Culture. Eat it
9 December 2015
My love for Christmas.
It’s big. There is room for everyone: parents, relatives, friends, grandchildren acquired, acquaintances …
It’s small. It doesn’t want demonstrations of sensational affection but it’s felt with familiar simple acts that, believe me, can surprise if they come from those we love the most.
It’s attention. I speak of the attention that turns into caring for others. Pleased to receive a message for no particular reason. Called a friend, although we are always on call, because that’s not what matters but how we feel at the end of that phone call.
It’s free. It doesn’t necessarily expect something in return. It’s its specialty to show that you can try more satisfaction to give gifts than to receive.
It’s a gift. Whether donated time or material object, its secret lies in that expectation, in thought devoted to another that generates a gift to put under the tree.
Thus it was born the desire to deliver a short list of books.
This week it’s time for romantic friends. With approximately EUR 10.00 you can pack up a story that smells of love.
THE BRONZE HORSEMAN by Paullina Simons
Who: has a soft spot for Russia, likes dramatic and passionate novels in which love moves everything.
Contraindications: you are immersed in a trilogy, following “Tatiana&Alexander” and “The Summer Garden”.
Notes: Paullina is able to tell a love story of sacrifice, dreams and determination over time.
WHITE NIGHTS by Fedor Dostoevskij
Who: dreamers, who even if only for a moment of love thinks it is worth it.
Contraindications: refrain from reading who, according to the four forms of love identified by the Ancient Greeks, knows love only as eros.
Notes: Dostoevskij is a certainty.
A PERFECT DAY FOR FALLING IN LOVE by Anna Premoli
Who: friends blind love … but also for their, happy ending is around the tree.
Contraindications: you’ll want to read other books of the author, then I’d suggest starting with “Please let hate”.
Notes: be awarded the tenacity of Anna Premoli, first italian case of lucky self-publishing.
WHERE RAINBOWS END by Cecilia Ahern
Who: is lively, witty and loves the funny conversations.
Contraindications: you will get angry, smile and cheer for Rosie.
Notes: Cecilia Ahern mades possible to forget that the whole book is nothing more than an email conversation.
TWO OUT OF TWO by Andrea De Carlo
Who: believes true friendship can last the life and cross all its phases, friendship is a form of love.
Contraindications: if you’ll like it and you want also read “Three of us”, try to be lenient, do not have expectations.
Notes: a cult book, an author, Andrea De Carlo, to not forget.
To be continued!
Photography: Sara Cartelli.
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Bio:
She is an art historian, optimistic and empathic by nature. She imagines a world where sow kindness enjoying the little things. She's in love with stories since she was a child, for the Eat Culture she eats books and arts. Per aspera ad astra says the only tattoo on her skin. It reminds her that the road that leads to her dreams is not always easy but that she never gives up.
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