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Allarmata per l'improvvisa scomparsa del padre, una giovane donna torna nel luogo in cui ha trascorso l'infanzia: una piccola abitazione su un’isola deserta, al centro di un lago nel Québec. La porta non è chiusa a chiave, la casa è vuota, su uno scaffale ci sono fogli con disegni incomprensibili, ma del padre non c'è traccia. I tre amici che accompagnano la ragazza vivono questa gita come un’avventura, mentre per lei tornare nei luoghi dell'infanzia assume i contorni di un dolente pellegrinaggio interiore che coinvolge la sua identità di donna, il suo ruolo in un mondo che non è più in contatto con la natura e in cui gli uomini hanno perso di vista sé stessi. Inondata dai ricordi, la ragazza si rende conto che tornare a casa significa entrare in un altro luogo ma anche in un altro tempo, ed è costretta a confrontarsi con gli spettri del suo passato. Inquietante e poetico, costruito su una prosa limpida e affilata, il romanzo srotola il filo della narrazione nel labirinto oscuro e simbolico dell’intimità. Ma sa anche portare chiarezza sui temi della contemporaneità: il rapporto dell'uomo con la natura, il matrimonio, le famiglie, le donne frammentate e come potrebbero tornare a essere integre.
- ISBN: 8833313808
- Casa Editrice: Ponte alle Grazie
- Pagine: 272
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Nothing good ever comes from two couples locking themselves in some cabin in the woods. (See "Evil Dead," "Cabin Fever," "Cabin in the Woods"... well, actually just the first one [for I do think the latter two suh-uck!]) Ehhh-verr. But Margaret Atwood is not a horror writer. This is her take on the i Leggi tutto
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An always thought-provoking, awe-inspiring and disturbing plunge into the depths of Atwood's (early) vision, voice and artistry. Everything and more than I remembered. It reads equally as powerful and mostly as relevant today as it did when I first read it, not so long (these things are relative; I
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