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[Italian] - Il bambino che leggeva troppo
"Ian Drake ha dieci anni. Occhiali tondi e grande sorriso, è un lettore vorace. Lucy Hull, ventisei anni, bibliotecaria per caso in una piccola città di provincia, è discendente di rivoluzionari russi emigrati in America. Tra Ian e Lucy si stabilisce una complicità immediata. Per lui, fedelissimo della biblioteca, quegli scaffali sono un rifugio dal controllo opprimente della famiglia. E lei, convinta che i libri possano salvare la vita, aggira la censura dei genitori ultrareligiosi del ragazzo, ben felice di passare sottobanco a Ian libri «proibiti», come quelli che osano parlare di magia, specie se «scritti da Harry Potter». Quando però a Ian non basterà più fuggire con la fantasia, si farà rapire davvero. E i due diventeranno protagonisti di una loro personale avventura. In cerca, soprattutto, di sé stessi. contributori LE Francesca Pittatore"
Rebecca Makkai (Author), Francesca Pittatore (Narrator)
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"Yale Tishman es uno de los muchos amigos de Nico que se han reunido para honrar su memoria en una pequeña fiesta. A la misma hora, no muy lejos de allí, se celebra en una iglesia el funeral oficial, organizado por la familia, que ha dejado bien claro que sus amigos no son bienvenidos. Es Chicago, es 1985, y esos amigos son homosexuales. En otros tiempos, tal vez, Yale lo habría tenido todo para ser feliz: una relación estable, un grupo de amigos muy unido y una carrera prometedora. Sin embargo, es Chicago, es 1985, y el SIDA causa verdaderos estragos: uno a uno, sus amigos enferman, y cada día que pasa el virus estrecha más su cerco alrededor de Yale. Pronto, solo podrá apoyarse en la hermana pequeña de Nico, Fiona. Tres décadas después, Fiona está en París, tratando de localizar a su hija, que hace años le dio la espalda y desapareció. Hospedada en la casa de un amigo de los viejos tiempos, Fiona aún lidia con las devastadoras secuelas que aquella época terrible tuvo para su vida y la relación con su hija. Entrelazando las historias de Yale y Fiona, Rebecca Makkai nos ofrece una formidable novela que reflexiona sobre la enfermedad y la muerte, pero ante todo sobre el poder de la vida, el amor y la amistad. Los optimistas recrea con fidelidad el día a día de la comunidad gay en los ochenta, la paradójica atmósfera de vitalidad y esperanza por las libertades ganadas, y de incertidumbre y miedo en una época en la que un test positivo equivalía a una sentencia de muerte. Brutal y emotiva, esta novela retrata con gran humanidad a unos seres optimistas que incluso en medio del más pavoroso desastre continúan creyendo en la bondad."
Rebecca Makkai (Author), Ana C. Doñoro (Narrator)
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"Chicago, 1985: Yale ist ein junger Kunstexperte, der mit Feuereifer nach Neuerwerbungen für seine Galerie sucht. Gerade ist er einer Gemälde- sammlung auf der Spur, die seiner Karriere den entscheidenden Schub verleihen könnte. Er ahnt nicht, dass ein Virus, das gerade in Chicagos Boystown zu wüten begonnen hat, einen nach dem anderen seiner Freunde in den Abgrund reißen wird. Paris, 2015: Fiona spürt ihrer Tochter nach, die sich offenbar nicht finden lassen will. Die Suche nach ihr gestaltet sich ebenso zu einer Reise in die eigene Vergangenheit, denn in Paris trifft sie auf alte Freunde aus Chicago, die sie an das Gefühls- chaos der Achtzigerjahre erinnern und sie mit einem großen Schmerz von damals konfrontieren. Die Optimisten ist eine zutiefst bewegende Geschichte darüber, wie Liebe uns retten, aber ebenso vernichten kann, und wie uns traumatische Ereignisse ein Leben lang prägen, bis Heilung möglich wird."
Rebecca Makkai (Author), Max Hoffmann (Narrator)
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"The acclaimed author of The Borrower returns with a dazzlingly original, mordantly witty novel about the secrets of an old-money family and their turn-of-the-century estate, Laurelfield. Meet the Devohrs: Zee, a Marxist literary scholar who detests her parents’ wealth but nevertheless finds herself living in their carriage house; Gracie, her mother, who claims she can tell your lot in life by looking at your teeth; and Bruce, her step-father, stockpiling supplies for the Y2K apocalypse and perpetually late for his tee time. Then there’s Violet Devohr, Zee’s great-grandmother, who they say took her own life somewhere in the vast house, and whose massive oil portrait still hangs in the dining room. Violet’s portrait was known to terrify the artists who resided at the house from the 1920s to the 1950s, when it served as the Laurelfield Arts Colony – and this is exactly the period Zee’s husband, Doug, is interested in. An out-of-work academic whose only hope of a future position is securing a book deal, Doug is stalled on his biography of the poet Edwin Parfitt, once in residence at the colony. All he needs to get the book back on track – besides some motivation and self-esteem – is access to the colony records, rotting away in the attic for decades. But when Doug begins to poke around where he shouldn’t, he finds Gracie guards the files with a strange ferocity, raising questions about what she might be hiding. The secrets of the hundred-year house would turn everything Doug and Zee think they know about her family on its head – that is, if they were to ever uncover them. In this brilliantly conceived, ambitious, and deeply rewarding novel, Rebecca Makkai unfolds a generational saga in reverse, leading the reader back in time on a literary scavenger hunt as we seek to uncover the truth about these strange people and this mysterious house. With intelligence and humor, a daring narrative approach, and a lovingly satirical voice, Rebecca Makkai has crafted an unforgettable novel about family, fate and the incredible surprises life can offer."
Rebecca Makkai (Author), Jen Tullock (Narrator)
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