World Book Day 23rd April 2021 by cinzia gabri

A wide range of readings from short stories to modern novels.

gabri_cinzia — 2021-04-19 14:20:42 UTC

The Testament by M. Atwood (2019).
If you have read The handmaid's tale why not check what might have happened to Offred?

From short stories to novels.

gabri_cinzia — 2021-04-19 14:22:08 UTC

A single thread by T. Chevalier (2019).
From the blurb: about friendship interwoven among a group of embroiders from the cathedral of Winchester.

The Da Vinci Code- Dan Brown

zanisara — 2021-04-20 12:01:23 UTC

The book was written by Dan Brown and belongs to the thriller genre. The plot is set in Paris and tells the research of professor Robert Langdon, who learning of a murder, will retrace, with the victim’s niece, the steps to find the cup, with which Jesus celebrates the Last Supper, through clues hidden in different works of art and puzzles.
Although at first it might be a bit boring, then the plot becomes very engaging and intriguing.
Overall it is a well-written and flowing novel, which also alludes to historical and artistic references.

Little Women- Louisa May Alcott

2021-04-20 13:42:35 UTC

This book was written and published by Louisa May Alcott in the 19th century. It tells the story of four different sisters who are facing challenges and trying to find their own place in the world as they grow up during the American Civil War, experiencing travels, love interests, parties, illnesses...
Little Women was released over 150 years ago and it still attracts millions of readers across the world, because not only it shows us how it has changed, but it also teaches us the importance of following our dreams and ambitions.
Eleonora Carbonelli

Se questo è un uomo

putelli_giorgio — 2021-04-20 13:52:01 UTC

This book tells the story of the author, Primo Levi, a jewish person, who, during the Second World War, faces a thousands ups and down inside the concentration camp. This reading is very interesting not only because it deals with a delicate topic like the Shoah, but also because it allows us to know how people were treated and how they felt in the concentration camps.

Bartali's bike by Simone Dini Gandini

2021-04-20 13:58:32 UTC

This book talks about the famous cyclist Bartali who, in addiction to being a great cycling champion, he saved a lot of Jews' lives, because he gave them identity cards of some Germans that he held in his bike saddle barrel.

E.Q.

I'm not afraid

2021-04-20 14:41:32 UTC

I'm not afraid, written by Niccolò Ammaniti, talks about Michele a young boy, who lived in a small city with his family.
One day Michele found a children that had been kidnapped by criminals. Since that day Michele went secretly to the children and a friendship began between them.
B. M.

THE KITE RUNNER (By Khaled Hosseini)

2021-04-20 15:48:22 UTC

Amir is a thin and pale boy with narrow shoulders, light brown eyes and small stature for his twelve years. He's not very good at sports, but he loves to read, write novels and fly his kite in the sky. He wins in the winter the fights with kites. He betrays his best-friend Hassan and he flees to California with his father. He returns to Afghanistan and he discovered that Hassan was his brother.
I relly liked this book and I would advise everyone to read it.
A.P.

Bartali's bike by Simone Dini Gandini

quainiedoardo — 2021-04-20 15:52:33 UTC

Blindness - José Saramago

lazzarinistefano — 2021-04-20 16:41:28 UTC

Blindness, written by the nobel prize of literature José Saramago, is one of my favorite books. The work tells us about a city that is suddenly hit by a terrible epidemic of "blindness"; to contain the number of infected, the government will allocate strict measures which, as the epidemic spreads, will gradually become more and more inhumane. Saramago's style is undoubtedly particular, many apparently random choices then represent literary expedients to emphasize certain aspects, for example the fact of not defining the time and place of the events makes the atmosphere mysterious and even stranger. obviously the main reason why I would like to recommend this book lies in the fact that many analogies can be made with our times and it allows us to reflect on various ethical issues that concern us directly.

The Help ~ Kathryn Stockett

2021-04-20 19:07:38 UTC

The Help, written by Kathryn Stockett, is one of my favorite books (it is inspired by reality but tells of fictional characters). This novel takes place in 1962 in Mississippi, and tells the story of different women who had the courage to fight for freedom and equality, living in a hateful society based on racism and patriarchy.
Ranza Francesca

A promised Land

arenadavide — 2021-04-20 20:26:15 UTC

A Promised Land is Barak Obama’s latest released book.
Through the pages the life of the 44^th President Of the United States (POTUS) is narrated, from his younger years, in which he was searching for his true self, until the moment he became the US Leader.
The writer describes his life in all of the little particulars: his teenager years, which led to the person he became and is still now; he takes us inside the Oval room, through the buildings of Moscow and much more, telling us what he thought in those moment, when he was talking to people like Putin or other presidents.
Obama describes with a great style and efficiency, in my opinion, his opinions about democracy, politics and life; and if a person is smart enough, it is easy to understand that is from men like him and from books like this one that we can learn important lessons to use in our lives

Davide Arena

La solitudine dei numeri primi

2021-04-21 07:49:19 UTC

I would suggest my mates to read this book because it is one of a kind. It tells the story of a men and a woman, who both have had a difficult childhood, and that haunts them in their adult life. The story is very dark and deep, and sometimes difficult to read because of it, but I think it leaves you with something to think about.
Beatrice Bernardis

Factfulness - Hans Rosling

stefaninimatteo — 2021-04-21 11:40:29 UTC

Factfulness is a 2018 book by Swedish statistician Hans Rosling. In the book, Rosling suggests that the majority of people are wrong about the state of the world. He demonstrates that his test subjects believe the world is poorer, less healthy, and more dangerous than it actually is, attributing this not to random chance but to misinformation. The survey at the beginning states that with over 10,000 poll recipients 80% knew less about the world than "chimps" would have, infact they do worse than random guessing. Rosling recommends thinking about the world as divided into four levels based on income brackets, and suggests ten instincts that prevent us from seeing real progress in the world. In my opinion this is a must-read book because it offers a different and objective (showing and analyzing a lot of data) point of view about the World.

Matteo Stefanini

A Thousand Splendid Suns (by Khaled Hosseini)

rossialice — 2021-04-21 16:40:37 UTC

"A thousand splendid suns" is a fascinating book, that brings you in the story and makes you feel all the emotions like if you were one of the characters. This book is pretty long, but the reading is totally worth it. The story takes place in Afghanistan, where women are considered little or not at all. It talks about two girls that fight for their lives under the control of their husband. This book is really interesting, because it makes us learn about different cultures and traditions, but also it underlines women power and how they are treated in other countries.
-Rossi Alice

Mr Napoleone (by Luigi Garlando)

lodrinicarlotta — 2021-04-22 08:11:10 UTC

"October 15, 1815. It is dawn when on board the Northumberland you hear shouting: "Earth!". Here is Saint Helena. A piece of coal in the middle of the sea. Where Napoleone Bonaparte will get stuk. With him there is Emanuele, fifteen years old, who dreams of becoming a soldier of the Great Army and that above all dreams of being able to revenge soon fighting against the English traitors. For this reason Emanuele de Las Cases begins to write a diary: to tell, moment by moment, their journey to the hell of Saint Helena. But Amani, an African boy will shake his thirst for revenge. Because Amani, in the language of his land, means "peace".
- Lodrini Carlotta

Simposio, Platone

lenghifederico — 2021-04-22 10:24:58 UTC

The “Simposio” is a poem by the philosopher Platone, which talks about Eros (God of love).

I think The Symposium is one of those texts that everyone should read, because it manages to elevate the intellect beyond all our borders, speaking of love in its purest, most beautiful and universal form.

Norwegian Wood- Haruki Murakami

scaroniluisa — 2021-04-22 10:46:46 UTC

Norwegian Wood is a book written by Haruki Murakami in 1987 during one of his travel in Italy. The protagonist of this story is Toru a man who is landing in Germany, but while he is travelling he hears a Beatles' song called "Norwegian Wood" which reminds him of his youth and give him a sense of loss and nostalgia. So after the introduction of the protagonist during his adulthood we can read about his youth which was affected by death, friendship, love and emptiness. I would suggest this book beacuse, although the story is really simple, it is also very touching and captivating, in fact the book is full of interesting characters and stories. In addition I think that Haruki Murakami's writing style is bewitching and fluid.

La tigre nel pozzo by Philip Pullman

fugazzatommaso — 2021-04-22 11:20:25 UTC

It seems a nightmare what is happening to Sally Lockhart: she believed she had found serenity, when she received a legal injunction from a stranger who claims to to be her husband and the father of her little girl. It is useless to defend herself with the weapons of legality, so Sally runs away with her daughter, trying to find out the reason for so much hate. She starts to know the London of the poorest people and the socialist organizations that fight poverty, but also the exploitation of Jewish immigrants and an omnipotent persecutor.

Prima di domani, Lauren Oliver

assonimichela — 2021-04-22 12:27:38 UTC

Samantha Kingston has a boyfriend, three great friends and popularity. But one day, February 12, returning from a party with her friends, Sam dies in a tragic accident. The next morning, however, she wakes up in her bed: it is February 12 again. Suspended between life and death, she will continue to relive that day, behaving differently each time to try to avoid the accident ...
Personally I recommend this book to everyone because it is very engaging and exciting, but above all it makes us reflect on the precariousness and importance of human life.

Orgoglio e Pregiudizio ~ Jane Austen

2021-04-22 14:40:49 UTC

The quiet life of the Bennet family is enlivened by the arrival of new neighbors: Charles Bingley and his sophisticated circle of friends including the wealthy and shady Fitzwilliam Darcy. All the girls are fascinated by him. All, except Elizabeth, the second child of the Bennet household. Intelligent and witty, the girl does not pursue worldliness but seeks true love ...
I recommend this book to every teenager like me because reading this means understanding who we are going to become, what is going to happen to us. It is aclassic love story, and moreover we find a completely different vision of love and marriage. Finally, Elizabeth Bennet is an icon of the feminist movement, in fact she is a harmonious combination of sensitivity, rationality and firmness.
Ilaria Franceschetti

The Picture of Dorian Grey - Oscar Wilde

massolarimattia — 2021-04-22 14:57:42 UTC

The Picture of Dorian Grey is a 19th-century London novel written by Oscar Wilde.
The plot, briefly, tells of Dorian’s adventure and beauty thanks to the painting that Hallward gives him, reproducing him in the midst of his youth. Then there will be some complications that will lead the protagonist to no longer consider his beauty that reflected in the picture and then.... I don’t want to talk too much and lose the taste of reading this book.
I liked it a lot because it is a particular book that addresses the theme of beauty making life almost as subordinate to this; very simple and beautiful to read. It attracts your attention and in fact once you start reading it, you can no longer stop, trying to understand what happens in the chapters to follow.
I recommend it to everyone !!!

The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

2021-04-22 15:00:53 UTC

This is a novel about a sixteen-year-old girl, Katniss Everdeen, living in an imaginary world where every year twelve girls and twelve boys are forced to appear in a live TV show called the Hunger Games. There is only one rule: kill or be killed. When Katniss steps forward to take her sister’s place in the games she has no hope, but her great courage helps her to survive.
I would totally recommend this novel for the thrilling suspense and the great message that it conveys: you should never accept injustice.
Chiara Dadone

Me and You - Niccolò Ammaniti

2021-04-22 15:08:18 UTC

Me and You is a book released in 2010 by Niccolò Ammaniti. Lorenzo, an introverted 14 years boy, is in his cellar and he is preparing to live his dream of happiness: no conflicts and no annoying classmates. The world with his incomprehensible rules and it will be Olivia, who suddenly arrives in the bunker to make Lorenzo cross the shadow line, to make him throw off the mask of a difficult teenager and accept the life out there.
E.M.

Percy Jackson e gli dei dell'Olimpo by Rick Riordan

regonesirita — 2021-04-22 15:33:46 UTC

This novel talks about Percy Jackson who is a demigod (half god and half human) and his friends. They have to deal with many difficult situations, for example they have to help gods to win against the titans or other mythological character who want to destroy the earth and all the people who lives there, it doesn't matter if they are mortal or immortal.
Their lives are not easy because they often lose a person who they love and despite it they have to move on and keep fighting.
I really love this book because it inspires me to do the best I can and to overcome the difficulties.
Rita Regonesi

Volo di notte -Antoine De Saint-Exupéry

2021-04-22 15:43:42 UTC

To fight the competition from, land transport, you had to fly at night and in the heroin times of aviation, it was not difficult to lose the life. Fabien however, was not afraid of dying, he didn't want to be remembered as a hero, but there was something else that led him to do what he did... read this book and you will find out what took him so far.
Matteo Montuoro

Il cacciatore di acquiloni by Kaled Hossein

minoccimarta — 2021-04-22 15:45:04 UTC

The book “Il cacciatore di aquiloni” is a very well known book, almost all over the world, it is very interesting, because it tells of how the Pakistan population experienced the arrival of the terrorists in Kabul and what they caused. I think it is a very beautiful and very instructive book, but above all very interesting. I would recommend it to anyone, it is not heavy to read, on the contrary it makes you want to continue reading it, as things that are not expected always happen, I also believe that the author is very good at writing. The book tells of the life of two boys, different but at the same time very similar: different because they are of two very different social classes, similar, because they live together and do everything together. The book tells about the life of the two boys, from birth to death, but while that of Amir, the wealthiest protagonist, will live for a long time, also having to leave his hometown with his father due to the arrival of the Taliban, Hassan, will die in young adulthood, as he decided not to leave the city, despite the presence of the Taliban. While initially the story of the two boys, when they are young, is intertwined, over time it will divide, and then at the death of Hassan, reconnect, as Amir returns to his hometown, to help his friend's son having been orphaned by both mother and father. The story will then continue with more and more interesting and unexpected events.

The title of the book derives from an event narrated in the book, that is the festival that took place in Pakistan, during which the competition was made to hunt kites and the competition was won by the two protagonists, when they were young.

L'ordine della fenice - J. K. Rowling

2021-04-22 15:50:05 UTC

I liked all J.K. Rowling’s books about Harry Potter and Hogwart’s world in general, but my favorite book is “Harry Potter and The Order of the Phoenix”, because Harry is not a child anymore and he has to face a lot of dangers. In this book Harry becomes a leader and he manages guide and teach all his friends, so that they can be ready to fight against the forces of evil that are about to come to Hogwarts. My favorite scene is Sirius Black’s death, because, even if I was sad because he was one of my favorite characters, J.K. Rowling describes very well the pain that you feel when someone you love dies: Harry becomes colder and wants to stay alone and away from his frinds
F. L.

The Dark Beyond the Hedge-Harper Lee

salerisilvia — 2021-04-22 16:07:19 UTC

The Dark Beyond the Hedge is a book written by Harper Lee that deals with topical topics such as racism and civil and fundamental human rights. The story, set in the Maycomb in Alabama, tells the story from the point of view of Jean Louise Finch, a young girl who lives with her brother and father Atticus. Their life will undergo a sudden turn when the father, famous lawyer, will take the defense of a black man, the latter is accused of sexual assault on a young white girl. I highly recommend it because it is a classic unmissable!

Lord of the Flies - William Golding

2021-04-22 16:30:02 UTC

"On the one hand there was the brilliant world of hunting, of tactics, of ferocious games full of dexterity; on the other hand there was the world of common sense, with its aspirations and its disappointments."
Mattia Magri

M. Ibrahim and the Flowers of the Koran- Eric Emmanuel Schmitt

2021-04-22 20:17:34 UTC

M. Ibrahim and the Flowers of the Koran is a novel by Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt. It is the story of the friendship between Monsieur Ibrahim, a Turkish grocer and Momo, a Jewish boy living in Paris. Momo has a difficult life. His mum left him when he was a baby and his dad doesn’t seem to care about him.

M. Ibrahim and Momo become great friends and as the story progresses, the child finds in Monsieur Ibrahim the figure of the dad he has never had. They start to travel together and Momo’s life changes in better.
Mathias Maccarinelli.

The Kite Runner

2021-04-22 20:50:01 UTC

This novel by Khaled Hosseini tells the story of Amir and Hassan, the closest of friends, and also experts in the art of kite flying. The two young boys live in Kabul, a place which becomes extremely dangerous when war comes there. This war will destroy their friendship and will haunt Amir for the rest of his life. I think the events narrated are moving and powerful, and the novel offers the reader an emotional "journey". Great book and great writer, too.
Diego Maccarinelli

Fahrenheit 451 - Ray Bradbury

2021-04-22 21:40:33 UTC

Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury is a novel, wrote in 1953, set in an unspecified future, where everything is meant to be satisfying for the people and to don’t let they know.

But for that, the government must burn all books and eliminate all sources of knowledge... even the people. To make that, there is a sort of association of fireman, the “Phoenix”; to which it belongs a man who know, or better who would like know and would like open his eyes, if only he could…

L. Agnesi

The Spy by Paulo Cohelo

2021-04-22 22:39:39 UTC

The spy by Paulo Coelho

2021-04-22 22:40:43 UTC

The book that tells the story of the most famous spy in the world, Mata Hari, starting from the autobiographical letter written by herself before being executed. Although it may seem a very notional and not very compelling book,but ideal for those who want to read a historical novel that not only narrates the cornerstones of the dancer's life, but also the background and details.
Valloncini Marco

Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

2021-04-23 05:47:50 UTC

“It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.”
What would happen if the only thought of a mother was marry her 5 daughters?
And if she had one of them who judges too quickly and with too little information ?
And if the proudest person came to their town?
If you want to know, just open the book and get lost in the words of Jane Austen .
Domi Ledisa

SOCRATES IN LOVE. Two teenagers, in love with life, friends since childhood, discover they are in love with each other.Inhabitants of the wonders of Japan. Life, however, meant that these two boys had to break up. And this happened in a horrible way.Eventually the boy decides to go to a city in America. In memory of the young lady he loved. A.B.

2021-04-23 06:32:05 UTC

BARON RAMPANT

2021-04-23 06:35:46 UTC

Baron rampant plot the young Baron Cosimo Pivasco di Rondò, rebellious indomitable, is the eldest son of a noble family momentarily fallen.
After an argument with his father, because he refuses to eat a plate of snails, he decided to climb a tree to never go down again.
I really liked this book and would recommend it to everyone.

The letters of Saturday

2021-04-23 17:36:59 UTC

The presentation and reviews of The Letters of Saturday, a work by Irene Dische published by Feltrinelli. "I was born with a shirt", Laszlo, Peter's father repeats once again, before moving from Hungary to Berlin at the end of the 1930s. Peter goes with him and looks fascinated by the big city, with its cinemas and parties and the atmosphere of great excitement that he cannot fully understand. Peter does not know he is Jewish and when Laszlo can no longer hide it from him, he sends him back to Hungary, to his grandfather. Here Peter is waiting for the letters that every Saturday arrive on time from Berlin and make him dream. But the illusion becomes more and more fragile. Irene Dische writes a book on the tragedy of Nazism and the Holocaust that has the grace of a children's fable and the depth of a true story.

The letter of Saturday

2021-04-23 17:44:43 UTC

Wonder

2021-04-23 19:01:38 UTC

August is a guy with facial disturb who is never went to school. He was scared of meet other guys.
Their parents decide to enroll him at school, because he's never made friends.
He met some people at school, but there were some bullies and he was very sad. One day he met a boy called Jack and they became friends, but everything changed when August discovered something about Jack.
M. C.

the faceless killer by Henning Mankell

2021-04-23 19:07:14 UTC

One January day, in a village in Sweden, a farmer discovers that his neighbors, a couple of old farmers, have been brutally attacked and beaten. Incredulous in the face of so much blood, the police warned. Kurt Wallander immediately rushes to the call from the station and what he sees is worse than he had imagined. The man was tortured and beaten to death, the woman is still alive and she too is the victim of violence without reason. Before dying he whispers his last words: "Stranger, stranger". Just a leak of news and the citizens organize a manhunt. Wallander must stem their resolve to take their own justice, but he soon discovers that the man killed led a double life.
E. A. Pro

"The Giver" by Lois Lowry

2021-04-23 21:57:53 UTC

The Giver is a dystopian novel written by Lois Lowry in 1993. It is set in a perfect society without colors, climate, pain, social classes or emotions. The novel follows a 12-year-old boy named Jonas. At the age of twelve, children are assigned their job, which they will do for the rest of their life. Jonas is selected to inherit the position of Receiver of Memory, the person who holds all the past memories of the time before the community in which he lives.

Carola Quarantini

Maya notebook's

2021-04-24 06:01:38 UTC

Maya Vidal is nineteen and she is a girl, drug addict and alcoholic.
She is on the run from drug dealers and FBI agents; for this she leaves Berkeley to go to the Chiloe archipelago.
She is living with Manuel Arias who is a friend of her grandmother, Nini.
In that place she tells her past.

IL BAR SOTTO IL MARE

2021-04-24 06:28:18 UTC

Stefano Benni

this beautiful book is about a man who is walking on the beach and sees a figure dressed completely in black.
intrigued, the man follows this figure and arrives at a strange bar at the bottom of the sea.
Here he is invited to enter and finds many bizarre people who tell him many unusual stories.
So man becomes a spectator of incredible and unthinkable stories

"Pride and Prejudice" by Jane Austen

2021-04-24 08:42:59 UTC

Set in the early 19th in the rural England, "Pride and Prejudice" tells the story of five young sisters searching for a husband. Particularly the novel focuses on the love story between Elizabeth and the proud Mr. Darcy, which intertwine with other relationships.
It's a beautiful book which highlight the lack of rights of women and the manners, the ways of behaving, of that time.
Casella Emma Vittoria

The Picture of Dorian Gray is a book about a young man, Dorian, who is negatively influenced by Wotton, who leads him to desire a life of eternal beauty and youth. Entering into a pact with the devil, Dorian manages to keep his youth forever, while a painting of him ages in his place, but this will not only lead him to be eternally beautiful, he will also become ruthless. I recommend the novel because it makes us understand how superficial it is to put something fleeting, like beauty, at the first place and to do everything to have it forever, even if we know that we are immersed in the dimension of time and that the eternal youth is just an illusion. C.P.

2021-04-24 14:44:16 UTC

the symposium

2021-04-25 11:16:47 UTC

Beauty pervades the whole Symposium, which is a banquet where philosophers discuss not only this, which apparently forms the background and overflows in the conclusion: the philosophers discuss above all about Love, its name, its origins and what procures people.
Love is not the honeyed one that is meant today in romance novels, they discuss Love as a divinity, god Eros, in practice.
Memorable is Socrates' speech, but of course Socrates is Socrates ...
the concepts and phrases are not complicated, they flow very well for those who want to listen.
Farhat Ahmed

L'occhio del fotografo - Andreas Feininger

2021-04-25 13:47:04 UTC

Although at first glance it may seem only a simple and banal book on photography, I believe this work created by the American photographer Andreas Feininger is really significant and teaches how to develop the so-called "photographer's eye";
This book was created for those who inspire to express their vision of the world through images.
SIMONE MARTINOTTA

East of Eden

maglielena — 2021-04-25 21:04:06 UTC

East of Eden is a novel by the American author and nobel prize winner John Steinbeck.

The book explores themes such as family and love, but also the battle between good and evil.

It also deals with the struggle for acceptance and greatness, guilt and freedom, and it is inspired by the Book of Genesis, especially the story of Cain and Abel.

The myths, the historical references, the allusions come together into a wonderful and thrilling story, which is at the same time hilarious and heartbreaking.

The story of Iqbal

vicinialessandroeugenio — 2021-04-26 07:02:33 UTC

by Francesco D'adamo
in Pakistan, in the mid-1990s, in Hussain Khan's carpet factory, there is Iqbal.
Iqbal is a child-slave because his father sold him for money.
In the carpet factory, children are forced to work for more than 14 hours a day in an inhumane way, without having any pay in return.
All this happens until Iqbal escapes from the factory, when he is out , Iqbal calls the police who immediately arrests the head of the factory and his wife.
After this feat, Iqbal is recognized internationally, so much that he makes numerous conferences about child labor.
His story ends tragically: when he is walking up the path to get home, he is killed. It is April 16, 1995.

The BFG

2021-04-27 15:02:59 UTC

The Big Friendly Giant is a novel about a young orphan girl, Sophie, and a giant who like collect dream. The BFG it's a special giant because he eats only vegetable, but the other giants every night take some peolpe to eat, because the are cannivores. The strange couple decide to create a special dream for the Queen in order to reveal the esistence to the giants and askthe help of the UK military to stop the other giants.
Cesare Costi

"La storia infinita" - "The NeverEnding Story"

miofedericalucia — 2021-04-27 15:57:38 UTC

Bastiano is a ten-year-old boy who after the death of his mother is no longer able to communicate and suffers a lot from this. Relationships with his father are non-existent and he has closed himself completely, so much so that his malaise is also shown at school with his classmates, in fact he is estranged and is often mistreated and teased.

One day, running away from some of his companions, he takes refuge in the library of Mr. Coriandoli who was reading a mysterious book entitled "The neverending story".

The book tells of the Kingdom of Fantàsia, whose sovereign, the Infanta Empress, is afflicted by an unknown disease and runs the risk of dying. As her illness worsens, Fantàsia also seems destined to die, in fact an entity called Nothing has begun to expand in the kingdom, engulfing entire regions and making them disappear completely.

The empress wants to find a solution to this evil and the only possible one is to hand over the kingdom to a human.

Bastiano going on with the reading enters the heart of the story and becomes a real protagonist of it, realizing that he is the only one who can save the kingdom from evil.

Bastiano takes matters into his own hands and decides to leave everything behind, he believes in himself and becomes a brave, strong and enterprising boy. Meet various characters who will help him in his endeavor.

Back home, in the real world, Bastiano regains trust with his father, tells him about his adventures and remembers that his father has always loved him.

Bastiano also goes to Signor Coriandoli to take responsibility for the theft of the book and for having lost it. But the man confides in him that he has already traveled to Fantasia many times to save the Empress and not to worry.

I recommend this book because it wants to make it clear that in life there are not only material things, in fact it is a criticism of humanity living in a world where no one dreams, imagines or simply idealizes anymore.

Oh, Boy! by Marie-Aude Murail

rodellamatteo — 2021-04-27 19:28:32 UTC

Oh, Boy! is a really enjoyable novel with moving irony. It’s the story of how life can change in a moment and overwhelm everything.

Siméon, Morgane and Venise are three brothers orphaned after the abandonment of of the father and the death of the mother. The tutelary judge tracks down Barthélémy and Josiane, born of a father’s previous marriage,with two very different characters and both initially reluctant to get custody. Barthélémy, although irresponsible, soon became fond of his three brothers. Josiane, on the other hand, who is married but has never had children, is immediately interested in adopting the little Venise. Later Siméon was diagnosed with a form of leukaemia, an event that puts at risk his chance to get his diploma at the age of fourteen. But, during the treatment, his bond with Barthélémy is strengthened.

Blue Highways: A Journey into America

dadoneedoardo — 2021-04-29 15:22:18 UTC

After losing his job as a teacher Heat-Moon takes a road trip in a circular route around the United States sticking to only the "Blue Highways", which are off the beaten track backroads connecting rural America. The protagonist will treasure a lot of adventures, discoveries and, above all, encounters with extraordinary people that will change his life. I would suggest this autobiography
(keeping a US map nearby) as it shows that the less known part of America is also its beating heart.
Edoardo Dadone