In theme
with the Christmas spirit and the chill that surrounds our country these days,
there comes a new story of Giovanni Venturi, who, after having bewitched me
with his collection "Deve accadere", dragged me into this short oneiric
adventure with a little boy trapped in a library in search of the imaginary
line between reality and dreams.
In reading
it I could not help but feel those sensations typical of when you're trapped in
a dream, which seems to make sense and anguishes you at the very time you do
it, but it becomes incomprehensible as soon as you wake up. Yet that feeling of
discomfort remains, struggling to get away. The young Daniel, on the contrary,
took refuge in this dream to escape a painful reality, which he must face
sooner or later.
This little
story, full of ideas, is made precious once again by the talent of Venturi. His
fresh style does not need much fuss to get straight to the heart of the reader.
It does it, on the contrary, in a natural way, pushing you to turn the page and
get to the end almost in an instant. The only regret is that in fact this
beautiful story ends too soon. I hope I will not have to wait long before
Venturi proposes another one of his goodies.
Journey within a Story
on Amazon.com.
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