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Ivan ha diciassette anni ed è uno degli ospiti dell'Ospedale per i bambini gravemente ammalati di Mazyr, in Bielorussia. Le radiazioni liberate nell'atmosfera dall'esplosione di uno dei reattori nucleari della centrale di Cernobyl il 26 aprile 1986 gli hanno provocato gravi malformazioni, ma non ne hanno intaccato lo spirito acuto, l'intelletto straordinario e il vorace appetito per i libri. Ogni giorno sarebbe uguale all'altro, nella vita di Ivan, ma il ragazzo riesce a trasformare tutto in un gioco, al servizio del proprio divertimento. A scuotere la sua routine arriva, però, una nuova residente dell'ospedale, Polina. Ivan all'inizio non la sopporta. La ragazzina gli ruba i libri, sfida le regole del suo universo magico, si fa amare da tutte le infermiere. Ma in breve anche Ivan ne è attratto in modo irresistibile. Comincia così una storia d'amore tenera e coraggiosa, che consente ai due ragazzi di scoprire il mondo come mai avevano fatto prima. Fino all'incontro con Polina, Ivan si limitava a sopravvivere, in uno stato di orgogliosa distanza dalle cose e dalle persone. Ora vuole qualcosa di più: vuole che Polina resti viva.
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- Pagine: 302
- Data di uscita: 04-04-2019
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How strange it is that people of honest feelings and sensibility, who would not take advantage of a man born without arms or legs or eyes—how such people think nothing of abusing a man born with low intelligence. - from Flowers for Algernon, 1966 I call bullsh#t. This book is nothing more than a freak Leggi tutto
Update: The author of this book has repeatedly contacted a GR member, asking her to change a negative review, which he called "mean-spirited". On the exact same day that he sent his last message, this profile appeared on Goodreads. Her location is San Diego like the author, and she immediately added Leggi tutto
In Belarus in 1988 a baby is born , suffering severe birth defects from the fallout of Chernobyl, probably one of many babies like this . We first meet Ivan when he's 17 and has lived his entire life at the Mazyr Hospital for Gravely Ill Children . He has never known his mother or father and isn't e Leggi tutto
I feel like I've been sandblasted. This was a fantastic and devastatingly weird read at the same time. I can honestly say, I've never read anything like this. How did this happen? I despise YA (for those who know me) but was enraptured by this story; this brilliant and endearing character. Ivan Isan Leggi tutto
Ivan narrates his life while living in a home for gravely ill children filled with children born with all kinds of conditions due to the Chernobyl incident. In this book you will find love, hope, humanity.. mostly you will take away the love..
The Invisible Life of Ivan Isianko is original, clever, heartbreaking and quite funny -- pretty good ingredients for a novel. It's written in the form of a first person narrative, from the point of view of severely disabled 17 year old Ivan. Ivan has lived in a children's hospital in Belarus his who Leggi tutto
5★ The Foreword from the ‘editor’ and the Epilogue (at the end, of course) refer to Ivan’s real story and the dates that this took place, so it must be real, mustn’t it? Just to be sure, when I finished this remarkable book, I had to go back and read the disclaimer again. You know, the one we skim ove Leggi tutto
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