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Chargement... A Kiss from Maddalenapar Christopher Castellani
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Inscrivez-vous à LibraryThing pour découvrir si vous aimerez ce livre Actuellement, il n'y a pas de discussions au sujet de ce livre. For the most part, this was a pretty unique and interesting love story of sorts. It takes place amidst Italy's shifting alliances at the end of World War II. The ending was weird, awkward and pretty horrible, but up until that last chapter or so, it was good. I'm not so sure I bought the insipidness of the main character, Maddalena, but I suppose families do often dictate their children's every move, especially the "favorite" girl (and especially during the 40s). I loved the depiction of Italy during the war though, the lives of the men left behind and how the families survived (or did not). Ultimately, kind of a so-so read with high points. ( ) In een Italiaans dorp in de streek rond Rome worden Vito en Maddalena verliefd op elkaar. Ze worden gedwarsboomd door strenge tradities en nog extra door de beperkingen t.g.v. de oorlog. Als na de zware oorlogsjaren zich toch nog een kans voor hun aandient, worden ze alsnog het slachtoffer van de macht van de familie in een nog niet tot 'modern' getransformeerde maatschappij. De uit Italië afkomstige Amerikaanse auteur (1973) vertelt dit verhaal met veel liefde voor zijn vaderland, met kennis van zaken en invoelingsvermogen. Indrukwekkend is het perspectief van kijken naar de Tweede Wereldoorlog door Italiaanse ogen. De gebeurtenissen hebben aanvankelijk een charmant romantisch karakter, worden tegen een realistisch decor gezet en krijgen ten slotte een soapachtig einde vol onverwacht drama. Toch spreekt er uit de hele geschiedenis veel mededogen en levenswijsheid. aucune critique | ajouter une critique
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HTML: It is 1943, and Santa Cecilia has become a village of women. All the young men are away at war, except for Vito Leone, his best friend, and the shopkeeper's son. When Vito falls in love with Maddalena Picinelli, the shy and beautiful daughter of the town's most powerful family, a few obstacles appear in his path. Maddalena's sassy, iron-willed sister Carolina thinks he's a penniless fool. Her parents think his crazy mother has turned him into a mammoni, a mama's boy. But Maddalena sees another side of Vito. He's romantic. He builds a bicycle for the girls to ride. He takes care of his feeble mama, who hasn't been the same since her husband and daughters ran off to America. And Vito is determined to win Maddalena's hand even though she has three older sisters who must be married off first. When the Italians surrender to the Allies and German soldiers invade Santa Cecilia, everyone flees but Vito and his mother. With ingenuity and boundless devotion, Vito comes up with a plan to prove that he's a suitable suitor. The Picinelli family returns home after the war to find that some miraculous changes have taken place. Now, only one man stands in Vito's way, and Maddalena is forced to choose between her family's wishes and her own heart. In the spirit of Corelli's Mandolin and Chocolat, A KISS FROM MADDALENA is a captivating novel that celebrates the beauty of life and the passions of youth. .Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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