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The book is rightfully compared to Umberto Eco's "The Name of the Rose," Jorge Luis Borges' "The Library of Babel," and the works of Luigi Pirandello. The reader will long remember the unusual name of the hero - Malinverno, created with the same mastery as his favorite characters: Don Quixote, Cyrano de Bergerac, Treplev, Pinocchio, Kashtanka, and many others.
The author focuses on the role of literature in a person's life. It is a unique reading experience that will evoke a multitude of emotions, and the abundance of characters with Russian names speaks to the deep knowledge and special reverence of the Italian writer for Russian classical literature.
Plot:
There are places where the words of novels and poems resonate everywhere, and the names of the residents bring to mind thoughts of the heroes of world literature. The city of Timpamara became such a place since a paper factory was built here many years ago.
In the 1960s, an unnamed grave is discovered in the city cemetery, the secret of which is destined to be revealed by the lame librarian and cemetery keeper Astolfo Malinverno.
Like a medieval monk from Umberto Eco's novel, Malinverno is fascinated by the stories and mysteries of the Universe. A book lover with a vivid imagination, Astolfo mixes the plots of novels with the fates of his fellow villagers - living and dead, but most of all, he is intrigued by the nameless and dateless tombstone with a photograph of a woman. Over time, he decides to uncover the mystery of this face. Astolfo calls her Emma Ru, after Flaubert's "Madame Bovary." A few months later, he finds a flower in front of Emma's grave. What does this mean? Flowers continue to appear until a few weeks later Astolfo sees a woman leaving another flower, and to his surprise, she is identical to the mysterious Emma...
"Life in Timpamara went like this: when someone managed to kick its monotonous uniformity, everyone followed suit. Since then, the city's residents believed they were free to put an end to folklore and traditions, and began giving their children names of paper heroes..."
"Have you ever heard the voice of books?" my mother once asked me. "Not the words you read, but specifically the voice, the sound of paper? I looked at her in amazement, I understood her literary hallucinations when book characters became neighbors at home and vice versa, but for paper to speak seemed too much to me. Apparently, she was losing her mind. "You just have to wait for the right day," she concluded.
"When I finished an unfinished book, that is, one that did not end with the death of the hero, I felt a sense of disappointment and dissatisfaction. This happened with the story of Pinocchio. The transformation of a piece of wood into a living person once and for all showed that endings where peace and harmony prevail are categorically not to my taste."
Author:
Author:Domenico Dara
Cover:
Cover:hardcover
Category:
- Category:Fiction
- Category:Poetry & Literature
Publication language:
Publication Language:Russian
Paper:
Paper:offset
Dimensions:
Dimensions:20x13x2.6 cm
Series:
Series:Loft. And laughter and sin
Age restrictions:
Age restrictions:16+
ISBN:
ISBN:978-5-04-179053-0
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