Maddalena Lonati Book review of "The Apostle unfortunate."
is not just a collection of short stories. A common thread links the stories, like a row of precious gems in a magnificent series, until it became a novel.
The main theme is the absence. The absence of dialogue, light, construction, and above all, in an intense relationship between her and him, marked by a refined eroticism, the absence of him, until his return, for eternity.
Here review.
He and Lei
are known to a table of former classmates. Maybe they were thirteen at table, and maybe he was just the thirteenth: the element out of place, the apostle unfortunate.
She is fascinated by him
begin an intense relationship, full of refined eroticism, implied rather than ostentatious, where he comes to dominate her, but also to stimulate the senses, not through the normal perception, but by associating them with feelings, for mental images, finally spurring it intellectually.
One day he goes away. It remains only his name written on a note.
She had waited, he had carefully kept their relationship, without saying a word with others, convinced that the only pronounce his name, the memories would vanish.
Then he was back, even more demanding and even if it would be difficult to satisfy him, you have not evaded the challenge.
He does give you the stories that, during his absence, she wrote and read them. All. All night.
When he had finished, making them surprised to note that all of his stories had a single subject: the absence.
The absence of dialogue, a part of themselves, the light, but basically: the absence of Him
He was now returned, and since then, it will remain forever in the life of Lei
Maddalena Lonati, with his "The Apostle unfortunate" offers this story, written by twenty-eight stories that make up his book, tell precisely what is link through the common theme of absence, while narrating events, situations or different emotions.
stories in the history of two anonymous players in the book, each story is a little treasure of excellence in all that Mary Magdalene was able to create with rare skill and an elegant style, but never bombastic, clean and straightforward, easy and pleasant reading.
The author is a keen observer of the human soul as when in the story "The Shadow" writes: "... but in the meantime with money and fame had returned the hypocrites friends For years I had been deemed too bizarre to attend, I had been divorced from the real world to let me reign in my country of shadows, and now I smiled servile. , "without giving discounts to anyone, as in the story" Tancredi "," Our real suffering began the first day of school until then we had protected the family so we do not consider it unusual for our condition, we had accepted as one of the possible variations. But the cruelty of children made us ashamed of misconduct that do not belong to us, and from that moment we felt impressed a shameful stigma. .
Not only that, Mary Magdalene is capable of making us smile with a touch ironic that we find in the story "Departure," and in "Living in" sell "leads us to reflect on the tragedy of prostitution:" You Venus is still a little teenager, his hands rummaging you constantly want to know your not bitter agony, handing over the money and you end up in a hurry forgetting to return the family to the next traffic light. .
The stories also reflected in an erotic charge, never ostentatious, though. Eros is evoked with grace and composure, in a gentle flow of words muffled as in the story "Dark": "He felt unequivocally his presence, he received the determination. He touched her hand. Not a casual contact. He had stroked gently, without hesitation, as if he could see her finding. Inside he saw perfectly. .
The delicacy of feeling is also expressed for instance in the story "Secrets of condensation", which tells the separation of two orphan sisters to adopt one of two " is night and I can not sleep, I feel that somewhere part, who knows what city she is now at the window to embroider her ideal world, the funny bunny and the elegant swans, to shape the dreams of quiet joy that I hope has made. Drawing a star and whisper, "Mommy guard." .
A praise then Maddalena Lonati, who gave us, through the his "The Apostle wretch" of real emotions.
Author: MADDALENA LONATI
ISBN: 978-88-7371-624-2
Page: 184
Price: € 12.00
Published by: ROBIN Rome edition
First edition: 2010
Genre: collection short story
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Maddalena Lonati graduated in letters and Literatures, he took courses in creative writing school Holden. He published the novel "Decadent Doll" (Perspective Publishing). His stories have been published by several literary journals, magazines and included in various anthologies. He writes reviews of books and art exhibits and draw up a book on gioiellid'epoca. He has won several literary awards. It is a frequent guest on radio during which speaks of art and literature.
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