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Per tutta la vita Stella Brentwood ha osservato i comportamenti umani con l'occhio freddo dell'antropologa: ora, a sessantacinque anni, ha deciso di abbandonare l'atteggiamento neutrale della scienziata per mettersi in gioco in prima persona nella comunità in cui si è trasferita nella campagna del Somerset. Per la prima volta mette radici in un luogo e studia la rete di relazioni tra le persone che la circondano. Osservando con limpido distacco, rievoca la sua vita, gli amori mai abbastanza intensi da farla rinunciare alla sua indipendenza, il suo rapporto con Nadine, l'amica di gioventù, ben determinata nelle scelte opposte: un rapporto solido con un uomo, una famiglia. Anche per Stella è giunto il momento di scegliere: abbandonare per sempre il suo distacco e appartenere, finalmente a qualcuno? Oppure tornare a vivere da nomade, come ha sempre fatto?
- ISBN: 8860889669
- Casa Editrice: Guanda
- Pagine: 252
- Data di uscita: 30-04-2009
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This is the first Penelope Lively book I read having bought it at a sale recently. To me the book spoke personally. Being an older woman myself, as one who has retired from a lifelong much-loved job a couple of years ago, I was deeply moved by the fact that, inspite of living in another country, in
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