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L'isola che non c'era (Italian Edition)

 
 
L'isola che non c'era (Italian Edition)
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L'isola che non c'era (Italian Edition)

Francesca had always dreamed of leaving by sea, to a far away island that she imagined as a quiet stretch of white sands and green palm trees under blue skies and a perennial sun. Paolo had offered her the chance to move to London. But Britain turned out to be different from their dreams, a cold and hostile island where they would struggle to survive. L’Isola che non c’era is an Italian novel denouncing the frenzied, black-and-white life of bankers in London, focused on ideals defined by others, and promoting a simpler, more colourful life on the Italian Riviera. It is a novel about the gradual realization that every single act of ours, however simple, gives us the chance to choose between good and evil and become one again with God. The realization that each experience, however painful, is the tool to understand the meaning of our lives and the meaning in itself. And that life is beautiful, no matter what it brings.

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Product Details:
Author: Marco Arcelli
Paperback: 240 pages
Publisher: BookSurge Publishing
Publication Date: July 28, 2009
Language: Italian
ISBN: 1439248885
Product Width: 150.0 centimeters
Product Height: 226.0 centimeters
Product Weight: 0.72 pounds
Package Length: 8.9 inches
Package Width: 5.9 inches
Package Height: 0.2 inches
Package Weight: 0.85 pounds
Average Customer Rating: based on 3 reviews
 
 

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3 of 3 found the following review helpful:

4Interesting...  Jun 05, 2010
By Paolo Giordano "pglogin"
I came across this book by complete chance and i'm glad i did...

an introspective journey from the gentle dreams of childhood to the harsher reality of adulthood seen thru the lens of search of love and pursuit of spiritual identity. Perhaps the focus on the emotional turbulence and sufferings in love is a smidge too strong and overshadows the deeper philosophical themes. Still a very interesting book for anyone who was born and raised in Genova in the 70s and 80s and has since left...

thanks Marco.

5Best of the Bel Paese  Dec 14, 2010
By NDD
I saw Marco speak last night at a Harvard Club event in Rome, which enriched my appreciation of the book still further. His description of the book's three layers of meaning were the best of what Italy has to offer: genuinely sentimental, unobtrusively introspective and spiritual in an understated, modern way.

ALl this from a senior executive at ENEL, Italy's leading energy company. Complimenti, Marco! And happy reading to the rest of you...

3 of 5 found the following review helpful:

5Extra from the author  Aug 22, 2009
By Marco
Francesca had always dreamt of leaving by sea, to a far away island that she imagined as a quiet stretch of white sands and green palm trees under blue skies and a perennial sun. Paolo had offered her the chance of her life. But London turned out to be not the island they had dreamt about.

L'Isola che non c'era is an Italian novel denouncing the frenzied, black-and-white life of bankers in London, focused on ideals defined by others, and promoting a simpler, more colourful life on the Italian Riviera. It is a novel about the gradual realization that every single act of ours, however simple, gives us the chance to choose between good and evil and become one again with God. The realization that each experience, however painful, gives meaning to our lives and is the meaning in itself. And that life is beautiful, whatever it brings.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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