L' arcadia americana
- 105 stránek
- 4 hodiny čtení
Gina Lagoriová Pořadí knih (chronologicky)
Gina Lagorio was born in Bra, Cuneo, in 1922, and her connection to her homeland always appears clearly in her works. An only child, Lagorio graduated in English Literature from the University of Turin. She began working as an English teacher while collaborating with many newspapers, writing mainly about literature, her great passion. She began her writing career after the age of thirty. In 1969, she published "Un ciclone chiamato Titti," dedicated to her daughter. A few years later, her life was shaken by the death of her husband Gino Lagorio, a protagonist of the Resistance, to whom what is considered one of her best works is dedicated: "Approssimato per difetto" (1971). In 1974, she moved to Milan, where she embarked on a political career, fighting for women's rights. She remarried the publisher Livio Garzanti, whose publishing house published almost all her books. In 1987, she was elected to Parliament, where she entered among the Left Independents. She wrote works of fiction, essays, and plays. Among her titles are "La spiaggia del lupo" (1977), "Fuori scena" (1979), "Tosca dei gatti" (1983), "Golfo del paradiso" (1987), "Tra le mura stellate" (1991), "Il silenzio" (1993), "Il bastardo ovvero gli amori, i travagli e le lacrime di Don Emanuel di Savoia" (1996), "Inventario" (1997), "L'arcadia americana" (1999).
Tosca a mačky
- 192 stránek
- 7 hodin čtení
The House on the Hill
- 176 stránek
- 7 hodin čtení
'Pavese's novels are works of an extraordinary depth where one never stops finding new levels, new meanings' Italo Calvino June, 1943. Allied aircraft are bombing Turin; fascist Italy is on its knees. Every evening, after a day's teaching in the city, Corrado returns to the safety of the hills and the care of his two doting landladies. He has no attachments, no obligations. Yet against his better judgement he is drawn to the easy warmth of a circle of anti-fascists who congregate at a nearby tavern, and confronted with a painful choice: emotional and political commitment, with all its dangers - or devastating retreat. Pavese's extraordinary semi-autobiographical novel is a lucid portrayal of missed opportunities and human weakness, set against the seductive intensity of the Italian countryside. Translated with an introduction by Tim Parks
«L'abbondanza felice, vitale» che Sbarbaro aveva riconosciuto a Gina Lagorio agli esordi, ha trovato piena conferma in questo romanzo, premiato da un notevole successo di critica (premio Viareggio 1984) e di pubblico. Personaggio tra i più riusciti di Gina Lagorio, Tosca trasmette una vita che deborda sempre dai limiti della scrittura, ottiene che le cose prevalgano sulle parole, gli affetti - anche perdenti - sulla paura di viverli, il quotidiano sul «sensazionale». La commovente simbiosi di Tosca con i gatti addita, tra l'altro, uno dei temi di speranza più insistenti di tutta l'opera della scrittrice: un rapporto rinnovato con la natura, che è condizione irrinunciabile per abitare il mondo.