 賱賲丕 賷噩乇賷貙 賵亘匕賱賰 噩賳丨鬲 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 氐賵亘 毓丕賱賲 丕賱賲乇丕賴賯丞 賵丕賱胤賮賵賱丞! 賵丕匕丕 賰丕賳 匕賱賰 丕賱賯氐丿 賮賯丿 丕丿賾鬲 丿賵乇賴丕 亘胤乇賷賯丞 噩賷丿丞. 丕賱賵氐賮 丕賱廿賳胤亘丕毓賷 賰丕賳 賲賲鬲丕夭丕賸 賱賰賳 鬲賰乇丕乇賴 賵鬲賵爻賾毓賴 丕賮賯丿 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 亘毓囟丕賸 賲賳 賯賷賲鬲賴丕.
- 丕賱鬲賳丕賯囟 丕賱匕賷 亘賳賷鬲 毓賱賷賴 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 亘賷賳 毓丕賱賲賷賳 丕賵 噩賷賱賷賳 (丕賱賰亘丕乇 賵丕賱氐睾丕乇) 賰丕賳 噩賷丿丕賸 賵乇丐賷丞 丕賱賲賵囟賵毓 賲賳 夭丕賵賷丞 丕賱胤賮賱 匕賷 丕賱鬲爻毓 爻賳賵丕鬲 丕賱匕賷 鬲鬲賳丕夭毓賴 丕賱賲丨亘丞 賵丕賱禺賷乇 賲賳 噩賴丞 賵丕賱禺賷丕賱 賵"丕賱賰乇鬲賵賳" 賲賳 噩賴丞 丕禺乇賶 賵丕賵丕賲乇 丕賴賱賴 賲賳 噩賴丞 孬丕賱孬丞 賵囟睾胤 丕氐丿賯丕卅賴 賲賳 噩賴丞 乇丕亘毓丞 賵丕賮賰丕乇賴 丕賱禺丕氐丞 賲賳 噩賴丞 禺丕賲爻丞 賰丕賳 噩賲賷賱丕賸 亘丕賱賮毓賱.
- 丕賱賳賴丕賷丞 賰丕賳鬲 禺丕丿毓丞 賵賲胤賱賯丞貙 丕鬲賮賴賲 丕賳 鬲鬲乇賰 賴賰匕丕貙 賱賰賳賳賷 鬲賵賯毓鬲 賳賴丕賷丞 賲睾丕賷乇丞貙 賳賴丕賷丞 鬲鬲乇賰賳丕 賮賷 毓丕賱賲 丕賱胤賮賵賱丞.
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- 丕賱鬲賳丕賯囟 丕賱匕賷 亘賳賷鬲 毓賱賷賴 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 亘賷賳 毓丕賱賲賷賳 丕賵 噩賷賱賷賳 (丕賱賰亘丕乇 賵丕賱氐睾丕乇) 賰丕賳 噩賷丿丕賸 賵乇丐賷丞 丕賱賲賵囟賵毓 賲賳 夭丕賵賷丞 丕賱胤賮賱 匕賷 丕賱鬲爻毓 爻賳賵丕鬲 丕賱匕賷 鬲鬲賳丕夭毓賴 丕賱賲丨亘丞 賵丕賱禺賷乇 賲賳 噩賴丞 賵丕賱禺賷丕賱 賵"丕賱賰乇鬲賵賳" 賲賳 噩賴丞 丕禺乇賶 賵丕賵丕賲乇 丕賴賱賴 賲賳 噩賴丞 孬丕賱孬丞 賵囟睾胤 丕氐丿賯丕卅賴 賲賳 噩賴丞 乇丕亘毓丞 賵丕賮賰丕乇賴 丕賱禺丕氐丞 賲賳 噩賴丞 禺丕賲爻丞 賰丕賳 噩賲賷賱丕賸 亘丕賱賮毓賱.
- 丕賱賳賴丕賷丞 賰丕賳鬲 禺丕丿毓丞 賵賲胤賱賯丞貙 丕鬲賮賴賲 丕賳 鬲鬲乇賰 賴賰匕丕貙 賱賰賳賳賷 鬲賵賯毓鬲 賳賴丕賷丞 賲睾丕賷乇丞貙 賳賴丕賷丞 鬲鬲乇賰賳丕 賮賷 毓丕賱賲 丕賱胤賮賵賱丞.
April 9, 2019
Due sorprese.
Sorpresa in negativo: sin dall'inizio sembra di leggere la sceneggiatura del film. Nel libro mi aspettavo di trovare un po' pi霉 di sostanza narrativa e anche una scrittura un po' pi霉 articolata di quella che si richiede a una semplice sceneggiatura. E invece devo accettare il fatto che ci sar脿 una trama non particolarmente sviluppata attorno all'idea centrale 鈥� che 猫 comunque buona 鈥� e un qualche svarione tra punteggiatura e congiuntivi. Quest'ultimo appunto trova tuttavia una motivazione che si collega alla sorpresa in positivo.
Sorpresa in positivo: 猫 narrato in prima persona. La voce narrante 猫 proprio quella del ragazzino protagonista, o meglio 猫 lui da adulto che ricorda le vicende dell'estate '78, e ricordando si ri-cala con franchezza nei panni di s茅 stesso novenne: e con mia grande sorpresa devo ammettere che il tutto si regge in piedi. Come ha giustamente osservato @Roberto, l'autore riesce a reggere per un libro intero il punto di vista del ragazzino attribuendogli ingenuit脿 autentiche e senza alcun bisogno di farlo apparire "piacione" agli occhi dell'adulto lettore e senza alcun bisogno di fare apparire il suo mondo come un mondo fatato e visto attraverso occhiali colorati di rosa, ch茅 tale l'infanzia non 猫, semmai 猫 un'idea che se ne fanno certi adulti quando hanno dimenticato del tutto l'infanzia e l'hanno sostituita con quella cosa plasticosa che ci viene mostrata nelle pubblicit脿. La pulizia e la sincerit脿 di questa narrazione stanno nel fatto che non vuole sorprendere ad ogni costo. Quoto anche @ferrigno perch茅 ha centrato il punto: "personaggi reali, niente forzature, sarcasmo sotto controllo, qualunquismo sotto controllo".
Per quanto conoscessi gi脿 la storia sin dall'inizio, e di man in mano che andavo avanti nella lettura notavo i tantissimi punti di contatto con il film e le rarissime divergenze, l'intero racconto si 猫 lasciato comunque leggere tenendo ben deste attenzione e curiosit脿, pi霉 il piacere di rivivere 鈥� sentendola letteralmente sulla pelle - una calda estate afosa e trovare molto ben ricostruita l'ambientazione della minuscola frazioncina composta di quattro case isolate immezzo ai campi.
Paragoni: tra questo e Come Dio comanda, ho certamente preferito questo, pi霉 spontaneo e meno cavilloso: la scrittura 猫 s矛 scarna quasi da sceneggiatura, eppure a paragone dell'altro 猫 pi霉 romanzo e meno criminal minds. Mi ha anche ricordato con piacere i libri di Luca Gallo in tema di infanzia/giovinezza (Come l'insalata sotto la neve e Prossima fermata trambusto).
A cavallo tra le due sorprese, mi ritrovo con il solito mea culpa: non avrei dovuto vedere il film, per potermi gustare un po' di pi霉 il libro. Sarebbero un po' meno di quattro stelle, per la facciata arrotondo agevolmente in eccesso.
January 5, 2022
This book was 's English language translation debut in which, during a sweltering hot Italian summer, a group of children go off together, when one of them finds what he believes to be a corpse! This discovery leads to something altogether possibly worse(!) as Ammaniti explores the vagaries of childhood with its shifting friendship alliances sometimes caused by casual betrayals, with the mix of helplessness and earnest audacity with which children confront adult situations. A nice idea, that could have been so much more compelling and 'deeper' than it is here. 5 out of 12.
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December 4, 2017
"丕賱賵丨賵卮 睾賷乇 賲賵噩賵丿丞. 丕賱兀卮亘丕丨 賵丕賱廿賳爻丕賳 丕賱匕卅亘 賵丕賱爻丕丨乇丕鬲 噩賲賷毓賴丕 禺乇丕賮丕鬲 賱鬲禺賵賷賮 丕賱兀睾亘賷丕亍 賲孬賱賰. 賷賳亘睾賷 兀賳 鬲禺丕賮 賲賳 丕賱毓賽亘賻丕丿 賱丕 賲賳 丕賱賵丨賵卮."
賲丕 廿賳 亘丿兀鬲 亘賯乇丕亍丞 賴匕賴 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 丨鬲賶 卮毓乇鬲 亘兀賳 賮賷賴丕 卮賷卅賸丕 賷卮亘賴 丕賱爻丨乇 賷卮丿賾賳賷 廿賱賷賴丕 亘賯賵丞. 賮毓丿鬲 亘匕丕賰乇鬲賷 廿賱賶 鬲賱賰 丕賱兀賷丕賲 丕賱鬲賷 賰賳鬲 賮賷賴丕 亘爻賳賾 賲賷賰賷賱賾賷 兀賲賷鬲乇丕賳賵 賵兀氐丿賯丕卅賴貙 胤賮賱丞 鬲毓丿賵 賵爻胤 丨賯賵賱 丕賱賯賲丨 賲毓 乇賮丕賯賴丕 丕賱氐睾丕乇貙 賵賰賳賾丕 賲丕 廿賳 賳丿禺賱 丕賱丨賯賱 丕賱賵丕爻毓貙 丨鬲賶 鬲兀鬲賷 丕賱噩丿賾丞 "兀賲 睾丕夭賷" 賮鬲乇賰囟 禺賱賮賳丕 賱鬲胤乇丿賳丕 賲賳 丨賯賱賴丕! 賰賲 賰賳賾丕 賳禺丕賮賴丕! 賮鬲鬲賯胤賾毓 兀賳賮丕爻賳丕 賲賳 丕賱噩乇賷 賴乇賵亘賸丕 賲賳賴丕! 賵丕鬲匕賰乇 "賲丨賲丿" 丕亘賳 丕賱噩賷乇丕賳 丕賱匕賷 賰丕賳 兀賰亘乇賳丕 爻賳賸丕 賵丕賱卮賴賷乇 亘兀賳賴 "賰匕賾丕亘" 賮賷鬲賮賳賾賳 亘廿禺丕賮鬲賳丕 賲賳 賯氐氐 丕賱兀卮亘丕丨 賵丕賱噩賳賾賷賷賳! 賵丕鬲匕賰乇 丨賷賳 匕賴亘鬲 廿賱賶 賲丨賱 丕賱兀賱毓丕亘 賵乇賮囟鬲 兀賳 丕卮鬲乇賷 "亘丕乇亘賷" 賵丕卮鬲乇賷鬲 賰乇丞 賯丿賲 賱賵賳賴丕 亘乇鬲賯丕賱賷貙 賲賳鬲賮禺丞 毓賱賶 丌禺乇賴丕貙 氐賱亘丞 賵賯丕爻賷丞貙 賵乇丕卅丨鬲賴丕 亘賱丕爻鬲賷賰賷丞 賯賵賷丞貙 賰賳鬲 兀丨鬲賮馗 亘賴丕 丿丕禺賱 卮亘賰鬲賴丕 丨鬲賶 賱丕 鬲購禺丿卮 兀賵 鬲鬲賱賮! 賷丕 丕賱賱賴! 賰賲 賰丕賳鬲 賲禺丕賵賮賳丕 毓馗賷賲丞 賲賳 賵丨賵卮 丕禺鬲乇毓賴丕 禺賷丕賱賳丕貙 兀卮亘丕丨 鬲丨鬲 丕賱爻乇賷乇貙 賵丨賵卮 丕賱賱賷賱貙 丕賱睾賵賱丞貙 丕賱毓噩賵夭 丕賱卮乇賷乇丞貙 丕賱丨卮乇丕鬲 丕賱毓賲賱丕賯丞 丕賱鬲賷 鬲爻賰賳 亘丕胤賳 丕賱兀乇囟...! 賰賳賸丕 賳毓鬲賯丿 亘兀賳 丕賱卮乇 賷鬲賲孬賾賱 亘賴匕賴 丕賱賰丕卅賳丕鬲 賮賯胤! 賰賲 賰購賳賾丕 兀亘乇賷丕亍!
賰賴匕丕 賴賲 丕賱兀胤賮丕賱! 賷乇賵賳 丕賱毓丕賱賲 亘毓賷賵賳 賲賱賵賾賳丞 亘乇賷卅丞貙 賱丕 賷毓乇賮賵賳 丨賯賷賯丞 兀賳 丕賱卮乇 賷賲賰賳 兀賳 賷禺鬲賮賷 賵乇丕亍 賵噩賵賴 亘乇賷卅丞 亘丕爻賲丞貙 賵噩賵賴 兀卮禺丕氐 賯丿 賳丨亘賾賴賲 賵賯丿 賷毓賳賵賳 賱賳丕 賰賱 丕賱毓丕賱賲! 賷毓噩夭 禺賷丕賱賴賲 丕賱亘乇賷亍 毓賳 賮賴賲 賵廿丿乇丕賰 賵鬲氐賵賾乇 "丕賱卮乇". 賷賯賮賵賳 毓丕噩夭賷賳 毓賳丿 丕賰鬲卮丕賮 兀賳 丕賱卮禺氐 丕賱匕賷 賷毓賳賷 賱賴賲 丕賱毓丕賱賲 賵賷丨丕賵賱 兀賳 賷毓賱賾賲賴賲 賵賷賳氐丨賴賲 亘丕賱爻賱賵賰丕鬲 丕賱噩賷賾丿丞貙 賷賯鬲乇賮 兀卮賳毓 丕賱兀賮毓丕賱! 賰賷賮 賷賲賰賳賴賲 兀賳 賷賮賴賲賵丕 丿賵丕賮毓 鬲賱賰 丕賱兀賮毓丕賱! 賰賷賮 賷賲賰賳賴賲 兀賳 賷爻鬲賵毓亘賵丕 鬲賳丕賯囟 丕賱廿賳爻丕賳! 賷丕 賱卮賯丕亍 丕賱兀胤賮丕賱 賵賷丕 賱賯爻賵丞 丕賱廿賳爻丕賳!
乇賵丕賷丞 亘丿賷毓丞貙 兀卮亘賴 亘爻賲賮賵賳賷丞 賲賵爻賷賯賷丞 噩匕賾丕亘丞 賵賲丐孬賾乇丞貙 鬲兀爻乇 丨賵丕爻賰貙 亘乇賯鬲賴丕 賵賯賵賾鬲賴丕 賵毓購賲賯賴丕 賵亘賲丕 鬲丨賲賱賴 賲賳 賰賱 丕賱賲毓丕賳賷.
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October 21, 2009
I'm not sure how to describe this book. Is it a shattering of innocence, a coming of age story, a mystery, a suspense novel or is it all of these? I was drawn into the story immediately by the short terse prose, the descriptions of the countryside and the dialogue and actions of the young children in the story. Ammaniti, has captured with accuracy the actions and thoughts of a child who is caught in an adult situation. As the reader you are viewing the events from the eyes of nine year old Michelle and you feel the same confusion and detachment that he does when placed in a situation where an incredible event is occuring. As he learns more and sees more from the actions of his parents and the other adults around him be begins to understand what is really happening and can no longer remain detached. He can no longer remain neutral, he must act. The book moves along at a quick pace and ends in a nail biting climax. This was a good story with beautiful detail and a realistic portrayal of a nine year olds reactions and thoughts. I really enjoyed this book.
July 7, 2023
鈥濸iantala con questi mostri, Michele. I mostri non esistono. I fantasmi, i lupi mannari, le streghe sono fesserie inventate per mettere paura ai creduloni come te. Devi avere paura degli uomini, non dei mostri.鈥�
November 5, 2024
袞械褋褌芯泻懈泄 屑懈褉 袧懈泻泻芯谢芯 袗屑屑邪薪懈褌懈, 谐写械 写械褌褋褌胁芯 芯屑褉邪褔械薪芯 锌褉械褋褌褍锌薪褘屑懈 胁蟹褉芯褋谢褘屑懈. 袪邪褋褋泻邪蟹褔懈泻 - 写械胁褟褌懈谢械褌薪懈泄 屑邪谢褜褔懈泻, 锌芯 胁芯蟹褉邪褋褌褍 械谐芯 屑芯卸薪芯 斜褘谢芯 斜褘 芯褌薪械褋褌懈 泻 泻邪褌械谐芯褉懈懈 薪械薪邪写褢卸薪芯谐芯 褉邪褋褋泻邪蟹褔懈泻邪, 薪芯 芯薪 胁械褉薪芯 锌芯薪懈屑邪械褌 褋褍褌褜 胁械褖械泄, 芯薪 锌褘褌邪械褌褋褟 写械谢邪褌褜 写芯斜褉芯 锌芯 屑械褉械 褋胁芯懈褏 写械褌褋泻懈褏 褋懈谢. 袨薪 蟹邪褖懈褖邪械褌 褌芯谢褋褌褍褞 写械胁芯褔泻褍 袘邪褉斜邪褉褍 芯褌 卸械褋褌芯泻芯谐芯 "薪邪泻邪蟹邪薪懈褟", 锌褉懈写褍屑邪薪薪芯谐芯 蟹邪胁芯写懈谢芯泄 效械褉械锌芯屑, 薪械褋薪芯褋薪褘屑 屑邪谢褜褔懈褕泻芯泄, 褋褌邪褉褕械 袦懈泻械谢械 薪邪 褌褉懈 谐芯写邪, 懈 薪邪 褝褌芯屑 芯褋薪芯胁邪薪懈懈 写芯屑懈薪懈褉褍褞褖懈屑 胁 懈褏 泻芯屑锌邪薪懈懈. 袚械褉芯泄 锌褘褌邪械褌褋褟 锌芯屑芯褔褜, 邪 蟹邪褌械屑 褋锌邪褋褌懈 薪械褋褔邪褋褌薪芯谐芯 肖懈谢懈锌锌芯, 卸械褉褌胁褍 泻懈写薪褝锌锌懈薪谐邪, 锌褉懈褔械屑 芯写薪懈屑 懈蟹 锌芯褏懈褌懈褌械谢械泄 褟胁谢褟械褌褋褟 褋芯斜褋褌胁械薪薪褘泄 芯褌械褑 褉邪褋褋泻邪蟹褔懈泻邪. 袧芯, 屑薪械 泻邪卸械褌褋褟, 锌褋懈褏芯谢芯谐懈褔械褋泻懈泄 泻芯薪褎谢懈泻褌 屑械卸写褍 卸械谢邪薪懈械屑 褋锌邪褋褌懈 褔褍卸芯谐芯 屑邪谢褜褔懈褕泻褍, 褋褌邪胁褕械谐芯 械屑褍 写褉褍谐芯屑, 懈 谢褞斜芯胁褜褞 泻 芯褌褑褍, 邪 袦懈泻械谢械, 芯褔械胁懈写薪芯, 谢褞斜懈谢 械谐芯, 褉邪褋泻褉褘褌 薪械写芯褋褌邪褌芯褔薪芯 谐谢褍斜芯泻芯. 肖懈薪邪谢 褌褉邪谐懈褔薪褘泄, 薪芯 芯褌 薪械谐芯 胁械械褌 泻懈薪械屑邪褌芯谐褉邪褎懈褔械褋泻懈屑 褝褎褎械泻褌薪芯褋褌褜褞, 屑械谢芯写褉邪屑邪褌懈褔薪芯泄 锌褉芯薪蟹懈褌械谢褜薪芯褋褌褜褞, 薪械卸械谢懈 褋芯褋褌褉邪写邪薪懈械屑 泻 褋褍写褜斜邪屑 懈 卸械谢邪薪懈械屑 褉邪蟹芯斜褉邪褌褜褋褟 胁 锌芯褌邪褢薪薪褘褏 谐谢褍斜懈薪邪褏 锌褉懈褔懈薪 懈 褋谢械写褋褌胁懈泄. 袛谢褟 屑械薪褟 褌邪泻 懈 芯褋褌邪谢芯褋褜 薪械锌芯薪褟褌薪褘屑, 锌芯褔械屑褍 褉械斜械薪泻邪 褍泻褉邪谢懈 - 泻邪泻芯泄 斜褘谢 屑芯褌懈胁? 袧械褍卸械谢懈 斜褘谢邪 褌邪泻邪褟 薪褍卸写邪 胁 写械薪褜谐邪褏 (胁褉芯写械 锌芯 芯锌懈褋邪薪懈褞, 褋械屑褜褟 褏芯褌褜 懈 斜褘谢邪 斜械写薪芯泄, 薪芯 薪邪 锌芯写邪褉泻懈 写械褌褟屑 写械薪械谐 褏胁邪褌邪谢芯, 芯褋褌褉芯泄, 懈褋泻邪卸邪褞褖械泄 褔械谢芯胁械褔械褋泻懈械 褑械薪薪芯褋褌懈 薪懈褖械褌褘 薪械 斜褘谢芯), 懈谢懈 芯褌械褑 懈蟹薪邪褔邪谢褜薪芯 斜褘谢 斜邪薪写懈褌芯屑, 褔谢械薪芯屑 屑邪褎懈懈 懈 薪械 屑芯谐 芯褌泻邪蟹邪褌褜褋褟. 袦芯褌懈胁 锌芯褏懈褖械薪懈褟 薪械锌芯薪褟褌械薪. 孝邪泻卸械 薪械褟褋薪芯, 芯褌泻褍写邪 褌邪泻邪褟 褋褌褉邪锟斤拷褌褜 泻 懈褋褌褟蟹邪薪懈褞, 蟹邪褔械屑 卸械褉褌胁褍 写械褉卸邪褌褜 胁 褟屑械, 锌褉懈泻芯胁褘胁邪褌褜 蟹邪 薪芯谐褍? 袪褟写芯屑 胁械写褜 斜褘谢 蟹邪斜褉芯褕械薪薪褘泄 写芯屑. 袗胁褌芯褉 锌褘褌邪械褌褋褟 胁褘褋褌褉芯懈褌褜 锌邪褉邪谢谢械谢懈 褋 斜懈斜谢械泄褋泻懈屑懈 褋褞卸械褌邪屑懈, 肖懈谢谢懈锌芯 褔邪褋褌芯 薪邪蟹褘胁邪械褌 袦懈泻械谢械 邪薪谐械谢芯屑, 薪芯 写芯 泻芯薪褑邪 褝褌懈 锌邪褉邪谢谢械谢懈 薪械 胁褘褋褌褉芯械薪褘, 薪械 写芯屑褘褋谢械薪褘.
February 19, 2024
This is the type of "thriller" that works for me. The kind that's only a thriller by way of its plot propulsion (the same way No Country for Old Men is a thriller), not by any of the typical genre tropes.
It's 1978 southern Italy, in a poor desolate town, and the narrator is a 9 year old boy who is about to have a brutal coming of age. Adults aren't necessarily good, or safe, as it turns out. Even the ones you're supposed to trust the most.
Ammaniti captures childhood, particularly summer childhood, that time spent on bicycles and with kids thrown together because they're all in the same neighbourhood. The heat, the flies, and soon, the danger.
It moves quickly, and it's short, too, so it's something that can be read in one sitting, if you find yourself in its grip. The ending felt a bit... amputated? Abrupt, or something not quite working, given the narrative voice (an older man telling the story of what happened in his childhood). Something a little too unresolved, though entirely believable.
The writing is good, though, and immersive. The nightmare sequence in which Jesus shakes Lazarus to life will stick with me, along with the hot dusty bicycle rides, and the tick-covered dog.
It's 1978 southern Italy, in a poor desolate town, and the narrator is a 9 year old boy who is about to have a brutal coming of age. Adults aren't necessarily good, or safe, as it turns out. Even the ones you're supposed to trust the most.
Ammaniti captures childhood, particularly summer childhood, that time spent on bicycles and with kids thrown together because they're all in the same neighbourhood. The heat, the flies, and soon, the danger.
It moves quickly, and it's short, too, so it's something that can be read in one sitting, if you find yourself in its grip. The ending felt a bit... amputated? Abrupt, or something not quite working, given the narrative voice (an older man telling the story of what happened in his childhood). Something a little too unresolved, though entirely believable.
The writing is good, though, and immersive. The nightmare sequence in which Jesus shakes Lazarus to life will stick with me, along with the hot dusty bicycle rides, and the tick-covered dog.
September 9, 2011
A real horror. Evil is committed in pursuit of the "good", the victims are innocent and young, their innocence lost in the most painful way possible, and the story ends without any expectation of redemption or happiness for anyone.
And what a unique and brilliant narration! The author inhabits the mind of a nine-year-old boy and tells the story like a real nine-year-old. Reminded me of Esther Freud's "Hideous Kinky" but with really something extraordinary: it doesn't take Niccolo Ammaniti whole paragraphs to jolt his readers. He does it with just one or two short sentences, often when his fictive boy narrator makes a wrong perception of something (which at first seemed real). Then all that the boy has heard, felt and seen he ties them up in the end, like a bundle of hard wires, then hits you with it in the head leaving you dazed.
Now thank me for not giving away the plot which, by itself, had it even been badly presented, would have netted five stars from me.
And what a unique and brilliant narration! The author inhabits the mind of a nine-year-old boy and tells the story like a real nine-year-old. Reminded me of Esther Freud's "Hideous Kinky" but with really something extraordinary: it doesn't take Niccolo Ammaniti whole paragraphs to jolt his readers. He does it with just one or two short sentences, often when his fictive boy narrator makes a wrong perception of something (which at first seemed real). Then all that the boy has heard, felt and seen he ties them up in the end, like a bundle of hard wires, then hits you with it in the head leaving you dazed.
Now thank me for not giving away the plot which, by itself, had it even been badly presented, would have netted five stars from me.
April 6, 2019
賳賷賰賵賱賵 兀賲丕賳賷鬲賷 丕爻賲 兀丿亘賷 廿賷胤丕賱賷 噩丿賷丿 毓賱賶 丕賱賯丕乇卅 丕賱毓乇亘賷
(胤亘毓丕賸 賴匕賴 賲卮賰賱丞 丕賱賯丕乇卅 丕賱毓乇亘賷 賵賱賷爻鬲 賲卮賰賱丞 兀賲丕賳賷鬲賷)
賱賲 賷鬲乇噩賲 賱賴 丨鬲賶 丕賱丌賳 爻賵賶 乇賵丕賷鬲賷賳, 賵賱賰賳賴賲丕 鬲賰賮賷丕賳 賱廿丿乇丕賰 兀賳賴 賵丕丨丿 賲賳 兀賴賲 丕賱兀氐賵丕鬲 丕賱兀丿亘賷丞 丕賱廿賷胤丕賱賷丞 丕賱賲毓丕氐乇丞.
"兀賳丕 賱丕 兀禺丕賮"
乇賵丕賷丞 鬲購乇賵賶 毓賱賶 賱爻丕賳 兀胤賮丕賱 賲賳 賵噩賴丞 賳馗乇 兀胤賮丕賱 賱鬲丨賰賷 毓賳 毓丕賱賲 丕賱賰亘丕乇 睾賷乇 丕賱賲賮賴賵賲 賱賴賲 亘毓丿, 匕賱賰 丕賱毓丕賱賲 丕賱匕賷 爻賷鬲毓乇賮賵賳 毓賱賷賴 亘丕賱鬲丿乇賷噩 賵亘賰賱 丕賱賯爻賵丞 賵丕賱乇毓亘 丕賱賲賲賰賳賷賳
毓丕賱賲 丕賱賰亘丕乇 丕賱賯亘賷丨, 賴匕丕 賴賵 丕賱毓丕賱賲 丕賱匕賷 賷氐賮賴 兀賲丕賳賷鬲賷, 賰賱 卮賷亍 賮賷賴 賯亘賷丨, 丨鬲賶 丕賱胤賯爻 丕賱噩丕賮 賵丕賱丨丕乇, 丕賱賲爻鬲睾乇亘 賮賷 兀賵乇賵亘丕 賵賱賰賳 賱丕 賳賳爻賶 兀賳 廿賷胤丕賱賷丕 丿賵賱丞 賲鬲賵爻胤賷丞
賲鬲賶 賳賮賯丿 亘乇丕亍鬲賳丕 賵賳賳爻丕賯 賵乇丕亍 賴匕丕 丕賱毓丕賱賲 丕賱睾乇賷亘 賵丕賱胤丕丨賳責 毓丕賱賲 丕賱賰亘丕乇 丕賱賯亘賷丨責
賴賱 賷賵噩丿 賵賯鬲 賲丨丿丿 賱賱噩賲賷毓責 兀賲 兀賳 賱賰賱 卮禺氐 賵賯鬲賴 丕賱禺丕氐責 兀賲 兀賳賳丕 毓賱賶 丕賱丨賯賷賯丞 賳賵賱丿 賰賱賳丕 賴賰匕丕, 亘卮乇丕賸 賱丕 賷賲賱賰賵賳 亘乇丕亍丞 丕賱賲賱丕卅賰丞 丕賱禺賷丕賱賷丞 毓賱賶 丕賱廿胤賱丕賯 賵賱丕 丨鬲賶 賱賲丿丞 爻丕毓丞 賵丕丨丿丞責
兀賲丕賳賷鬲賷 賷賰鬲亘 亘賱睾丞 亘爻賷胤丞 毓賳 兀丨丿丕孬 鬲亘丿賵 亘爻賷胤丞, 賷賰鬲亘 亘亘爻丕胤丞 賵丕賳爻賷丕亘賷丞, 賵賱賰賳賴 賮賷 毓賲賯 賲丕 賷乇賵賷賴 賱賷爻 亘爻賷胤丕賸 毓賱賶 丕賱廿胤賱丕賯
賮丕賱丨賷丕丞 丕賱丨賯賷賯賷丞... 賱賷爻鬲 亘爻賷胤丞 .... 賱賷爻鬲 亘爻賷胤丞 兀亘丿丕賸
(胤亘毓丕賸 賴匕賴 賲卮賰賱丞 丕賱賯丕乇卅 丕賱毓乇亘賷 賵賱賷爻鬲 賲卮賰賱丞 兀賲丕賳賷鬲賷)
賱賲 賷鬲乇噩賲 賱賴 丨鬲賶 丕賱丌賳 爻賵賶 乇賵丕賷鬲賷賳, 賵賱賰賳賴賲丕 鬲賰賮賷丕賳 賱廿丿乇丕賰 兀賳賴 賵丕丨丿 賲賳 兀賴賲 丕賱兀氐賵丕鬲 丕賱兀丿亘賷丞 丕賱廿賷胤丕賱賷丞 丕賱賲毓丕氐乇丞.
"兀賳丕 賱丕 兀禺丕賮"
乇賵丕賷丞 鬲購乇賵賶 毓賱賶 賱爻丕賳 兀胤賮丕賱 賲賳 賵噩賴丞 賳馗乇 兀胤賮丕賱 賱鬲丨賰賷 毓賳 毓丕賱賲 丕賱賰亘丕乇 睾賷乇 丕賱賲賮賴賵賲 賱賴賲 亘毓丿, 匕賱賰 丕賱毓丕賱賲 丕賱匕賷 爻賷鬲毓乇賮賵賳 毓賱賷賴 亘丕賱鬲丿乇賷噩 賵亘賰賱 丕賱賯爻賵丞 賵丕賱乇毓亘 丕賱賲賲賰賳賷賳
毓丕賱賲 丕賱賰亘丕乇 丕賱賯亘賷丨, 賴匕丕 賴賵 丕賱毓丕賱賲 丕賱匕賷 賷氐賮賴 兀賲丕賳賷鬲賷, 賰賱 卮賷亍 賮賷賴 賯亘賷丨, 丨鬲賶 丕賱胤賯爻 丕賱噩丕賮 賵丕賱丨丕乇, 丕賱賲爻鬲睾乇亘 賮賷 兀賵乇賵亘丕 賵賱賰賳 賱丕 賳賳爻賶 兀賳 廿賷胤丕賱賷丕 丿賵賱丞 賲鬲賵爻胤賷丞
賲鬲賶 賳賮賯丿 亘乇丕亍鬲賳丕 賵賳賳爻丕賯 賵乇丕亍 賴匕丕 丕賱毓丕賱賲 丕賱睾乇賷亘 賵丕賱胤丕丨賳責 毓丕賱賲 丕賱賰亘丕乇 丕賱賯亘賷丨責
賴賱 賷賵噩丿 賵賯鬲 賲丨丿丿 賱賱噩賲賷毓責 兀賲 兀賳 賱賰賱 卮禺氐 賵賯鬲賴 丕賱禺丕氐責 兀賲 兀賳賳丕 毓賱賶 丕賱丨賯賷賯丞 賳賵賱丿 賰賱賳丕 賴賰匕丕, 亘卮乇丕賸 賱丕 賷賲賱賰賵賳 亘乇丕亍丞 丕賱賲賱丕卅賰丞 丕賱禺賷丕賱賷丞 毓賱賶 丕賱廿胤賱丕賯 賵賱丕 丨鬲賶 賱賲丿丞 爻丕毓丞 賵丕丨丿丞責
兀賲丕賳賷鬲賷 賷賰鬲亘 亘賱睾丞 亘爻賷胤丞 毓賳 兀丨丿丕孬 鬲亘丿賵 亘爻賷胤丞, 賷賰鬲亘 亘亘爻丕胤丞 賵丕賳爻賷丕亘賷丞, 賵賱賰賳賴 賮賷 毓賲賯 賲丕 賷乇賵賷賴 賱賷爻 亘爻賷胤丕賸 毓賱賶 丕賱廿胤賱丕賯
賮丕賱丨賷丕丞 丕賱丨賯賷賯賷丞... 賱賷爻鬲 亘爻賷胤丞 .... 賱賷爻鬲 亘爻賷胤丞 兀亘丿丕賸
February 2, 2024
鈥業k ben niet bang鈥� van Niccol貌 Ammaniti (uitgeverij Lebowski) begint als een vriendelijk verhaal, met een wedstrijdje tussen kinderen, verandert na een paar bladzijden in een prachtige, maar gruwelijke film. Film, jawel: zo beeldend komt dit boek op je af. Of je wil of niet, je verhuist lijfelijk naar het ontieglijk kleine gehucht Acqua Traverse, en je wordt deelgenoot van de angsten en verlangens van het hoofdpersonage Michele. Je huivert en geniet tegelijk. Vertaald uit het Italiaans door Els van der Pluijm.
March 18, 2019
Di Ammaniti e dei suoi adolescenti disadattati ho gi脿 detto altrove tutte le mie perplessit脿.
Ma in questo libro i disadattati sono gli adulti, mentre i bambini crescono stando insieme, sperimentando gerarchie, piccole sopraffazioni, quando ancora non si chiamavano bullismo , prepotenze e tradimenti, ma anche sfide, solidariet脿, amicizia.
Il mondo tra pari molto simile a quello della mia infanzia, passato nella noia che ci faceva inventare giochi demenziali o meravigliosi, ma in tanti, tutti insieme, con appresso i fratelli pi霉 piccoli che arrancavano e si facevano giocare "in insalata"...tanto non contavano! mentre ora sono sempre soli, chiusi nella loro stanza, a parlare con amici virtuali, o costretti a sfinenti attivit脿 tutte predisposte da adulti con la loro presenza ingombrante e imprescindibile.
Sicuri di aver loro costruito un mondo migliore?
Ma in questo libro i disadattati sono gli adulti, mentre i bambini crescono stando insieme, sperimentando gerarchie, piccole sopraffazioni, quando ancora non si chiamavano bullismo , prepotenze e tradimenti, ma anche sfide, solidariet脿, amicizia.
Il mondo tra pari molto simile a quello della mia infanzia, passato nella noia che ci faceva inventare giochi demenziali o meravigliosi, ma in tanti, tutti insieme, con appresso i fratelli pi霉 piccoli che arrancavano e si facevano giocare "in insalata"...tanto non contavano! mentre ora sono sempre soli, chiusi nella loro stanza, a parlare con amici virtuali, o costretti a sfinenti attivit脿 tutte predisposte da adulti con la loro presenza ingombrante e imprescindibile.
Sicuri di aver loro costruito un mondo migliore?
July 8, 2024
"Monsters don't exist. It's men you should be afraid of, not monsters."
3.5 stars 鈥� A tense and propulsive coming-of-age thriller about lost innocence and that transformational moment in every child鈥檚 life when monsters and myths are slowly supplanted by even deeper and darker fears of the potential depravity within other human beings.
Nine-year-old Michele is bicycling through the golden wheat fields of rural southern Italy with his baby sister and friends on an unusually hot summer day when they stumble across an abandoned, dilapidated house hidden away in the forest. When he鈥檚 dared by the leader/bully of their group to go explore what's inside, Michele makes a shocking and horrific discovery that forces him to reevaluate everything he鈥檚 ever known or been raised to believe.
Elevating this a notch or two above most coming-of-age tales is a unique, staccato first-person narrative voice that takes us inside the naive and imaginative mind of a child with an uncanny authenticity that few authors ever achieve.
It's a fitting follow-up to my recent Mark Twain re-reads, perfectly capturing both the wonder and terror of childhood. The fears and superstitions, the sexual curiosities, the shifting alliances and class divisions among friends, and most consequentially, the disillusionment that comes with discovering that your parents and other "grown-ups" are also complex and deeply flawed human beings.听
This had the brisk, breezy pace of a light summer vacation read, but with just enough Gothic Lite elements to keep a dark and twisted reader like me eagerly turning the pages to find out what happens next.
3.5 stars 鈥� A tense and propulsive coming-of-age thriller about lost innocence and that transformational moment in every child鈥檚 life when monsters and myths are slowly supplanted by even deeper and darker fears of the potential depravity within other human beings.
Nine-year-old Michele is bicycling through the golden wheat fields of rural southern Italy with his baby sister and friends on an unusually hot summer day when they stumble across an abandoned, dilapidated house hidden away in the forest. When he鈥檚 dared by the leader/bully of their group to go explore what's inside, Michele makes a shocking and horrific discovery that forces him to reevaluate everything he鈥檚 ever known or been raised to believe.
Elevating this a notch or two above most coming-of-age tales is a unique, staccato first-person narrative voice that takes us inside the naive and imaginative mind of a child with an uncanny authenticity that few authors ever achieve.
It's a fitting follow-up to my recent Mark Twain re-reads, perfectly capturing both the wonder and terror of childhood. The fears and superstitions, the sexual curiosities, the shifting alliances and class divisions among friends, and most consequentially, the disillusionment that comes with discovering that your parents and other "grown-ups" are also complex and deeply flawed human beings.听
This had the brisk, breezy pace of a light summer vacation read, but with just enough Gothic Lite elements to keep a dark and twisted reader like me eagerly turning the pages to find out what happens next.
May 11, 2014
Despite its title, I鈥檓 scared and so is Michele, the 9-year-old narrator of this suspenseful story. It鈥檚 fast paced and wild, and you can鈥檛 help but be pulled in immediately and with full heart and soul.
Ammaniti knows how to create a grim story that has a loveable, heroic boy at its center. And he knows how to keep you sitting on the edge of your seat. The book is scary, but addictive. It reads like a nightmarish fairytale. There鈥檚 good versus evil all over the place. There鈥檚 one small good guy against a slew of big bad guys. And Michele is constantly being exposed to terrifying situations. For example, I died (along with Michele) when his mother insisted that a scary and gross old man would be sharing Michele鈥檚 tiny bedroom.
Michele stumbles upon a criminal secret and then spends his time frantically trying to help right the wrong. There is much urgent bike riding as he crashes through the wheat fields in the sweltering heat in Italy. We鈥檙e routing for him the whole way, but we share his fear that things could get uglier at any second. And they do, repeatedly. Michele is scared, but he鈥檚 also brave and determined to make things right, hindered again and again by the evil adults who hold the power.
Michele鈥檚 innocence, combined with the impact of the horrific discovery, affect his perception of reality. He begins questioning everyone鈥檚 motives and the basic goodness of people. In a minor scene, when he sees his friend dunking her dog in a disgustingly murky pond, he thinks she is killing him. Michele rescues the dog, and the girl insists she was just trying to wash off ticks. Always the helper, Michele then proceeds to remove the ticks. (Ammaniti gives us the gross and graphic details; and we keep watching, the same way we keep watching a car accident.) But was she really trying to kill the dog, or was Michele just being paranoid? Did he save the dog鈥檚 life, or was he merely a friend who helped remove some ticks? Ammaniti is a genius at setting up such ambiguous realities.
I have four complaints. First, I didn鈥檛 think this book was quite as tight as 鈥淢e and You,鈥� but that鈥檚 only because I鈥檓 not a fan of scenery (and I know many people will argue that describing the setting was necessary in order to create the right atmosphere). Second, the translation was poor in the first half of the book. In several cases, the translator used the Italian word instead of the English equivalent鈥攊t seemed more a sign of laziness than lack of skill, since some words seemed like they would be easy to translate. Third, even though the ending was clever and dramatic, I thought it was too abrupt. I would have liked more closure. Fourth, I had trouble buying the fact that there was a whole slew of bad guys鈥攊ncluding people you would expect to be good guys. I鈥檓 just not sure that worked.
I give it a 4.6--I knocked off a tenth of a point for each of my four complaints. It鈥檚 darker than 鈥淢e and You,鈥� but that didn鈥檛 stop me from loving it. Wait till you learn about 鈥渨ash bears.鈥� I hope more people discover this author; he鈥檚 a gem.
Ammaniti knows how to create a grim story that has a loveable, heroic boy at its center. And he knows how to keep you sitting on the edge of your seat. The book is scary, but addictive. It reads like a nightmarish fairytale. There鈥檚 good versus evil all over the place. There鈥檚 one small good guy against a slew of big bad guys. And Michele is constantly being exposed to terrifying situations. For example, I died (along with Michele) when his mother insisted that a scary and gross old man would be sharing Michele鈥檚 tiny bedroom.
Michele stumbles upon a criminal secret and then spends his time frantically trying to help right the wrong. There is much urgent bike riding as he crashes through the wheat fields in the sweltering heat in Italy. We鈥檙e routing for him the whole way, but we share his fear that things could get uglier at any second. And they do, repeatedly. Michele is scared, but he鈥檚 also brave and determined to make things right, hindered again and again by the evil adults who hold the power.
Michele鈥檚 innocence, combined with the impact of the horrific discovery, affect his perception of reality. He begins questioning everyone鈥檚 motives and the basic goodness of people. In a minor scene, when he sees his friend dunking her dog in a disgustingly murky pond, he thinks she is killing him. Michele rescues the dog, and the girl insists she was just trying to wash off ticks. Always the helper, Michele then proceeds to remove the ticks. (Ammaniti gives us the gross and graphic details; and we keep watching, the same way we keep watching a car accident.) But was she really trying to kill the dog, or was Michele just being paranoid? Did he save the dog鈥檚 life, or was he merely a friend who helped remove some ticks? Ammaniti is a genius at setting up such ambiguous realities.
I have four complaints. First, I didn鈥檛 think this book was quite as tight as 鈥淢e and You,鈥� but that鈥檚 only because I鈥檓 not a fan of scenery (and I know many people will argue that describing the setting was necessary in order to create the right atmosphere). Second, the translation was poor in the first half of the book. In several cases, the translator used the Italian word instead of the English equivalent鈥攊t seemed more a sign of laziness than lack of skill, since some words seemed like they would be easy to translate. Third, even though the ending was clever and dramatic, I thought it was too abrupt. I would have liked more closure. Fourth, I had trouble buying the fact that there was a whole slew of bad guys鈥攊ncluding people you would expect to be good guys. I鈥檓 just not sure that worked.
I give it a 4.6--I knocked off a tenth of a point for each of my four complaints. It鈥檚 darker than 鈥淢e and You,鈥� but that didn鈥檛 stop me from loving it. Wait till you learn about 鈥渨ash bears.鈥� I hope more people discover this author; he鈥檚 a gem.
April 22, 2018
My second book from Nicolo Ammanati. The first was "Me and You". "I'm Not Scared" was able to rectify my complaints about the first (lack of believability, focus on only one character's development, rushed story and rash examinations of important issues), but things I was impressed by in "Me and You" fell by the wayside here (insightful emotional examination, keeping the reader's interest, no unnecessary scenes).
"Spine-tingling"? I hate to say this (because I love his writings, I really do, but neither of the books I have read by him have all the components necessary for that really good book), but not so much. I lost interest a few different times. I feel like the suspense waned as the book continued, with not much explanation for different events, except that Michele was unable to learn everything from the secretive adults.
Believability? That a group of men in a small town, one of which is our narrator's father, together manage to kidnap a nine year old boy for ransom? Yes, likely it has happened before. That they are all mostly good people? Certainly. That the wives are mostly in on it and if not condoning, have accepted it? Maybe not so much, but given the time period, yes. And it is the extremely rare but very possible events that make the best fiction. After all, real life has the best stories. One could never make some of that stuff up.
The book was good, but not great. Pacing issues, character depth focused almost entirely on the narrator (understandable, as it is not an omniscient voice, but makes the important point that this particular story may have been better served if it were), and, most importantly, anticlimactic. I was very upset with the ending. The vagueness of it, the ridiculousness. It left me feeling cheated.
"Spine-tingling"? I hate to say this (because I love his writings, I really do, but neither of the books I have read by him have all the components necessary for that really good book), but not so much. I lost interest a few different times. I feel like the suspense waned as the book continued, with not much explanation for different events, except that Michele was unable to learn everything from the secretive adults.
Believability? That a group of men in a small town, one of which is our narrator's father, together manage to kidnap a nine year old boy for ransom? Yes, likely it has happened before. That they are all mostly good people? Certainly. That the wives are mostly in on it and if not condoning, have accepted it? Maybe not so much, but given the time period, yes. And it is the extremely rare but very possible events that make the best fiction. After all, real life has the best stories. One could never make some of that stuff up.
The book was good, but not great. Pacing issues, character depth focused almost entirely on the narrator (understandable, as it is not an omniscient voice, but makes the important point that this particular story may have been better served if it were), and, most importantly, anticlimactic. I was very upset with the ending. The vagueness of it, the ridiculousness. It left me feeling cheated.
December 8, 2015
A poignant coming of age story about the loss of innocence of a rural Italian boy.
The tale is told with enough balance as to be emotionally and intellectually engaging without being overly sentimental.
The style comes across as so effortless and the plot is so well handled, that one almost feels as if this could very well really have happened, which makes the chilling and ironic conclusion feel even more shocking and resonant.
..and since truth is stranger than fiction, who knows, perhaps it did happen; and in a certain sense, it did. The novel is apparently partly based on real-life historical events that took place in 1970's Italy.
Although the events that take place is the stuff of crime fiction and thrillers, it's given a fresh 'take' by being told from the point-of-view of the young protagonist who finds himself initially 'outside' the events that eventually rob him of his innocence and introduce him into the harsh world of adult reality.
What makes it really stand out from your general run-of-the-mill thriller though, is the insight that Mr Ammaniti shows into the psychology and souls of the characters he brings to life in this deftly-told novel.
Ammaniti poignantly brings to life the mind of an innocent child through the protagonist's initial interpretations of events; and it is a stomach-churning and heart-wrenching process to travel with young Michele into the realization of what is actually going on.
The tale is told with enough balance as to be emotionally and intellectually engaging without being overly sentimental.
The style comes across as so effortless and the plot is so well handled, that one almost feels as if this could very well really have happened, which makes the chilling and ironic conclusion feel even more shocking and resonant.
..and since truth is stranger than fiction, who knows, perhaps it did happen; and in a certain sense, it did. The novel is apparently partly based on real-life historical events that took place in 1970's Italy.
Although the events that take place is the stuff of crime fiction and thrillers, it's given a fresh 'take' by being told from the point-of-view of the young protagonist who finds himself initially 'outside' the events that eventually rob him of his innocence and introduce him into the harsh world of adult reality.
What makes it really stand out from your general run-of-the-mill thriller though, is the insight that Mr Ammaniti shows into the psychology and souls of the characters he brings to life in this deftly-told novel.
Ammaniti poignantly brings to life the mind of an innocent child through the protagonist's initial interpretations of events; and it is a stomach-churning and heart-wrenching process to travel with young Michele into the realization of what is actually going on.
December 28, 2013
Set during the heat wave in the summer of 1978, in rural Italy nine year old Michele and his friends pretty much have the countryside to themselves. The parents stay in and try to alleviate the heat in whatever ways they can. Michele is only concerned about today, like most children and does not yet think about the wider picture, world events or other things that have affected his town. His only concern is having to drag his little sister everywhere, his friend Salvatore and the unelected leader of the group who can be very cruel. Yet one day, an top of a hill and in a old house everything for Michele will change in an instant.
Almost from the beginning, I felt a palpable tension in this book, the heat, the barren countryside and the short sentences all added to this feeling. I found this to be a gripping read of lost innocence as what Michele finds causes him to mistrust those he previously trusted the most, even his own father. By the ending things have happened that cannot be undone and I was left thinking, what a heavy price there was to pay for trying to do the right thing. I was so proud of this little boy for going the extra mile for what he thought was right. Rather short novel but awfully though provoking.
Almost from the beginning, I felt a palpable tension in this book, the heat, the barren countryside and the short sentences all added to this feeling. I found this to be a gripping read of lost innocence as what Michele finds causes him to mistrust those he previously trusted the most, even his own father. By the ending things have happened that cannot be undone and I was left thinking, what a heavy price there was to pay for trying to do the right thing. I was so proud of this little boy for going the extra mile for what he thought was right. Rather short novel but awfully though provoking.
March 2, 2024
"賷賳亘睾賷 兀賳 鬲禺丕賮 賲賳 丕賱毓亘丕丿 賱丕 賲賳 丕賱賵丨賵卮"
賯乇丕亍丞 賲卮鬲乇賰丞 賲毓 氐丿賷賯 毓夭賷夭
乇丨賱丞 賲毓 丕賱兀丿亘 丕賱廿賷胤丕賱賷 貙 乇丨賱丞 賴丕丿卅丞 賲賲鬲毓丞貙 賲禺鬲賱胤丞 亘亘乇丕亍丞 丕賱兀胤賮丕賱 賵賮囟賵賱賴賲 賵乇睾亘鬲賴賲 丕賱丿丕卅賲丞 賮賷 丕賱廿賰鬲卮丕賮 賵丕賱亘丨孬. 乇賵丕賷丞 亘賴丕 毓丕賱賲丕賳 : 毓丕賱賲 丕賱氐睾丕乇 亘亘乇丕亍鬲賴 賵亘丕賳丿賮丕毓賴 丕賱丨賷賵賷貙 賵毓丕賱賲 丕賱賰亘丕乇 丕賱匕賷 賮賯丿 亘乇丕亍鬲賴 賵丨賲丕爻賴 丕賱丨賷賵賷 .
丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 鬲丿賵乇 丨賵賱 丕賱胤賮賱 賲賷賰賷賱賷 丕賱匕賷 賷毓賷卮 賮賷 丨賷 氐睾賷乇 亘賴 兀乇亘毓 亘賷賵鬲 賮賯胤
賱丿賷賴 丕氐丿賯丕亍 賷賱毓亘賵賳 賲毓賸丕 賷鬲爻丕亘賯賵賳 賮賷 丕賱噩乇賷 賵丕賱禺丕爻乇 賷丨賰賲賵賳 毓賱賷賴 丨賰賲賸丕 貙 賵賮賷 賷賵賲 賲丕 爻賷丨賰賲 毓賱賶 賲賷賰賷賱賷 丨賰賲 爻賷賯賵丿賴 廿賱賶 丕賰鬲卮丕賮 卮賷亍 禺胤賷乇 貙 賵賲孬賷乇 賵賷賯賵賱 丕賱賰丕鬲亘 兀賳賴 噩丕亍鬲 廿賱賷賴 賮賰乇丞 賴匕賴 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 毓賳丿賲丕 賲乇 亘丕賱爻賷丕乇丞 賵爻胤 丕賱丨賯賵賱 亘賷賳 亘丕夭賱賷賰丕鬲丕 賵亘賵賱賷丕貙 賱丕丨馗鬲 賮賷賴丕 氐毓賵亘丞 丕賱毓賷卮 亘丕賱賳爻亘丞 廿賱賶 丕賱兀胤賮丕賱 賮賷 賲賰丕賳 賲孬賱 賴匕丕 賵爻胤 兀乇亘毓丞 賲賳丕夭賱 賮賯賷乇丞 賱丕 鬲賲乇 亘賴丕 胤乇賯 乇卅賷爻賷丞 賵賱丕 賷氐賱 廿賱賷賴丕 丨囟丕乇丞 貙毓丕賱賲 氐睾賷乇 賵賲賴賲卮 賵賲賳爻賷 .
丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 爻鬲賳鬲賴賷 賲賳賴丕 爻乇賷毓丕賸
兀賮囟賱 卮賷亍 賮賷 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 賴賵 兀賳賷 賰賳鬲 亘賮乇丨 賲毓 賲賷賰賱賷 賵亘夭毓賱 賲毓丕賴 貙 亘鬲賵鬲乇 賲毓丕賴 賱賲丕 賷亘賯賶 賲鬲賴賵乇 賵亘禺丕賮 賲毓丕賴 賱賲丕 亘賷亘賯賶 乇丕賷丨 賷毓乇賮 丕賱爻乇 丕賱賱賷 賴賷鬲賰鬲卮賮賴 貙 亘氐乇丕丨丞 乇賵丕賷丞 賰兀賳 丕賱賱賷 賰丕鬲亘賴丕 胤賮賱 貙 賯丿乇 賷乇爻賲 賲賱丕賲丨 丕賱胤賮賵賱丞貙 乇睾亘丕鬲賳丕 貙 賳馗乇鬲賳丕 賱兀亘賵賳丕 賵兀賲賳丕 毓賱賶 兀賳賴賲 兀亘胤丕賱 賵賲孬丕賱賷賷賳 賵賲卮 賲賲賰賳 賷睾賱胤賵丕 丕亘丿丕 貙賵卮禺氐賷丞 胤賮賵賱賷丞 噩賵丕賳丕 賰賱賳丕 貙賰丕賳 賳賮爻賷 亘爻 丕賱賳賴丕賷丞 鬲賰賵賳 賲禺鬲賱賮丞 貙 乇睾賲 兀賳賴丕 賳賴丕賷丞 賲丐孬乇丞 賵賱賰賳 兀賵賱 賲乇賴 賰賳鬲 亘鬲賲賳賷 兀賳 乇賵丕賷丞 鬲禺賱氐 賳賴丕賷丞 爻毓賷丿丞 夭賷 丕賱兀賮賱丕賲 丕賱兀亘賷囟 賵兀爻賵丿 馃槶馃槶鈾ワ笍鈾ワ笍鈾ワ笍
賵賱賰賳 賱丕夭賲 鬲賯乇兀賵賴丕 貙 兀賳丕 丨亘賷鬲 丕賱兀丿亘 丕賱廿賷胤丕賱賷 禺賱丕氐 賵丕賱賰丕鬲亘 賱賴 乇賵丕賷丞 鬲丕賳賷賴"丌禺匕賰 賵兀丨賲賱賰 亘毓賷丿賸丕" 賴賯乇兀賴丕 賯乇賷亘
鬲賲賾鬲 25/2/2024 馃摉馃
賯乇丕亍丞 賲卮鬲乇賰丞 賲毓 氐丿賷賯 毓夭賷夭
乇丨賱丞 賲毓 丕賱兀丿亘 丕賱廿賷胤丕賱賷 貙 乇丨賱丞 賴丕丿卅丞 賲賲鬲毓丞貙 賲禺鬲賱胤丞 亘亘乇丕亍丞 丕賱兀胤賮丕賱 賵賮囟賵賱賴賲 賵乇睾亘鬲賴賲 丕賱丿丕卅賲丞 賮賷 丕賱廿賰鬲卮丕賮 賵丕賱亘丨孬. 乇賵丕賷丞 亘賴丕 毓丕賱賲丕賳 : 毓丕賱賲 丕賱氐睾丕乇 亘亘乇丕亍鬲賴 賵亘丕賳丿賮丕毓賴 丕賱丨賷賵賷貙 賵毓丕賱賲 丕賱賰亘丕乇 丕賱匕賷 賮賯丿 亘乇丕亍鬲賴 賵丨賲丕爻賴 丕賱丨賷賵賷 .
丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 鬲丿賵乇 丨賵賱 丕賱胤賮賱 賲賷賰賷賱賷 丕賱匕賷 賷毓賷卮 賮賷 丨賷 氐睾賷乇 亘賴 兀乇亘毓 亘賷賵鬲 賮賯胤
賱丿賷賴 丕氐丿賯丕亍 賷賱毓亘賵賳 賲毓賸丕 賷鬲爻丕亘賯賵賳 賮賷 丕賱噩乇賷 賵丕賱禺丕爻乇 賷丨賰賲賵賳 毓賱賷賴 丨賰賲賸丕 貙 賵賮賷 賷賵賲 賲丕 爻賷丨賰賲 毓賱賶 賲賷賰賷賱賷 丨賰賲 爻賷賯賵丿賴 廿賱賶 丕賰鬲卮丕賮 卮賷亍 禺胤賷乇 貙 賵賲孬賷乇 賵賷賯賵賱 丕賱賰丕鬲亘 兀賳賴 噩丕亍鬲 廿賱賷賴 賮賰乇丞 賴匕賴 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 毓賳丿賲丕 賲乇 亘丕賱爻賷丕乇丞 賵爻胤 丕賱丨賯賵賱 亘賷賳 亘丕夭賱賷賰丕鬲丕 賵亘賵賱賷丕貙 賱丕丨馗鬲 賮賷賴丕 氐毓賵亘丞 丕賱毓賷卮 亘丕賱賳爻亘丞 廿賱賶 丕賱兀胤賮丕賱 賮賷 賲賰丕賳 賲孬賱 賴匕丕 賵爻胤 兀乇亘毓丞 賲賳丕夭賱 賮賯賷乇丞 賱丕 鬲賲乇 亘賴丕 胤乇賯 乇卅賷爻賷丞 賵賱丕 賷氐賱 廿賱賷賴丕 丨囟丕乇丞 貙毓丕賱賲 氐睾賷乇 賵賲賴賲卮 賵賲賳爻賷 .
丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 爻鬲賳鬲賴賷 賲賳賴丕 爻乇賷毓丕賸
兀賮囟賱 卮賷亍 賮賷 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 賴賵 兀賳賷 賰賳鬲 亘賮乇丨 賲毓 賲賷賰賱賷 賵亘夭毓賱 賲毓丕賴 貙 亘鬲賵鬲乇 賲毓丕賴 賱賲丕 賷亘賯賶 賲鬲賴賵乇 賵亘禺丕賮 賲毓丕賴 賱賲丕 亘賷亘賯賶 乇丕賷丨 賷毓乇賮 丕賱爻乇 丕賱賱賷 賴賷鬲賰鬲卮賮賴 貙 亘氐乇丕丨丞 乇賵丕賷丞 賰兀賳 丕賱賱賷 賰丕鬲亘賴丕 胤賮賱 貙 賯丿乇 賷乇爻賲 賲賱丕賲丨 丕賱胤賮賵賱丞貙 乇睾亘丕鬲賳丕 貙 賳馗乇鬲賳丕 賱兀亘賵賳丕 賵兀賲賳丕 毓賱賶 兀賳賴賲 兀亘胤丕賱 賵賲孬丕賱賷賷賳 賵賲卮 賲賲賰賳 賷睾賱胤賵丕 丕亘丿丕 貙賵卮禺氐賷丞 胤賮賵賱賷丞 噩賵丕賳丕 賰賱賳丕 貙賰丕賳 賳賮爻賷 亘爻 丕賱賳賴丕賷丞 鬲賰賵賳 賲禺鬲賱賮丞 貙 乇睾賲 兀賳賴丕 賳賴丕賷丞 賲丐孬乇丞 賵賱賰賳 兀賵賱 賲乇賴 賰賳鬲 亘鬲賲賳賷 兀賳 乇賵丕賷丞 鬲禺賱氐 賳賴丕賷丞 爻毓賷丿丞 夭賷 丕賱兀賮賱丕賲 丕賱兀亘賷囟 賵兀爻賵丿 馃槶馃槶鈾ワ笍鈾ワ笍鈾ワ笍
賵賱賰賳 賱丕夭賲 鬲賯乇兀賵賴丕 貙 兀賳丕 丨亘賷鬲 丕賱兀丿亘 丕賱廿賷胤丕賱賷 禺賱丕氐 賵丕賱賰丕鬲亘 賱賴 乇賵丕賷丞 鬲丕賳賷賴"丌禺匕賰 賵兀丨賲賱賰 亘毓賷丿賸丕" 賴賯乇兀賴丕 賯乇賷亘
鬲賲賾鬲 25/2/2024 馃摉馃
January 5, 2023
脰d眉ll眉, Can Yay谋nlar谋ndan, 陌talyan edebiyat谋ndan bir roman. Ergen ya艧 grubu i莽in iyi bir roman, hepsi bu. Neden bu kadar g眉zel 莽evirisine ra臒men 20 senedir ikinci bask谋y谋 yapamad谋臒谋n谋 okuyunca anlad谋m.
December 3, 2019
噩賲賷賱 賴賵 毓丕賱賲賳丕 丕賱賯丕爻賷 丕賱賲禺丕丿毓..丨賷賳賲丕 賳賳馗乇 廿賱賷賴 亘毓賷賵賳 胤賮賱..乇亘賲丕 賴匕丕 賲丕 賳丨鬲丕噩賴 丨賯丕 賰賷 賱丕 賳賮賯丿 丕賱卮睾賮 亘賴匕賴 丕賱丨賷丕丞...爻賳噩丿 丨鬲賲丕 賲丕 賷爻鬲丨賯 丕賱丨賷丕丞 賱兀噩賱賴...
賰兀賳賴丕 丨賰丕賷丞 賲鬲氐賱丞 亘乇賵丕賷丞 丌禺匕賰 賵兀丨賲賱賰 亘毓賷丿丕..賴賵 賳賮爻 匕賱賰 丕賱毓丕賱賲 丕賱匕賷 賷乇賵賷賴 賱賳丕 丌賲丕賳賷鬲賷 賮賷 丨賰丕賷鬲賴..丕賱丨賷丕丞 賲賳 賲賳馗賵乇 胤賮賱 氐睾賷乇...亘賰賱 賲丕 鬲丨賲賱賴 乇賵丨賴 賲賳 亘乇丕亍丞 爻丕匕噩丞 賵鬲賵賯 丕賱賷 丕賱賲睾丕賲乇丞..
賰兀賳賴丕 丨賰丕賷丞 賲鬲氐賱丞 亘乇賵丕賷丞 丌禺匕賰 賵兀丨賲賱賰 亘毓賷丿丕..賴賵 賳賮爻 匕賱賰 丕賱毓丕賱賲 丕賱匕賷 賷乇賵賷賴 賱賳丕 丌賲丕賳賷鬲賷 賮賷 丨賰丕賷鬲賴..丕賱丨賷丕丞 賲賳 賲賳馗賵乇 胤賮賱 氐睾賷乇...亘賰賱 賲丕 鬲丨賲賱賴 乇賵丨賴 賲賳 亘乇丕亍丞 爻丕匕噩丞 賵鬲賵賯 丕賱賷 丕賱賲睾丕賲乇丞..
March 31, 2023
鈥淚O NON HO PAURA鈥� 猫 un libro che mi 猫 piaciuto moltissimo!
La trama generale affronta una tematica che non fa certo onore alla storia dell鈥橧talia, in particolare quella del Sud, e che ha visto il suo periodo culminante tra gli anni Settanta e Novanta: quella dei rapimenti per riscatto.
Ci貌 che ho apprezzato maggiormente in questo romanzo 猫 stata la modalit脿 con cui Niccol貌 Ammaniti ha deciso di raccontare questo avvenimento.
La figura di Michele, bambino di nove anni, che abita nel minuscolo paesino di Acqua Traverse, 猫 delineata con precisione e in maniera accurata, grazie ad una peculiare caratterizzazione sia della sua personalit脿 che del contesto ambientale, famigliare e sociale in cui si trova a dover vivere.
脠 lo stesso Michele che espone al lettore il grave episodio che segner脿 per sempre la sua vita, scolpendo nella sua giovane ed innocente memoria non solo i ricordi pi霉 strettamente legati alle percezioni sensoriali, ma soprattutto i sentimenti, le sensazioni e le emozioni, positive e negative.
Ispira tenerezza questo bambino dal cuore grande, che interpreta la realt脿 che lo circonda a modo suo, per non soccombere ai mostri che popolano i suoi incubi notturni ma che, con coraggio, impara a tenerli a bada, senza mai stancarsi di sperimentare nuove strategie.
Ma cosa pu貌 fare quando si rende conto che i veri mostri non si nascondono nel buio ma sono coloro che incontra tutti giorni alla luce del sole?
Michele dimostra di avere interiorizzato un senso morale ed etico profondo ed assoluto e il finale aperto 猫 quanto pi霉 si addice alla 鈥渘on鈥� conclusione di questa vicenda.
La trama generale affronta una tematica che non fa certo onore alla storia dell鈥橧talia, in particolare quella del Sud, e che ha visto il suo periodo culminante tra gli anni Settanta e Novanta: quella dei rapimenti per riscatto.
Ci貌 che ho apprezzato maggiormente in questo romanzo 猫 stata la modalit脿 con cui Niccol貌 Ammaniti ha deciso di raccontare questo avvenimento.
La figura di Michele, bambino di nove anni, che abita nel minuscolo paesino di Acqua Traverse, 猫 delineata con precisione e in maniera accurata, grazie ad una peculiare caratterizzazione sia della sua personalit脿 che del contesto ambientale, famigliare e sociale in cui si trova a dover vivere.
脠 lo stesso Michele che espone al lettore il grave episodio che segner脿 per sempre la sua vita, scolpendo nella sua giovane ed innocente memoria non solo i ricordi pi霉 strettamente legati alle percezioni sensoriali, ma soprattutto i sentimenti, le sensazioni e le emozioni, positive e negative.
Ispira tenerezza questo bambino dal cuore grande, che interpreta la realt脿 che lo circonda a modo suo, per non soccombere ai mostri che popolano i suoi incubi notturni ma che, con coraggio, impara a tenerli a bada, senza mai stancarsi di sperimentare nuove strategie.
Ma cosa pu貌 fare quando si rende conto che i veri mostri non si nascondono nel buio ma sono coloro che incontra tutti giorni alla luce del sole?
Michele dimostra di avere interiorizzato un senso morale ed etico profondo ed assoluto e il finale aperto 猫 quanto pi霉 si addice alla 鈥渘on鈥� conclusione di questa vicenda.
June 4, 2023
Crudo e dolce.
Sembrano due aggettivi che non hanno niente in comune l'uno con l'altro ma che per questo libro legano perfettamente.
Ho trovato questa storia immensamente triste e sincera, piena dell'ingenuit脿 e dolcezza tipica dell'infanzia che cozza apertamente con la tipica crudelt脿 e mostruosit脿 degli adulti.
Una chicca per la modalit脿 di racconto della storia, la tensione crescente senza per貌 risultare stucchevole.
Mi ha lasciato con un vuoto dentro enorme, con l'impossibilit脿 di non poter fare nulla, se non assistere a questa storia di coraggio e di meraviglia.
Sembrano due aggettivi che non hanno niente in comune l'uno con l'altro ma che per questo libro legano perfettamente.
Ho trovato questa storia immensamente triste e sincera, piena dell'ingenuit脿 e dolcezza tipica dell'infanzia che cozza apertamente con la tipica crudelt脿 e mostruosit脿 degli adulti.
Una chicca per la modalit脿 di racconto della storia, la tensione crescente senza per貌 risultare stucchevole.
Mi ha lasciato con un vuoto dentro enorme, con l'impossibilit脿 di non poter fare nulla, se non assistere a questa storia di coraggio e di meraviglia.
November 25, 2019
脠 ormai lontano il tempo della prima edizione di questo romanzo (2001) cos矛 come 猫, di conseguenza , gi脿 datato anche l鈥檕monimo film di Salvatores, vincitore nel 2004 del David di Donatello , eppure mi sento di dire che 猫 un prodotto letterario che ha lasciato il segno: non si 猫 trattato di una meteora nel firmamento delle celebrit脿 passeggere ma, 猫 evidente, ha colto il segno.
Ancora oggi risulta richiesto dal mercato e viene continuamente ristampato, circola nelle scuole e funge da viatico per il passaggio a letture pi霉 mature. Soprattutto quando si 猫 a digiuno. Viene letto da persone di tutte le et脿 e molti ne serbano un buon ricordo. Ai ragazzi piace, cattura la vicenda, catalizza la suspense, attrae il linguaggio pulp, mimetico e necessario a rappresentare la miseria di un immaginario paese della Puglia, incastonato in bionde colline ricche di grano e circondato dai terribili anfratti delle pi霉 tetre gravine.
Un pugno di case, una strada, Acqua Traverse. Una banda di bambini, adulti allo sbando, il sapore della povert脿, quella dove si insinua il malcostume, il guadagno facile, la moda, anche quella, dell鈥檌gnobile stagione dei rapimenti. 脠 il 1978. La vittima 猫 Filippo, un bambino del nord che viene catapultato in un buco del sud, l矛 gettato, in attesa del riscatto. Vittima con lui 猫 Michele che lo scopre casualmente e cerca di capire le ragioni della sua presenza, indagando l鈥檕scuro mondo degli adulti, i veri mostri da temere che detronizzano in un colpo solo tutte le ataviche paure di un bambino di nove anni. 脠 la storia di un legame profondo, non cercato, capitato, che permette per貌 di far luce su tutti gli altri legami, quelli consolidati, quelli creduti certi e indiscutibili. 脠 anche indirettamente il ritratto dell鈥橧talia e dei suoi storici divari. Un piccolo romanzo di formazione consigliato a tutti, soprattutto ai giovanissimi.
Ancora oggi risulta richiesto dal mercato e viene continuamente ristampato, circola nelle scuole e funge da viatico per il passaggio a letture pi霉 mature. Soprattutto quando si 猫 a digiuno. Viene letto da persone di tutte le et脿 e molti ne serbano un buon ricordo. Ai ragazzi piace, cattura la vicenda, catalizza la suspense, attrae il linguaggio pulp, mimetico e necessario a rappresentare la miseria di un immaginario paese della Puglia, incastonato in bionde colline ricche di grano e circondato dai terribili anfratti delle pi霉 tetre gravine.
Un pugno di case, una strada, Acqua Traverse. Una banda di bambini, adulti allo sbando, il sapore della povert脿, quella dove si insinua il malcostume, il guadagno facile, la moda, anche quella, dell鈥檌gnobile stagione dei rapimenti. 脠 il 1978. La vittima 猫 Filippo, un bambino del nord che viene catapultato in un buco del sud, l矛 gettato, in attesa del riscatto. Vittima con lui 猫 Michele che lo scopre casualmente e cerca di capire le ragioni della sua presenza, indagando l鈥檕scuro mondo degli adulti, i veri mostri da temere che detronizzano in un colpo solo tutte le ataviche paure di un bambino di nove anni. 脠 la storia di un legame profondo, non cercato, capitato, che permette per貌 di far luce su tutti gli altri legami, quelli consolidati, quelli creduti certi e indiscutibili. 脠 anche indirettamente il ritratto dell鈥橧talia e dei suoi storici divari. Un piccolo romanzo di formazione consigliato a tutti, soprattutto ai giovanissimi.
April 16, 2022
The book began well but the framing device--a childhood story being told by an adult narrator--didn't mesh for me with the peril of its last pages. There are wrenching scenes of a boy's encounter with the brutality of adults, though, and it feels all the more convincing and terrifying because the narrator is not the target.
December 13, 2019
F茅lelmetes sz枚rnyek m谩rpedig l茅teznek. F艖leg akkor, ha az ember m茅g csak kilenc茅ves. Ha j枚n az 谩lom, lassan el艖lopakodnak, 茅s vel眉k egy眉tt k煤szik el艖 a r茅m眉let, v枚r枚s szem眉k, 茅les karmuk el艖l neh茅z menek眉lni.
De nappal sem sokkal jobb a helyzet. Helyt kell 谩llni a v谩sott k枚ly枚k csapatban, mert aki lemarad, arra k铆nos b眉ntet茅s v谩r, 茅s dacolni az 茅get艖en forr贸, sz谩raz, D茅l-Olaszorsz谩got b谩gyaszt贸 ny谩rral, ami el艖l m茅g a nagyok is a h谩zak falai k枚z茅 b煤jnak. Abba az 枚t, elszigetelten 谩ll贸 h谩zba, ami a koldusszeg茅ny, siv谩r, rem茅nytelens茅gbe burkol贸z贸 kicsiny telep眉l茅st alkotja.
Amikor azt谩n egy g枚d枚r m茅ly茅r艖l el艖bukkan a val贸di sz枚rny疟s茅g, minden eddigi k枚tel茅k elszakad, 茅s a kisfi煤 egyed眉l marad a felfoghatatlan titokkal. Borzaszt贸 mag谩ny ez, 茅s m茅g borzaszt贸bb, hogy a szeretett feln艖ttek tettei 茅rthetetlenn茅 v谩lnak, 茅s 艖 egyed眉l tal谩lja mag谩t a j贸 oldalon.
Perzsel艖 ny谩r, tal谩n Szic铆li谩ban, 茅s a maffia ragadoz贸 cs谩pjai, amik megragadj谩k 茅s a b疟n枚z茅ssel boron谩lj谩k 枚ssze a szeg茅nys茅get, rettenetes 谩ron k铆n谩lva a rem茅nyt. A j谩t茅kot pedig egyik percr艖l a m谩sikra felv谩ltja a k眉zdelem a dermeszt艖 f茅lelem ellen, hiteles n茅z艖pontb贸l elmes茅lve, egy szenved茅lyes, minden rosszra elsz谩nt mediterr谩n vil谩g kell艖s k枚zep茅n.
Ennek a r枚vid, de mesterien meg铆rt kisreg茅nynek k茅t olyan er艖ss茅ge van, ami mindenk茅ppen meg tudja ragadni az olvas贸t, az egyik a f眉lledt, b疟nben erjed艖 D茅l kiv谩l贸 谩br谩zol谩sa, a m谩sik pedig a feln艖ttek szomor煤, kegyetlen vil谩g谩ra val贸 riadt gyermeki r谩csod谩lkoz谩s.
De nappal sem sokkal jobb a helyzet. Helyt kell 谩llni a v谩sott k枚ly枚k csapatban, mert aki lemarad, arra k铆nos b眉ntet茅s v谩r, 茅s dacolni az 茅get艖en forr贸, sz谩raz, D茅l-Olaszorsz谩got b谩gyaszt贸 ny谩rral, ami el艖l m茅g a nagyok is a h谩zak falai k枚z茅 b煤jnak. Abba az 枚t, elszigetelten 谩ll贸 h谩zba, ami a koldusszeg茅ny, siv谩r, rem茅nytelens茅gbe burkol贸z贸 kicsiny telep眉l茅st alkotja.
Amikor azt谩n egy g枚d枚r m茅ly茅r艖l el艖bukkan a val贸di sz枚rny疟s茅g, minden eddigi k枚tel茅k elszakad, 茅s a kisfi煤 egyed眉l marad a felfoghatatlan titokkal. Borzaszt贸 mag谩ny ez, 茅s m茅g borzaszt贸bb, hogy a szeretett feln艖ttek tettei 茅rthetetlenn茅 v谩lnak, 茅s 艖 egyed眉l tal谩lja mag谩t a j贸 oldalon.
Perzsel艖 ny谩r, tal谩n Szic铆li谩ban, 茅s a maffia ragadoz贸 cs谩pjai, amik megragadj谩k 茅s a b疟n枚z茅ssel boron谩lj谩k 枚ssze a szeg茅nys茅get, rettenetes 谩ron k铆n谩lva a rem茅nyt. A j谩t茅kot pedig egyik percr艖l a m谩sikra felv谩ltja a k眉zdelem a dermeszt艖 f茅lelem ellen, hiteles n茅z艖pontb贸l elmes茅lve, egy szenved茅lyes, minden rosszra elsz谩nt mediterr谩n vil谩g kell艖s k枚zep茅n.
Ennek a r枚vid, de mesterien meg铆rt kisreg茅nynek k茅t olyan er艖ss茅ge van, ami mindenk茅ppen meg tudja ragadni az olvas贸t, az egyik a f眉lledt, b疟nben erjed艖 D茅l kiv谩l贸 谩br谩zol谩sa, a m谩sik pedig a feln艖ttek szomor煤, kegyetlen vil谩g谩ra val贸 riadt gyermeki r谩csod谩lkoz谩s.
May 29, 2016
匕丕鬲 賷賵賲 賲賳 兀賷丕賲 丕賱氐賷賮 賲乇 "兀賲丕賳賷鬲賷" 亘爻賷丕乇鬲賴 毓賱賶 丨賯賵賱 丕賱賯賲丨 亘賷賳 亘丕夭賱賷賰丕鬲丕 賵亘賵賱賷丕 賵賱丕丨馗 氐毓賵亘丞 丕賱毓賷卮 亘丕賱賳爻亘丞 賱賱兀胤賮丕賱 賮賷 鬲賱賰 丕賱丨賯賵賱 賮賰丕賳鬲 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞.
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賮賷 亘丿丕賷丞 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 鬲丨囟乇 丕賱丨賯賵賱 丕賱氐賮乇丕亍貙 丕賱丨賯賵賱 丕賱氐賮乇丕亍 丕賱卮丕爻毓丞 丕賱賲賲鬲丿丞貙 賮賷賰乇爻 丕賱賰丕鬲亘 賴匕丕 丕賱賱賵賳 賮賷 賲卮丕賴丿 丕賱亘丿丕賷丞貙 丕賱卮賲爻貙 丕賱爻賳丕亘賱貙 丕賱賯賲丨貙 丕賱胤賮賵賱丞 丕賱賲鬲毓亘丞貙 丕賱毓乇賯貙 丕賱鬲丨賵賱 賲賳 賲乇丨賱丞 廿賱賶 兀禺乇賶 賲賳 賵毓賷 廿賱賶 丌禺乇貙 賲賳 廿禺囟乇丕乇 賷丕賳毓 亘乇賷亍 廿賱賶 氐賮丕乇 賲乇賷亘 賲鬲乇丿丿貙 賲賳 亘賷丕囟 賲爻丕賱賲 廿賱賶 爻賵丕丿 賲鬲賵丨卮貙 賲賳 卮乇 賲禺鬲賱賯 賮賷 賯氐锟斤拷 丕賱兀胤賮丕賱貙 廿賱賶 丌禺乇 賯乇賷亘 賲賳 兀賳丕爻 賱賲 賳鬲賵賯毓 兀賳 賷氐丿乇 賲賳賴賲 賲丕 賷爻賵亍.
賱賴匕丕 賰丕賳 丕賱賱賵賳 丕賱兀氐賮乇 賱賴 丿賱丕賱鬲賴 丕賱賲賵馗賮丞 賮賷 丕賱賳氐.
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賵賰賲毓夭賵賮丞 賱丕 賷賲賱 賲賳賴丕 "兀賲丕賳賷鬲賷"' 賷噩賱爻 賵丨賷丿丕 賲賳夭賵 賷卮丿 囟賮丕卅乇 丕賱孬賳丕卅賷丕鬲 賰毓丕丿鬲賴 賮賷 兀毓賲丕賱賴貙 丕賱亘乇丕亍丞貙 丕賱鬲賵丨卮貙 丕賱胤賮賵賱丞貙 丕賱賰亘乇貙 丕賱賳賵丕賷丕 丕賱丨爻賳丞貙 賵丕賱禺亘孬貙 丕賱丕賳丨賷丕夭 賱賱禺賷乇貙 丕賱丕賳睾賲丕爻 賮賷 丕賱賵丨賱..孬賲 賲丕匕丕 賷丨囟乇貙 賷丨囟乇 丕賱氐賷賮 丕賱賲賱毓賵賳 毓丕賲 1978 賱賷氐賴乇 賰賱 賴匕丕 賮賷 賱賵丨丞 賷噩賷丿 兀賲丕賳賷鬲賷 廿亘賴丕乇賳丕 亘賴丕貙 賵賴賰匕丕 亘兀爻賱賵亘賴 丕賱賲丿賴卮丞貙 賵賱睾鬲賴 丕賱爻賱爻丞貙 賵氐賵乇賴 丕賱鬲賷 賷賳噩丨 賮賷 賳賯卮賴丕 賮賷 丕賱匕丕賰乇丞貙 賷噩毓賱賳丕 丕賱賰丕鬲亘 賳囟毓 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 噩丕賳亘丕 亘毓丿 賰賱 賮氐賱 賱賳兀禺匕 噩賵賱丞 賱賳爻鬲賵毓亘 丕賱丨丿孬 丕賱氐毓亘貙 賵丕賱賲兀夭賯 丕賱匕賷 賱丕賳锟斤拷賱賲 賰賷賮 爻賷賰賵賳 賮乇噩賴.
賵賱賰賳 亘丨賷賵賷丞 丕賱兀胤賮丕賱 賷賲爻賰賳丕 兀賲丕賳賷鬲賷 賱賷丿賱賳丕 毓賱賶 丕賱丨賯賵賱貙 賮賳賯胤毓 丕賱賲爻丕丨丞 丕賱氐賮乇丕亍 丿賵賳 禺賵賮 爻賷丕胤 丕賱卮賲爻 丕賱丨丕乇賯丞貙 賱賳鬲爻賰毓 禺賱賮賴 丿賵賳 禺賵賮 丕賱賵丨卮丞貙 賵丕賱噩賮丕賮貙 賵丕賱毓胤卮貙 賱賷賯賵賱 丿毓賵丕 丕賱孬賯賱丕亍 賮賷 丕賱亘賷鬲貙 丿毓賵賴賲 賱賱爻丕毓丞 丕賱爻丕丿爻丞 賲爻丕亍貙 賴賳丕賰 丨丿孬 賷爻鬲丨賯 兀賳 賳禺乇噩 賮賷 賴匕賴 丕賱馗賴賷乇丞 賲賳 兀噩賱賴貙 賮丕賱丨賯賷賯丞 賴賳丕賰 賮賷 丨賮乇丞 氐賳毓賴丕 丕賱賰亘丕乇 丕賱兀卮乇丕乇.
丕賱胤賮賵賱丞 爻鬲賳丨丕夭 賱賱禺賷乇貙 賵賱賳 鬲爻賱賲 賲賳 丕賱囟乇乇 賵丕賱賲丌爻賷 賮賷 賴匕丕 丕賱毓丕賱賲 丕賱匕賷 賷丿毓 賯賵賶 丕賱卮乇 鬲賮毓賱 賲丕 鬲乇賷丿.
廿賳賴 氐賷賮 毓丕賲 1978 丕賱氐賷賮 丕賱匕賷 賵賱丿鬲 賮賷賴貙 賷噩毓賱賴 "兀賲丕賳賷鬲賷" 賮乇賳丕賸 賱賱胤賷賳 丕賱匕賷 禺賱賯賴貙 賱賷亘賯賶 乇賳丕賳丕 氐賱丿丕 亘賷賳 兀賷丿賷賳丕 亘毓丿 匕賱賰.
廿賳 賴匕丕 丕賱廿亘丿丕毓 賵丕賯毓賷 賵賯丨貙 賲亘賴乇貙 賳夭賯貙 賲丿賴卮貙 噩丕乇丨貙賳賯賱賴 賱賳丕 丕賱賲鬲乇噩賲 兀丨賲丿 丕賱氐賲毓賷 賲乇丕毓賷丕 兀噩賵丕亍 丕賱胤賮賵賱丞 亘毓賷丿丕 毓賳 丕賱丕亘鬲匕丕賱 賰賲丕 賷賯賵賱貙 賲賲丕 噩毓賱賳丕 賳賮鬲賯乇 賱鬲賱賰 丕賱兀噩賵丕亍 丕賱鬲賷 丨囟乇賴丕 賱賳丕 賲毓丕賵賷丞 毓亘丿丕賱賲噩賷丿 亘賰賱 兀賲丕賳丞 賵賮賳 賮賷 乇丕卅毓丞 兀賲丕賳賷鬲賷 "兀禺匕賰 賵兀丨賲賱賰
亘毓賷丿丕".
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兀禺賷乇丕 爻賳亘賯賶 賳賳鬲馗乇 鬲乇噩賲丕鬲 兀毓賲丕賱 賴匕丕 丕賱賰丕鬲亘 丕賱賲丿賴卮 賰兀毓賷丕丿 賱丕 賲賵丕毓賷丿 賱賴丕.
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賮賷 亘丿丕賷丞 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 鬲丨囟乇 丕賱丨賯賵賱 丕賱氐賮乇丕亍貙 丕賱丨賯賵賱 丕賱氐賮乇丕亍 丕賱卮丕爻毓丞 丕賱賲賲鬲丿丞貙 賮賷賰乇爻 丕賱賰丕鬲亘 賴匕丕 丕賱賱賵賳 賮賷 賲卮丕賴丿 丕賱亘丿丕賷丞貙 丕賱卮賲爻貙 丕賱爻賳丕亘賱貙 丕賱賯賲丨貙 丕賱胤賮賵賱丞 丕賱賲鬲毓亘丞貙 丕賱毓乇賯貙 丕賱鬲丨賵賱 賲賳 賲乇丨賱丞 廿賱賶 兀禺乇賶 賲賳 賵毓賷 廿賱賶 丌禺乇貙 賲賳 廿禺囟乇丕乇 賷丕賳毓 亘乇賷亍 廿賱賶 氐賮丕乇 賲乇賷亘 賲鬲乇丿丿貙 賲賳 亘賷丕囟 賲爻丕賱賲 廿賱賶 爻賵丕丿 賲鬲賵丨卮貙 賲賳 卮乇 賲禺鬲賱賯 賮賷 賯氐锟斤拷 丕賱兀胤賮丕賱貙 廿賱賶 丌禺乇 賯乇賷亘 賲賳 兀賳丕爻 賱賲 賳鬲賵賯毓 兀賳 賷氐丿乇 賲賳賴賲 賲丕 賷爻賵亍.
賱賴匕丕 賰丕賳 丕賱賱賵賳 丕賱兀氐賮乇 賱賴 丿賱丕賱鬲賴 丕賱賲賵馗賮丞 賮賷 丕賱賳氐.
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賵賰賲毓夭賵賮丞 賱丕 賷賲賱 賲賳賴丕 "兀賲丕賳賷鬲賷"' 賷噩賱爻 賵丨賷丿丕 賲賳夭賵 賷卮丿 囟賮丕卅乇 丕賱孬賳丕卅賷丕鬲 賰毓丕丿鬲賴 賮賷 兀毓賲丕賱賴貙 丕賱亘乇丕亍丞貙 丕賱鬲賵丨卮貙 丕賱胤賮賵賱丞貙 丕賱賰亘乇貙 丕賱賳賵丕賷丕 丕賱丨爻賳丞貙 賵丕賱禺亘孬貙 丕賱丕賳丨賷丕夭 賱賱禺賷乇貙 丕賱丕賳睾賲丕爻 賮賷 丕賱賵丨賱..孬賲 賲丕匕丕 賷丨囟乇貙 賷丨囟乇 丕賱氐賷賮 丕賱賲賱毓賵賳 毓丕賲 1978 賱賷氐賴乇 賰賱 賴匕丕 賮賷 賱賵丨丞 賷噩賷丿 兀賲丕賳賷鬲賷 廿亘賴丕乇賳丕 亘賴丕貙 賵賴賰匕丕 亘兀爻賱賵亘賴 丕賱賲丿賴卮丞貙 賵賱睾鬲賴 丕賱爻賱爻丞貙 賵氐賵乇賴 丕賱鬲賷 賷賳噩丨 賮賷 賳賯卮賴丕 賮賷 丕賱匕丕賰乇丞貙 賷噩毓賱賳丕 丕賱賰丕鬲亘 賳囟毓 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 噩丕賳亘丕 亘毓丿 賰賱 賮氐賱 賱賳兀禺匕 噩賵賱丞 賱賳爻鬲賵毓亘 丕賱丨丿孬 丕賱氐毓亘貙 賵丕賱賲兀夭賯 丕賱匕賷 賱丕賳锟斤拷賱賲 賰賷賮 爻賷賰賵賳 賮乇噩賴.
賵賱賰賳 亘丨賷賵賷丞 丕賱兀胤賮丕賱 賷賲爻賰賳丕 兀賲丕賳賷鬲賷 賱賷丿賱賳丕 毓賱賶 丕賱丨賯賵賱貙 賮賳賯胤毓 丕賱賲爻丕丨丞 丕賱氐賮乇丕亍 丿賵賳 禺賵賮 爻賷丕胤 丕賱卮賲爻 丕賱丨丕乇賯丞貙 賱賳鬲爻賰毓 禺賱賮賴 丿賵賳 禺賵賮 丕賱賵丨卮丞貙 賵丕賱噩賮丕賮貙 賵丕賱毓胤卮貙 賱賷賯賵賱 丿毓賵丕 丕賱孬賯賱丕亍 賮賷 丕賱亘賷鬲貙 丿毓賵賴賲 賱賱爻丕毓丞 丕賱爻丕丿爻丞 賲爻丕亍貙 賴賳丕賰 丨丿孬 賷爻鬲丨賯 兀賳 賳禺乇噩 賮賷 賴匕賴 丕賱馗賴賷乇丞 賲賳 兀噩賱賴貙 賮丕賱丨賯賷賯丞 賴賳丕賰 賮賷 丨賮乇丞 氐賳毓賴丕 丕賱賰亘丕乇 丕賱兀卮乇丕乇.
丕賱胤賮賵賱丞 爻鬲賳丨丕夭 賱賱禺賷乇貙 賵賱賳 鬲爻賱賲 賲賳 丕賱囟乇乇 賵丕賱賲丌爻賷 賮賷 賴匕丕 丕賱毓丕賱賲 丕賱匕賷 賷丿毓 賯賵賶 丕賱卮乇 鬲賮毓賱 賲丕 鬲乇賷丿.
廿賳賴 氐賷賮 毓丕賲 1978 丕賱氐賷賮 丕賱匕賷 賵賱丿鬲 賮賷賴貙 賷噩毓賱賴 "兀賲丕賳賷鬲賷" 賮乇賳丕賸 賱賱胤賷賳 丕賱匕賷 禺賱賯賴貙 賱賷亘賯賶 乇賳丕賳丕 氐賱丿丕 亘賷賳 兀賷丿賷賳丕 亘毓丿 匕賱賰.
廿賳 賴匕丕 丕賱廿亘丿丕毓 賵丕賯毓賷 賵賯丨貙 賲亘賴乇貙 賳夭賯貙 賲丿賴卮貙 噩丕乇丨貙賳賯賱賴 賱賳丕 丕賱賲鬲乇噩賲 兀丨賲丿 丕賱氐賲毓賷 賲乇丕毓賷丕 兀噩賵丕亍 丕賱胤賮賵賱丞 亘毓賷丿丕 毓賳 丕賱丕亘鬲匕丕賱 賰賲丕 賷賯賵賱貙 賲賲丕 噩毓賱賳丕 賳賮鬲賯乇 賱鬲賱賰 丕賱兀噩賵丕亍 丕賱鬲賷 丨囟乇賴丕 賱賳丕 賲毓丕賵賷丞 毓亘丿丕賱賲噩賷丿 亘賰賱 兀賲丕賳丞 賵賮賳 賮賷 乇丕卅毓丞 兀賲丕賳賷鬲賷 "兀禺匕賰 賵兀丨賲賱賰
亘毓賷丿丕".
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兀禺賷乇丕 爻賳亘賯賶 賳賳鬲馗乇 鬲乇噩賲丕鬲 兀毓賲丕賱 賴匕丕 丕賱賰丕鬲亘 丕賱賲丿賴卮 賰兀毓賷丕丿 賱丕 賲賵丕毓賷丿 賱賴丕.
September 28, 2010
Perfect for the learner, as this is written from a child's viewpoint which means the language is not too precious or over literary and you get to learn some of the earthy expletives (but not the truly disgusting ones) that barely figure in polite beginners' books. On top of that, it is extremely exciting, so tense that you are forced to push on to find out what happens. After the first couple of chapters I blithely ignored all that precious vocabulary that I didn't know and really ought to look up, in order to discover what happens to the little boy that Michele finds hidden in a kind of cave. What is the mysterious connection with his own family? And is the whole village in the know?
April 18, 2019
L'ho letto oggi tutto d'un fiato!!
Mi ha appassionato molto.
Ci貌 che mi ha colpito e mi 猫 piaciuto di pi霉 猫 stata la capacit脿 dell'autore di calarsi completamente nella mentalit脿 di un bambino di 9 anni che non "capisce" il male che c'猫 in noi adulti.
Mi ha appassionato molto.
Ci貌 che mi ha colpito e mi 猫 piaciuto di pi霉 猫 stata la capacit脿 dell'autore di calarsi completamente nella mentalit脿 di un bambino di 9 anni che non "capisce" il male che c'猫 in noi adulti.
September 4, 2020
A book on a dark subject written, beautifully, through the eyes of a nine year old boy in rural Italy. Ammaniti鈥檚 clean, clear prose and dialogue turns this into a page-turner about disillusionment and lost innocence. Recommended.
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