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Ernesto by Maria Antonietta Grignani, Umberto Saba

adam_kirsch's review

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funny relaxing fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

davider03's review against another edition

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reflective slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

madisonj99019's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional reflective medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

giorgiatolfo's review

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3.0

Un testo fondamentale della letteratura gay italiana.
Ovviamente, raramente menzionato quando si incontra Saba durante le scuole dell'obbligo.

chairmanbernanke's review against another edition

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3.0

A unique story of personal growth

inhio's review against another edition

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emotional inspiring lighthearted fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.75

reibureibu's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful lighthearted relaxing medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

Beautiful in its sheer plainspokenness, its direct capture of complex emotions that are somehow always much simpler than they appear to be (that is, such complexity being born of social mores) and somehow always much more affecting than they have the right to be. Perhaps that is as it should be, and Saba here simply shares how much simpler (and, of course, happier) life would were it so.

freakysappho's review against another edition

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adventurous funny hopeful reflective slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

RIP umberto saba RIP ernesto you both will always be so famous to me

mostnegnancy's review against another edition

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medium-paced
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

maura17's review

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4.0

È un libro che si legge tutto d’un fiato, molto gradevole. La vicenda di Ernesto cattura non tanto per le avventure che lui - non - vive quanto per viaggio che Saba compie nel suo inconscio e per come accompagna il lettore nella sua stessa psicologia. Mi spiego meglio.
La storia di Ernesto è al limite con l’auto biografia di Saba, e descrivendo i pensieri e le emozioni del giovinetto non solo lo scrittore parla di sé ma parla anche di noi che leggiamo, un viaggio molto dolce e innocente nella fanciullezza ancora attuale.
Il dialetto triestino, sebbene certe volte necessita una rilettura, sta benissimo nei dialoghi che non avrebbero la stessa leggerezza se tradotti in italiano. In più, l’autore tende a spiegare i vocaboli più specifici per rendere più comprensibile.
Ovviamente tre stelle su quattro vanno alla penna di Saba che quando emerge come autore è così puntuale e allo stesso tempo intimo che disarma.