Il quattordicenne Cristiano Zena vive con il padre Rino, un balordo alcolizzato, violento e disoccupato, in una casa fatiscente e sporca nella zona industriale di una cittadina della pianura padana. Rino, che ama profondamente il figlio e a modo suo cerca di prepararlo alla vita, frequenta i suoi amici Quattro Formaggi e Danilo Aprea. Tutti segnati da eventi crudeli nella loro vita, i tre reagiscono in modo personale ma ugualmente manic to the misfortunes that crowd in front of their doors and try to survive a depressing life. That was until Danilo, fortified by the day of death of the daughter and devastated by the abandonment of his wife, decides that the only way to reclaim it is to rob an ATM in the country and offer a boutique. The draft robbery (break down the wall of the bank with a tractor and hide the cash in a safe place for future burgle quietly) takes shape slowly until the evening scheduled for the coup, when a storm of disastrous in the middle of which are accomplished their tragic fates.
Ammaniti presents us with a worthless company, linked to the myths of beauty, television and consumerism, a xenophobic and hypocritical society. Rino teaches his son the value of the suspicion of another's doing good, teaches him to defend himself, to use violence and not be overwhelmed, preparing for a life where nothing good can happen and the only thing to hold on against all it is their relationship.
The characters in this book are desperate, violent, absurd, terrified of losing what they are connected, ready to give with your own hands.
The novel is fast paced, the story made with a thin language, perhaps a little 'too hard but right at the grotesque story told. A story that fascinates and captivates but fails to match in my opinion I am not afraid, which I think definitely the best novel in Amman.
Ammaniti presents us with a worthless company, linked to the myths of beauty, television and consumerism, a xenophobic and hypocritical society. Rino teaches his son the value of the suspicion of another's doing good, teaches him to defend himself, to use violence and not be overwhelmed, preparing for a life where nothing good can happen and the only thing to hold on against all it is their relationship.
The characters in this book are desperate, violent, absurd, terrified of losing what they are connected, ready to give with your own hands.
The novel is fast paced, the story made with a thin language, perhaps a little 'too hard but right at the grotesque story told. A story that fascinates and captivates but fails to match in my opinion I am not afraid, which I think definitely the best novel in Amman.
way God intended. Niccolo Ammaniti.
Mondadori. 2006. 495 pp. € 19.00.
Novel.
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