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Loading... Me and You (edition 2012)by Niccolo Ammaniti, Kylee Doust (Translator)
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. Più fluido e sicuramente non macabro rispetto, ad esempio, a Fango, ma bello e toccante. È abbastanza breve da non annoiare mai. ( ) Un libro che si legge molto velocemente, ben scritto, avvincente e molto intenso. Lorenzo è un quattordicenne con grossi problemi relazionali che, complici alcune situazioni contingenti, si troverà a passare, per sua scelta, una settimana chiuso in cantina in compagnia della sorellastra Olivia che conosce appena. Una convivenza che lo costringerà a confrontarsi con sé stesso e con la realtà che lo circonda. Molto bello e coinvolgente, un libro da leggere sicuramente. Il romanzo parte presentandoci Lorenzo, un ragazzino in conflitto con se stesso e con la persona che deve far finta di essere per poter rientrare nei canoni di normalità richiesti dai suoi genitori (e dal resto della società). Proprio un suo tentativo maldestro di "far parte del gruppo" lo constringe a nascondersi in cantina per una settimana...ma la sua vacanza viene interrotta da Olivia, la sorellastra che non vede da anni e la cui esistenza costituisce una sorta di tabù per la famiglia. Il libro mi è piaciuto soprattutto per il modo in cui ha affrontato due temi importanti e di grande attualità ma, allo stesso tempo, finendo di leggerlo, sono rimasta con la sensazione che mancasse qualcosa... Lorenzo Cuni is an odd one. He's never fit in. Sometimes he cares, sometimes he doesn't. Sometimes he tries, sometimes he doesn't. During one eventful week in high school, he finds he has the opportunity to go on a ski trip with "friends" but it's not exactly the ski trip his parents think he's having. It becomes the week where he grows up and the week where he begins to understand what life is really about. In a few days he finds he has to fight his own (and other's) demons. The summary above (which was difficult to do without major spoilers) does not do this little Italian novel justice. Lorenzo is a troubled kid and as the story unfolds you find out about the family dynamics and what seems to be going well and what seems to be awry. I'm always interested in novels from other countries. The point of view is different and a casual sentence here or there reveals a look into another culture and another way of viewing the world. So much is said and revealed in this novel in such a short space. There are serious issues brought up in this novel and interactions between people that make you think. The discussion questions in the back were interesting, also. Is the central theme authenticity of self? (To be honest, I wasn't really considering that when I read the book, only after confronted with the reader's guide.) Why is it so important to be considered "normal"? And then the final question was to think if the novel was tragic or hopeful and I had to say: both. Several years ago I read and loved I'm Not Scared, (which is on the 1001 list), so when I saw this I picked it up. This book was similar, but not as substantial, and had a much more YA feel to it. Loner Lorenzo is 14 and having a difficult time fitting in. To make his mother feel better about his social issues, he tells her he has been invited on a week long ski trip. He plans to hide in the basement playing video games for the duration. All is going as planned until his older (estranged) half-sister shows up, and she's in trouble. While I highly recommend I'm Not Scared, this was not my cup of tea. 2 1/2 stars no reviews | add a review
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To quell the anxiety of his concerned, socially conscious parents, Lorenzo tells them he's been invited on an exclusive ski vacation. His real plan: for one blessed week, Lorenzo will retreat to a forgotten cellar in his family's apartment building, where he will live in perfect isolation, keeping the adult world at bay. When his estranged half-sister, Olivia, shows up in the cellar unexpectedly, the two become locked in a battle of wills, forced to confront the very demons they are each struggling to escape. No library descriptions found.
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