Giro di vite
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Tradotto da: Cornelio Maraone
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Quale segreto nascondono Miles e Flora, i due fanciulli dall’aspetto angelico rimasti orfani e affidati dallo zio in circostanze misteriose a una giovane istitutrice? E perché Peter Quint, il vecchio maggiordomo, e Miss Jessel, la prima governante, continuano ad aggirarsi nell’antica dimora di Bly dove da tempo non lavorano più? In un’atmosfera tesa e allucinata, «carica di bellezza e di sciagura», James ambienta una delle sue opere più suggestive. Scritto e pubblicato nel 1898, Il giro di vite è solo in apparenza una storia di fantasmi. Pur muovendosi entro i collaudati schemi del romanzo gotico, l’autore orchestra una favola che ha i contorni dell’incubo e che fa dell’ambiguità la sua vera cifra. Perché mentre ci racconta di spettri e revenants, è d’altro che ci parla: del cuore di tenebra della realtà, del potere delle ossessioni e dei gorghi oscuri della mente umana, dell’infinita catena delle dipendenze e delle seduzioni, dell’innocenza violata e corrotta.
- ISBN: 8811360765
- Casa Editrice: Garzanti
- Pagine: 208
- Data di uscita: 06-04-2005
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I hate when I don't love a classic. It makes me feel stupid, like I'm too ignorant to comprehend literary brilliance. I'm particularly disappointed in myself for not loving The Turn of the Screw , because I'm such a huge fan of all things ghastly and Gothic. And this is both! But it's true. I didn't c Leggi tutto
Turn of the Screw is a pretty cool story. It's about a governess who either heroically attempts to protect her two charges from malevolent ghosts or goes dangerously bonkers. James leaves it ambiguous and I love that kind of story. Ambiguity works for me. Four stars for the plot. Kindof an abrupt en Leggi tutto
“No, no—there are depths, depths! The more I go over it, the more I see in it, and the more I see in it, the more I fear. I don’t know what I don’t see—what I don’t fear!” Screen shot from the 1961 version of The Innocents based on the James short story. A governess is hired to look after the neph Leggi tutto
Now you see me, ...now you don’t.. What the... Meaning, understanding and certainty all become elusive chimera in this ambiguous game of hide-and-seek that Henry James plays with us. Have you ever been in one of those weird situations where you wondered if you were losing your mind, doubting whethe Leggi tutto
Me at 50%: And 75%. And 90%. I was actually really excited to read this classic Henry James novella, a gothic ghost story published in 1898. A young woman is hired to be the governess for two young orphans by their uncle, whose good looks and charm impress the governess. She wants to impress him in t Leggi tutto
Some persons always record what did happen to them… And the story is a manuscript of a governess: “She was young, untried, nervous…” And there is a man who has hired her… And there are orphans she governed… He had been left, by the death of their parents in India, guardian to a small nephew and a smal Leggi tutto
Where's my SPOOKY?! I mean, I thought I'd get a few good jump scares out of a book with possessed children in it. You know what didn't happen, not even once , while I was listening to this book? THIS: I'm not sure why my teenage self thought The Turn of the Screw was worth 4 stars, but my older-than-tee Leggi tutto
I was looking for a spooky fall read but I've found this entangling novella that has a lot of material that is simply calling me to analyze it. Besides, reading this work as just a ghost story would be quite unsatisfying. Henry's writing is at the same time brilliant, confusing, convoluted, perplexe Leggi tutto
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