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Romanzi Novità 2015 RomanziRomanzi NovitàNovità 20152015 Aforismi sui libri Se vogliamo conoscere il senso Entrai nella libreria e aspirai quel dell’esistenza, dobbiamo aprire un profumo di carta e magia che libro: là in fondo, nell’angolo più inspiegabilmente a nessuno e' ancora oscuro del capitolo, c’è una frase venuto in mente di imbottigliare. scritta apposta per noi. (Carlos Ruiz Zafón) (Pietro Citati) I libri mi riempivano il cranio e mi Trovo che la televisione sia molto allargavano la fronte. Leggerli educativa. Ogni volta che qualcuno somigliava a prendere il largo con la l'accende, vado in un'altra stanza a barca, il naso era la prua, le righe leggere un libro." onde. (Groucho Marx) (Erri De Luca) Nessun vascello c’è che come I libri sono riserve di grano da un libro possa portarci in contrade ammassare per l’inverno dello lontane spirito. (Emily Dickinson) (Marguerite Yourcenar) ADELPHI Gli intrusi - Simenon Georges In quella piovosa sera d'ottobre, nella cittadina di provincia, tutto sembrava tranquillo. Dopo aver cenato con la figlia Hector Loursat si era chiuso nel suo studio, come al solito, e si era sprofondato nella lettura. Erano ormai 18 anni che viveva in questo modo, senza vedere nessuno, senza uscire di casa. Il brillante rampollo dei Loursat de Saint-Marc, era diventato un orso, un inutile ubriacone. Ma quella sera, uno sparo nel buio, un'ombra che si dilegua, uno sconosciuto che muore nella sua casa. Qualcosa costringerà Loursat a uscire dalla sua solitudine, a scrollarsi di dosso la paglia della sua tana per assumere la difesa del giovane amante di sua figlia, insomma a "calarsi nuovamente nella vita", almeno per un po'. Il pensionante - Simenon Georges Élie Nagéar non sapeva neanche come si chiamasse esattamente l'uomo che aveva ucciso a colpi di chiave inglese sul treno Bruxelles-Parigi. Sapeva solo che aveva con sé dieci mazzette di banconote, e che era olandese: tant'è che la sera prima, quando quel grosso personaggio ridanciano aveva cominciato a offrire champagne alle entraîneuse del night club, Sylvie lo aveva soprannominato Van der Coso. A Bruxelles, Élie contava di vendere certi tappeti bloccati alla dogana, ma l'affare era andato a monte, i soldi stavano per finire, e Sylvie aveva cominciato a trattarlo in modo sprezzante. Così, senza quasi rendersi conto di quel che faceva, aveva comprato la chiave inglese e aveva seguito l'olandese sul treno delle 00.33. Quando è tornato a Bruxelles, è stata Sylvie a prendere in mano la situazione e a decidere dove sarebbe andato a nascondersi: nella pensione per studenti tenuta da sua madre a Charleroi. A poco a poco, la casetta con le tendine bianche e i mattoni anneriti dalla polvere di carbone è diventata per Élie una sorta di bozzolo caldo e protettivo, da cui vorrebbe non uscire mai più. Ma che cosa accadrà quando la sorella di Sylvie, o qualcuno dei pensionanti, o la stessa affittacamere, che prova per lui una tenerezza quasi materna, comincerà a sospettare che l'assassino di cui parlano i giornali è proprio lui? O quando la polizia deciderà di interrogare Sylvie? Il regno - Carrère Emmanuel – Vincitor Autore Straniero Premio Mondello 2015 "In un certo periodo della mia vita sono stato cristiano" scrive Emmanuel Carrère nella quarta di copertina dell'edizione francese del Regno. "Lo sono stato per tre anni. Non lo sono più". Due decenni dopo, tuttavia, prova il bisogno di "tornarci su", di ripercorrere i sentieri del Nuovo Testamento: non da credente, questa volta, bensì "da investigatore". Senza mai dimenticarsi di essere prima di tutto un romanziere. Così, conducendo la sua inchiesta su "quella piccola setta ebraica che sarebbe diventata il cristianesimo", Carrère fa rivivere davanti ai nostri occhi gli uomini e gli eventi del I secolo dopo Cristo quasi fossero a noi contemporanei: in primo luogo l'ebreo Saulo, persecutore dei cristiani, e il medico macedone Luca (quelli che oggi conosciamo come l'apostolo Paolo e l'evangelista Luca) ; ma anche il giovane Timoteo, Filippo di Cesarea, Giacomo, Pietro, Nerone e il suo precettore Seneca, lo storico Flavio Giuseppe e l'imperatore Costantino - e l'incendio di Roma, la guerra giudaica, la persecuzione dei cristiani; riuscendo a trasformare tutto ciò, è stato scritto, "in un'avventura erudita ed esaltante, un'avventura screziata di autoderisione e di un sense of humour che per certi versi ricorda Brian di Nazareth dei Monty Python". Al tempo stesso, come già in Limonov, Carrère ci racconta di sé, e di sua moglie, della sua madrina, di uno psicoanalista sagace, del suo amico buddhista, di una baby-sitter squinternata, di un video porno trovato in rete, di Philip K. Dick... BALDINI & CASTOLDI Camerata Neandertal. Libri, fantasmi e funerali vari - Pennacchi Antonio Costruito come un percorso attraverso la memoria (di persone, fatti e luoghi) "Camerata Neandertal" è forse il romanzo più dolente e personale di Antonio Pennacchi. Un libro popolato da fantasmi: da Ajmone Finestra - il Federale di Latina, motore delle vicende narrate in "Palude" e nel "Fasciocomunista" agli operai che di "Palude" decisero lo svolgimento; da Carlo Alberto Blanc, paleontologo, la cui ossessione e curiosità divengono le stesse dell'autore nelle "Iene del Circeo", ad Aldo Dapelo padrone della Fulgorcavi narrata in "Mammut", fino al fratello Gianni, che considerava suo "Canale Mussolini" ma morì senza riuscire a leggerlo. Attraverso i suoi personaggi Pennacchi racconta in realtà sé stesso e la propria formazione come uomo, come intellettuale dal basso e come scrittore. Un romanzo autobiografico dove realtà e finzione si intrecciano e si fondono, coinvolgendo il lettore in un viaggio, spesso esilarante, fra letteratura e vita. I dirimpettai - Viola Fabio – Candidato Premio Strega 2015 I dirimpettai è una feroce satira sul mondo sospeso del nostro presente televisivo. Un mondo in cui la legge del più forte è la sola a essere rispettata, nel quale l'ex sindaco di Roma si arrabatta a chiedere favori e se ti comporti male finisci a lavorare a La7, dove le domestiche hanno tutte lo stesso nome e "Magalli lo trovi al presidio antifascista". La vita dei dirimpettai è raccontata da un voyeur invisibile che, con attenzione chirurgica, segue la quotidianità di due uomini potenti, spietati, impossibili da scalfire. Ma un grottesco incidente scuoterà la vita esclusiva dei dirimpettai: saranno coinvolti, loro malgrado, in traffici illeciti dagli esiti brutali e violenti. Tra cocktail e beveroni dietetici, perfidia e opulenza, sorelle New Age e cognati cafoni, la placida esistenza dei dirimpettai, spesa sotto le fronde degli alberi di limone all'ultimo piano di uno splendido palazzo romano, subirà le prime increspature. Questa volta, però, non sarà il più forte a trionfare, ma il meno disumano. BOLLATI BORINGHIERI Quando tutto sarà finito - Magee Audrey Peter Faber è un soldato semplice, un insegnante spedito sul fronte orientale. Katharina Spinell è una ragazza di Berlino, con un lavoro poco attraente e genitori oppressivi. I due si sposano senza essersi mai conosciuti: è un matrimonio di assoluta convenienza, che garantisce a lui una licenza di dieci giorni, a lei una pensione dovesse Peter morire in guerra. Inaspettatamente, i due ragazzi si innamorano a prima vista, e al momento della separazione si scambiano promesse di fedeltà e di un futuro insieme. Il ricordo dei brevi giorni passati con Katharina e il sogno di una vita familiare al ritorno, sono le uniche cose che permettono a Peter di resistere agli orrori del fronte russo, raccontati nei dettagli, quasi sempre per dialoghi con il gruppetto di commilitoni che lo accompagnerà fino a "quando tutto sarà finito". Raggi di luna - Wharton Edith Sposi per un anno. Questo è il patto che Nick e Susy Lansing hanno stipulato: rimanere uniti nella buona sorte fino a quando il denaro dei regali di nozze e l'ospitalità degli amici consentirà loro di continuare la luna di miele. Poi, se una migliore occasione si presenterà a uno di loro, l'altro acconsentirà a lasciarlo libero. Lo scenario dei primi mesi di questa anomala unione è idilliaco: una romantica villa sulle sponde del lago di Como, un palazzo patrizio a Venezia, passeggiate nelle calli ombrose, chiari di luna, amici spensierati sempre pronti ad assecondare i due novelli sposi. Eppure, fin dall'inizio, la macchina perfetta del matrimonio concordato si inceppa, incalzata da un elemento imprevisto: l'amore. Capriccioso, incoerente, poco incline a compromessi e a sfumature, l'amore si insinua nella mente ordinata e onesta di Nick, che ha idealizzato la moglie al punto di non poterle perdonare nessuno sbaglio, nessuna leggerezza, e in quella di Susy, incapace di rinunciare ai suoi sogni di grandezza se non per il marito, ma così spaventata da questa scoperta da non riuscire a dirglielo, anche quando sarebbe l'unico modo per trattenerlo. E allora, di nuovo soli, "liberi", come amavano dire prima di sposarsi, Nick e Susy cercano ognuno la propria occasione lontano dall'altro, lui sul panfilo di ricchi amici, lei nientemeno che con un lord. Ma l'amore che paradossalmente li ha separati, si è talmente insinuato nel loro cuore da ricongiungerli. BOMPIANI L' anonima fine di radice quadrata - Mari Alessandro "Sei una radice quadrata senza il numero dentro." Sofia, sedici anni, studentessa svagata e blogger pungente, si sente rivolgere questo insulto ma non lo capisce. Abituata ad avere l'ultima parola, decide che Radice Quadrata sarà il soprannome del compagno che l'ha insultata. Lui è quello che non ride, quello che vive in un mondo di silenzi e taccuini chiusi con l'elastico. Prima solo curiosa, poi travolta da una vera ossessione, Sofia comincia a pedinare Radice Quadrata dopo la scuola, in mezzo a casermoni grigi, sotto la pioggia che batte impietosa la città. E tra corse in bici e appostamenti finisce per imparare più cose di sé che del ragazzo senza nome.
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