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Tradotto da: Valeria Bastia
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Spinta dall’ostilità crescente del presidente Nasser verso gli ebrei, sul finire degli anni Sessanta la famiglia di André Aciman è costretta a lasciare Alessandria d’Egitto, abbandonando privilegi e ricchezza. Al molo di Napoli ad attendere André, sbarcato con un fratello più piccolo da tenere in riga e la madre sorda per cui deve tradurre ogni parola, è l’iracondo e avarissimo zio Claude, che vive a Roma già da anni e che affitta loro un improbabile appartamento in un quartiere popolare. Inizia così il racconto intimo e a tratti ironico con cui l’autore apre una finestra sulla sua eccentrica famiglia e sul periodo romano della sua vita. I mesi in via Clelia, caratterizzati dalla vergogna di doversi adattare a una vita umile, dalle fughe in biblioteca e dai pomeriggi nell’angusta cameretta dove affoga nei romanzi la nostalgia di casa, il senso di inadeguatezza e i dubbi sul futuro. Ma piano piano Roma gli rivelerà la sua bellezza e gli diventerà sempre più familiare: le corse in bicicletta a perdifiato per il centro storico, le tappe nelle librerie di fiducia, i pomeriggi a piazza di Spagna, le amicizie inaspettate. Soprattutto i baci, le serate al cinema, gli incontri fugaci e quelli rimasti sospesi, che proprio per questo hanno lasciato una scia di desiderio più intenso e struggente. E quando tutto sembra filare per il meglio (perfino l’amore!), sarà una lettera dell’Hunter College di New York a mescolare di nuovo le carte in tavola, e a portare André dove forse aveva sempre sognato.
- ISBN: 8823535417
- Casa Editrice: Guanda
- Pagine: 384
- Data di uscita: 01-10-2024
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This is my third André Aciman book that I have read, and like the others that I've read, it is a bit hit and miss. Things that I liked about the book were: - the descriptions of Rome, Paris, Naples and Alexandria - the character descriptions - the writing style What I didn't like so much was the amount o Leggi tutto
Thank you to Faber for sending me a proof copy of this book. I typically love Aciman’s writing and his books, but unfortunately this memoir didn’t have the same evocative power as his other works; it felt unnecessarily long winded and a little self-obsessed in the internal dialogue of Aciman’s comin Leggi tutto
I got this Book as a gift from a friend who grew up in Rome when i did in 1960`s. the writer had a very different neighborhood and experience than we did. They were refugees from Egypt and poor and relying on the Uncle for life in Rome and their minimal survival.I recognized a lot from my life in Ro Leggi tutto
There is something messy about Aciman’s writing style, a circular, meandering path that he takes through nearly every scene, that made me impatient for about a hundred pages. I almost gave up on the book, thinking that it was narcissism and a fondness for Proust that made him think he could digress Leggi tutto
Thanks to Netgalley and Farrar, straus and giroux for the arc of Roman year by André Aciman! This book is out on 22 Oct 2024. If there's one thing you need to know about me, it's that André Aciman is one of my favourite writers. Especially his (partial) memoir Out of Egypt, about his Jewish family's Leggi tutto
quite densely packed and joyfully written. lovely anthropomorphism of cities, and distinct descriptions of various places. while grounded in setting, there was page-turning character development (though he coulddd have reconsidered how he wrote about someee romantic exploits)….
The language and sentimentality of this memoir was a pleasure to fall into, but the whole time I had to almost ask myself what the point was. Of course, maybe if you have read a lot of Aciman’s work then this will hold more meaning for you, but for me I struggled to see why he memorialized this tran Leggi tutto
4.5 ⭐️ Evocation is what I enjoy most about reading. When written words can conjure up nostalgia, embarrassing memories, fantasies, deep empathy, or vivid sights, tastes, and smells, that’s when I know I’m reading something special. For me all of that was achieved. Add subtle beautiful prose to the Leggi tutto
It was 1966 when André Aciman, then a 15-year-old boy, fled Alexandria with his deaf mother and younger brother following the expulsion of Jews under Nasser's regime in Egypt. They arrived in Rome, the city of his imagined imperial grandeur, which presented itself as a maze of hardships, embodied by Leggi tutto
