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“Sort of eleven”, printed by Salani: a detective story within the Italian area on the eve of the Eighties. The presentation with the writer will happen on June 20 in Milan
The top of the Seventies and the start of the eighties in Italy: from leaden, cursed and ferocious years we moved on to the golden patina, in quest of fame, success and irreverence. It’s a lack of consciousness, with the primary indicators of hedonistic tradition, the seek for pleasure to attain happiness. In these years, Imola was a sleepy provincial city, situated in a relaxed and quiet space, “the place of boredom”. the place the one jolt of life was the debut of formulation 1 within the racetrack. In Imola “nothing dangerous ever occurs”. Till an bizarre day between September and October 1979: that morning the physique of a younger lady was present in a chalk patch exterior the town.
The sufferer, he would later uncover, was Moira Ravaglia, the rebellious daughter of the proprietor of a luxurious automotive showroom, with whom he had no relationship. In a metropolis the place everybody is aware of one another, feedback and gossip, accusations and conspiracy tales start to emerge: stories of bodily It fell like a rock on the peaceable lifetime of the neighborhood and it annoys everybody, from younger college students to adults in a well being care dwelling.
It exhibits itself like this Eleven heavy, Patrizia Violi’s first noir, printed by Salani. The writer, cultural journalist, grew up in these areas, studied regulation and collaborated with «la Lettura». “The concept for the novel was born a couple of years in the past after a type of class conferences organized by adults, many years after puberty, wherein nostalgia reigns. Pondering again to these days, I slowly began to write down a narrative, working with some recollections however above all with my creativeness” he defined. Just a few characters had been born in Violi, with traits taken from his reminiscence and a few private concepts, but in addition modified with the fruit of the creativeness: solely prostitute Rosa is taken immediately from actuality, the housewife who walks forwards and backwards below the porches. “The primary character I gave life to is Lenin Aldrovandi, who’s nearly as good as Paul Newman and is pleased with the appears of the ladies he meets” he stated. Lenin, who up to now had discovered his fortune on the earth of picture magazines, desires of incomes cash rapidly, obtained with out a lot work.
The theme of shortcuts, so expensive to the Italian folks, is on the heart of the e-book: within the picture of a society characterised by the need to look, pondering solely of private well-being that may solely be achieved with simple cash. Everybody desires a greater life, like in picture novels; Everybody desires of California, pondering of it as an important, completely satisfied land. With the appearance of personal TV, the golden fact instructed on tv and radio appears nearer. A world that was a precursor to immediately’s, of the Web and social networks: “It was the start of what we’ve got develop into.” The detailed description and remark of the websites present the writer’s deep information of the world.
The pages of the novel are animated by completely different and exquisite characters, every with their very own desires and illusions: from the easy and straightforward road vendor of Verdura, who later turns from on the hidden aspect, to the hipster Attilio, sturdy on the journeys of the previous, between smoke and tales; from Lenin’s spouse, Desi, who desires of an important world elsewhere and works tirelessly to detox from husband bother, to Marshal Ponti who should remedy the enigma of the murders. It’s a image of Italian anxieties at the moment, a narrative stuffed with historic occasions, the silence of the highly effective folks within the authorities, sports activities competitions, the noise of the songs that had been performed at the moment.
Ambition, satisfaction, revenge. There are various necessary phrases that may be discovered within the novel. In addition to social relations and love expressed in a transversal approach, affecting all age teams, from youth to the aged, as much as sixty years outdated. Violi is examined with precision the troublesome technique of marriage with its lies and secrets and techniques, The difficult relationship between father and daughter in adolescence, dad and mom’ concern for his or her youngsters’s future. And the homicide is not going to be the one story that can shake the nation: there may be additionally fraud verify group which was purchased and misplaced, with a purpose to repay, after which Moira’s theft of thousands and thousands from the automotive’s compartment containers to spend money on the drug enterprise, attracted, as soon as once more, by simple income. A thriller superior by historical past, by the social customs of the time, wherein everybody should doubt.
Assembly in Milan
Patrizia Violi’s novel, «Il cargo da undici», is printed by Salani (pp. 347, 18 euros). The writer will current his e-book on Wednesday 20 June in Milan at 6.30 pm with Isabella Fava on the Hellisbook bookstore in by Losanna 6.
June 20, 2024 (modified on June 20, 2024 | 4:24 pm)
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