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Mi è piaciuta l'onestà nella approccio non romantico della vita partigiana e il personaggio. Ma ho fatto fatica con il linguaggio non per le parole in inglesi ma per l'uso per me eccessivo di aggettivi anche se i critici non sono d'accordo con me!
Between 1917 and 1921 a devastating struggle took place in Russia following the collapse of …
Quite interesting book (I am a Beevor avid reader); historically for sure. Brutality is incredible - no ideology backing on both sides and a swirl of other nations impacted by Russia as today. And one more tale of British military involvment!
Interesting setting but it did not grow me. Some bad sex and no thrilling parts that engaged me.
"What would happen if the world were ending? A catastrophic event renders the earth a …
Three star: even if I am in the space business, I found that sometimes technical details where too long sometimes and too difficult to visualize; also the plotline is ambitiously and engaging, but sometimes a little bit too American Movies style if you know what I mean (for example that the destiny of all humanities was unbelievably all tied to people in the space station at that particular time...).
"Lucy Barton is recovering slowly from what should have been a simple operation. Her mother, …
Well written and a good read on a business trip - looking forward looking at her other books and Lucy's stories
I read the book years ago (but not seen the movie yet). In any case the illustrations are quite powerful to underline the bleak landscape and the relationship father/son.
Quite intriguing and funny. Each chapter an internal monologue which seemed completely relatable to me. And the setting in the Peak District ..., and the crow. One of my favourite books.
Nice way of learning about history I was not really familiar with - and going back to learning about Garibaldi since I was at school.
A team of astronauts in the International Space Station collect meteorological data, conduct scientific experiments …
A beautiful written book, and clearly a lot of research has gone into making it science based. I just found a little bit hard to wade through given that there is no real story, aside the intimate portrait of the astronauts - this is probably more a reflection of my reader skills instead of the author!
Not an easy ready at all, aside for the number of pages, for the type of Italian language of 1974 and some dialect thrown in. But a great book, with La Storia effect on ordinary poor people and also two dogs (especially Bella - turns out one of the main characters for me)
Beautiful book including the end about what we get from our parents and can leave to the next generation
Read in a couple of a session between other books. One my favourite italian authors and adds interesting bit in his life (in particular about the realization of the banality of the fascist/monarchy rhetoric to the end).
Padova, anni cinquanta. Teresa lavora come portinaia in un palazzo del centro. Dietro un aspetto …
Interessante anche perche' Padova e' la citta' in cui sono cresciuto e lo ho letto mentre sono in citta' per motivi familiari. Ho letto recensioni con accuse di strafalcioni storici, ma controllando un po' a caso io non ne ho trovati. Forse la fine un po' troppo bella ma Teresa anche se un personaggio inventato se lo e' meritato tutto!
It’s 2022. François is bored. He’s a middle-aged lecturer at the New Sorbonne University and …
Not because the scenario is impossible or the issue not to be discussed, but I remember mostly sex scenes and misogynist attitude from the main character which seem to justify the end point. Probably did not get the irony,
