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Con le peggiori intenzioni

By Alessandro Piperno

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| Hardcover | 9788804538028

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Book Description

Il libro racconta l'irresistibile ascesa e l'inevitabile decadenza dei Sonnino, facoltosa famiglia di ebrei romani, e dei loro amici, sodali, fiancheggiatori e nemici. Dallo sregolato, epico nonno Bepy al disorientato, sgangherato e perplesso nipote Daniel passano le generazioni, le epoche, i pezzi Continue

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Con le peggiori intenzioni

La trama e le recensioni di Con le peggiori intenzioni, romanzo di Alessandro Piperno. L'epopea dei Sonnino, ricca famiglia di ebrei romani, dai tempi eroici dello sfrenato nonno Bepy e del suo socio Nanni Cittadini - la cui irriducibile competizione ... (read full critics)

Qlibri published on Thu, 25 Nov 2010

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Midori said on Jun 11, 2007 | Add your feedback

Nice characters

I liked the descriptions of the characters: the Jewish grandfather of the main character Daniel, the Jewish mother of his best friend, the Roman barkeeper... But I missed some action or storyline in the book. The (Italian) language was sometimes difficult to understand for a non-native speaker as my ... (continue)

I liked the descriptions of the characters: the Jewish grandfather of the main character Daniel, the Jewish mother of his best friend, the Roman barkeeper... But I missed some action or storyline in the book. The (Italian) language was sometimes difficult to understand for a non-native speaker as myself, with a lot of "trendy" words, long sentences (maybe a homage to Proust).
I also failed to empathize with the teenager frustrations of the main character Daniel who (as teenagers do) sees each personal, often marginal, problem, as a fundamental life issue.
Maybe much of my disappointment came from the fact somebody told me about similarities between Alessandro Piperno and the Dutch writer Anton Grunberg. In fact, it seems to me that, apart from their Jewish origins, they are rather opposites. I just began a new Grunberg book and I notice how accurate and clear his language is compared to the "baroque" style of Piperno.

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Sara said on Mar 11, 2010 | Add your feedback