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Sto caricando le informazioni... The Hawthorne Seasondi Riccardo Bruni
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As winter thaws, secrets emerge in a once-sleepy village in the mountains. Since the death of his father by a drunk driver, Giulio Rodari has touched alcohol only twice--and the second time was the night his ex-girlfriend, Patrizia, was murdered. The morning after, the celebrated children's author awoke to a black hole in his memory--and to accusations of the crime. He had been known to stalk her. He had confronted her in an intoxicated rage on her last night alive. Beyond that, Giulio doesn't remember a thing. To escape the spotlight, he retreats to the small mountain town where he grew up, staying under house arrest at his mother's hotel. Covered in an inescapable pall of winter white, the village is haunted by a local tragedy--a bridge collapse that took seven lives. Now, as long-buried secrets and hidden rivalries emerge, Giulio struggles to separate reality from illusion. As the police investigate, will he be able to fill in the missing pieces of the murder he's accused of? Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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For some readers this may not be the easiest of reads as the narrative switches from one plot line to another as we are introduced to a multitude of characters. It is somewhat like trying to solve a jigsaw puzzle as you try to work out how everything fits into place to explain what we know from the prologue is coming. We also have the narratives of several cats which are intrinsic to the story line and gives the book a somewhat metaphysical dimension. The writing is very descriptive and you can visualise the falling snowbound late winter setting. For a crime novel several quite profound themes are explored including the need for environmental protection, corruption and how the past influences the present. Many of the characters are haunted by the loss of loved ones that occurred in a bus accident on a falling bridge 4 years previously. There is a big twist at the end which I for one did not see coming despite now looking back several clues.
Riccardo Bruni apart from writing fiction is an Italian journalist who also writes for newspapers, magazines, websites and blogs and can be congratulated in producing this fast paced but intelligent read. The translation is good and the cover also aptly gives the deep foreboding atmospheric feel of dread inside. If you like a good crime which is also a bit challenging then this could be for you. ( )