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  • Non si può fare altro che seguirla, Cassandra, mentre ricorda e racconta, sotto la porta dei leoni.

    (Diventando di volta in volta Cassandra, Ecuba, Polissena e Clitemnestra. Il romanzo delle Donne.)

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    ― Posted on Jun 27, 2008 | Add your feedback

Cover of American Pastoral
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Cover of Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency
Cover of Tales Told Again
Cover of What a Carve Up!

  • For sure my Coe's favourite.
    This novel hosts another built-in novel (that eventually merges!); but also journalistic reportage, and political overview of the Thatcher era.
    A very ambitious program, in my opinion completely achieved. With a - errr - rather wild and unexpected conclusion, I ... (continue)

    For sure my Coe's favourite.
    This novel hosts another built-in novel (that eventually merges!); but also journalistic reportage, and political overview of the Thatcher era.
    A very ambitious program, in my opinion completely achieved. With a - errr - rather wild and unexpected conclusion, I might say... but not inappropriate.

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    ― Posted on Mar 8, 2008 | Add your feedback

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  • I love the way McEwan turns words into tangible fabric. This novel plays with the blurring line between recognition and disbelief, reaches powerfully the depths of human feelings... love, fear, commitment, loyalty. Where does innocence end, and where insanity begins?

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    ― Posted on Feb 4, 2008 | Add your feedback

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  • 3 of 4 people find this helpful

    Nearly useless, sometimes entertaining thirty-something generational novel.
    Not too badly written, though.
    In a word: average.

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    ― Posted on Nov 9, 2007 | Add your feedback

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  • 1 of 1 people find this helpful

    Un incipit folgorante, un romanzo asciutto e essenziale. McEwan è quasi maniacale nella cura dei dettagli con i quali delinea i propri personaggi. E' quasi chirurgia della parola, mette in scena l'anamnesi del mondo interiore del protagonista.
    Notevole l'epilogo...
    Sono felice di averlo le ... (continue)

    Un incipit folgorante, un romanzo asciutto e essenziale. McEwan è quasi maniacale nella cura dei dettagli con i quali delinea i propri personaggi. E' quasi chirurgia della parola, mette in scena l'anamnesi del mondo interiore del protagonista.
    Notevole l'epilogo...
    Sono felice di averlo letto in lingua.

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    ― Posted on Nov 16, 2007 | Add your feedback

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