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La ragazza dello Sputnik
La ragazza dello Sputnik
1984
<b>Written more than 70 years ago, <i>1984</i> was George Orwell’s chilling prophecy about the future. And while 1984 has come and gone, his dystopian vision of a government that will do anything to control the narrative is timelier than ever...<br><br><b>• Nominated as one of America’s best-loved novels by PBS’s <i>The Great American Read •</i></b><br></b><br>“<i>The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.</i>”<br><br>Winston Smith toes the Party line, rewriting history to satisfy the demands of the Ministry of Truth. With each lie he writes, Winston grows to hate the Party that seeks power for its own sake and persecutes those who dare to commit thoughtcrimes. But as he starts to think for himself, Winston can’t escape the fact that Big Brother is always watching...<br><br>A startling and haunting novel, <i>1984</i> creates an imaginary world that is completely convincing from start to finish. No one can deny the novel’s hold on the imaginations of whole generations, or the power of its admonitions—a power that seems to grow, not lessen, with the passage of time.
Norwegian wood. Tokyo blues
Haruki Murakami · 2013
Uno dei più clamorosi successi letterari giapponesi di tutti i tempi è anche il libro più intimo, introspettivo di Murakami, che qui si stacca dalle atmosfere oniriche e surreali che lo hanno reso famoso, per esplorare il mondo in ombra dei sentimenti e della solitudine. Norwegian Wood è anche un grande romanzo sull'adolescenza, sul conflitto tra il desiderio di essere integrati nel mondo degli "altri" per entrare vittoriosi nella vita adulta e il bisogno irrinunciabile di essere se stessi, costi quel costi. Come il giovane Holden, Toru è continuamente assalito dal dubbio di aver sbagliato o poter sbagliare nelle sue scelte di vita e di amore, ma è anche guidato da un ostinato e personale senso della morale e da un'istintiva avversione per tutto ciò che sa di finto e costruito. Diviso tra due ragazze, Naoko e Midori, che lo attirano entrambe con forza irresistibile, Toru non può fare altro che decidere. O aspettare che la vita (e la morte) decidano per lui.
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Just Kids: A National Book Award Winner
Just Kids: A National Book Award Winner
<p> It was the summer Coltrane died, the summer of love and riots, and the summer when a chance encounter in Brooklyn led two young people on a path of art, devotion, and initiation. </p> <p> Patti Smith would evolve as a poet and performer, and Robert Mapplethorpe would direct his highly provocative style toward photography. Bound in innocence and enthusiasm, they traversed the city from Coney Island to Forty-second Street, and eventually to the celebrated round table of Max's Kansas City, where the Andy Warhol contingent held court. In 1969, the pair set up camp at the Hotel Chelsea and soon entered a community of the famous and infamous—the influential artists of the day and the colorful fringe. It was a time of heightened awareness, when the worlds of poetry, rock and roll, art, and sexual politics were colliding and exploding. In this milieu, two kids made a pact to take care of each other. Scrappy, romantic, committed to create, and fueled by their mutual dreams and drives, they would prod and provide for one another during the hungry years. </p> <p> <i>Just Kids</i> begins as a love story and ends as an elegy. It serves as a salute to New York City during the late sixties and seventies and to its rich and poor, its hustlers and hellions. A true fable, it is a portrait of two young artists' ascent, a prelude to fame. </p>
