Nadia Fusini Volgorde van de boeken (chronologisch)

Un doppio ritratto, un affascinante i due ambasciatori, protagonisti di questo quadro, ci fissano con sguardo pensoso, diretto e al tempo stesso interiore. Ci affascina l’inquietante e indefinibile aria di mistero dei loro occhi seri, gravi, assorti in qualche segreto pensiero. Questo dipinto di Hans Holbein il Giovane mette in scena un’ossessione particolarmente forte nella corte scintillante di Enrico VIII, quella del potere e del comando, rivelandone il lato più oscuro. Cos’è quell’oggetto-macchia, lì in basso, che ingombra la scena? Un inciampo per lo sguardo, un pozzo di tenebra, a ricordarci la debolezza e la caducità della vita umana.

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In "A Midsummer Night's Dream," written around the same time as "Romeo and Juliet," four intertwining stories unfold. As Theseus, Duke of Athens, prepares to marry the Amazon Hippolyta after defeating her in battle, the relationships between two pairs of young lovers (Hermia and Lysander, Helena and Demetrius) and even those between the fairy monarchs Oberon and Titania are fraught with complications. Set in a forest filled with supernatural beings, the magic of a flower and the meddling of Puck, a mischievous sprite, create and then resolve a night of sensory chaos. Adding to this mix is an irresistible troupe of actors intent on staging comical tales of love, miraculous transformations, and a remarkable variety of poetic expression, resulting in one of Shakespeare's most enchanting comedies. The play has inspired countless theatrical and cinematic adaptations, animated films, music, operas, ballets, paintings, and comics.

Der italienische Maler Luca kehrt nach London zurück. Hier hatte er Kunst studiert, und hier war er Paulette begegnet, der Frau seines Lebens. Zunächst war es die perfekte Ergänzung gewesen: Luca, der sensible Künstler, Paulette, die starke Frau an seiner Seite. Doch als sie ein Kind von ihm erwartete, hatte er sie verlassen - aus Angst vor einer Aufgabe, der er sich nicht gewachsen fühlte, vor einer Rolle, die sein eigener Vater so schlecht gespielt hatte. Zehn Jahre später und um viele Erfahrungen reifer, will er sich jetzt der Herausforderung stellen und einen letzten Versuch wagen, Paulette und seinen Sohn zurückzugewinnen.

Der Roman erzählt die Geschichte Nadias, Tochter aus gutbürgerlichem Hause. Nadia steht an der Schwelle zum Erwachsenwerden, eine Tatsache, die sie völlig verunsichert und in eine tiefe Krise stürzt. Sie möchte eigentlich nur Kind bleiben und beschließt, um ihren Körper kindlich zu halten, nicht mehr zu essen. Erst als es fast schon zu spät ist, wird sie in letzter Sekunde ins Leben zurückgeholt. Ein bewegender und zugleich sehr poetischer Roman über die Schwierigkeiten eines jungen Mädchens, seinen eigenen Weg zu finden.

Quando Clara nasce, il suo destino è già segnato: nel suo nome la bambina porta il ricordo di un'altra Clara, la giovane sorella della madre che è scomparsa tragicamente, lasciando il marito Luigi per sempre legato a una felicità perduta. Spinta quasi inconsapevolmente dall'amore che prova per lo zio Luigi, si sostituisce al ricordo della moglie, ne ripropone l'immagine, ne ripete gli atteggiamenti e le parole, ne indossa i vestiti fino a diventare il doppio vivente dell'altra Clara. Così, offrendo il suo corpo e la sua mente, come un'altra se stessa consuma in una rapida fiamma il fuoco che la distrugge.

London, at the end of the First World War, basks in the summer heat, and Clarissa - Mrs Dalloway - prepares for one of her charming evening parties. Yet as the evening approaches, the unexpected arrival from India of her first lover Peter Walsh, triggers vivid memories of the past until, piece by piece, Clarissa brings to the surface the story of her life, of childhood dreams, and the row so many years ago that precipitated her uneventful marriage. She is suddenly and startlingly aware of the force of life going on around her; of Septimus Warren Smith going quietly mad with shell-shock; of her daughter Elizabeth, almost now a woman, and of Peter, unaltered, yet changed as she feels herself to be. In 'Mrs Dalloway', Virginia Woolf reveals the differences in the way people think and see and treat one another, brilliantly evoking the feel of the time and, through the eyes of each character, the feel of life itself.