Laura G. Marcantoni

Amusing but a tad too slow at times

Revisado: 03-01-25

It is a story of crossed love and family drama which happens to be way different from what it might be expected.

The characters are weird but realistic and human, one of them, an impish libertine charmer is absolutely irresistible, and it is impossible not to grow fond of the old servant.

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Poco plausibile, troppo lungo tanto da diventare noioso

Revisado: 12-18-24

Poliziotti stravaganti, con metodi di lavoro singolari, contornati da eccentrici di paese sono abbastanza divertenti ed intriganti, ma solo per un po' se l'idea era quella di leggere in poliziesco e non un romanzo umoristico.

Nel racconto ci sono molte, troppe storie, in cui i protagonisti inciampato cercando di risolvere il caso, sono storie carine ma appesantiscono la narrazione e alla fine stancano.

Secondo me Vargas ha scritto di meglio.

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Un libro gradevole.

Revisado: 12-11-24

La protagonista è una donna interessante, divertente e adeguatamente segnata da errori passati.
La storia forse si basa un po' troppo su coincidenza fortuite ma, come ho già detto, è gradevole.
La lettura dell'autore in alcuni momenti non è il massimo ma non è il suo lavoro e quindi non ci si può aspettare quello che

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I didn't expect to love this book, but I did.

Revisado: 07-29-24

I think I saw a movie titled "Maurice" once and I remember a scene , possibly the closing one, from it.

The image from an old movie and an off hand remark about the author in "Tender is the night" made me select this title.

It was an interesting choice, totally baffling.

The protagonist journey to understand himself and his sexuality in the first years of the last century seem a wild subject for a book written then.

Still the times and the mindset of the people surrounding the author when he was writing and revising this book make it so fresh, spontaneous and enjoyable, more then a century after it was written and over fifty years after it was finally published.

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The annoying male protagonist

Revisado: 07-06-24

I don't know if it was the way I listened to this book or the book itself, but the story felt disjointed.
It is as if thee different books have been put together because the two main characters appear in all of them.
In the first part there is a number of characters and episodes that die more or less literally there, and whose point at least for me was hard to see.
I found Dick deeply irritating in the last part of the book. Possibly one should feel pity for someone whose downfall is caused at least in part by two women, unfortunately I was unable too, hence the irritation.

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È un libro avvincente, ironico e spiritoso.

Revisado: 06-07-24

La storia è intervallata dai pensieri dei protagonisti che non appesantiscono o rallentano la narrazione, ed
anche i loro problemi e la vita sentimentale non interferisce con il ritmo narrativo come accade in altri romanzi di questo autore.

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The narration is so vivid, that a simple story is a work of art.

Revisado: 06-03-24

As I mention the story is a simple one, but it is written in such a way that I could actually see the country side, the homes and the characters. It felt weirdly like watching a film.
I did not expect to enjoy this book as much, but then the classics are classics for a reason.

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Great translation of a great work

Revisado: 05-27-24

This was not the first time that I listened or read "The Iliad", a book I have always loved, but, this time, the text, not incrusted in a cumbersome translation, felt closer and more alive.

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The first part of this book is entertaining, even witty. The second part is not.

Revisado: 01-31-24

I enjoyed the first part of this book, the characters are nicely and dispassionately drawn and the descriptions are almost a critique of a way of life.
Unfortunately the story doesn't stop at "they lived happily ever after" and, in my opinion, loses its spark and becomes boring.
It is not a case that this is not one of the best known books of the author, and definitely not one she is famous for.

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Un eroe umile e modesto che fa la guerra a modo suo.

Revisado: 01-29-24

In questo libro la guerra viene vissuta e sofferta dalla gente di un paesino e vista attraverso gli occhi e le vicende del protagonista, che non è un eroe ma fa quello che può per proteggere la sua amata amica e per dare una mano come può.

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