Take a look at the (real) library of The Writer’s Mountain Hut, you will find Italian books, books in English, books set in Friuli Venezia Giulia, and books that I like (and even those that I don’t like).
The Gospel according to Jesus Christ by Josè Saramago tells the life of Jesus emphasizing his human side. A book created to make people discuss and divide the public opinion.
Wuthering Heights was one of my favorite books in my teens. Rereading it at the age of 30 gave me the feeling of having a completely different novel in my hands. Some things remained unchanged, some others collapsed.
Bruce Springsteen fans will surely know “The Ghost of Tom Joad”. Tom Joad is the protagonist of John Steinback’s The Grapes of Wrath, a book that manages to stir the conscience by telling the troubled story of a poor peasant family in the United States of the 1930s.
The Eight Mountains by Italian author Paolo Cognetti is a novel that with a simple and immediate style explains the mountains to those who do not know it. For those who love it, on the other hand, it feels like coming home to one’s feelings and thoughts.
In a sexist world, speaking up is still the most revolutionary thing a woman can do. In her book “Stai Zitta” Italian activist and Author Michela Murgia lists the nine sentences that women are tired of hearing (and saying).
The hike starts when you prepare for it. If you want to hike in Friuli-Venezia Giulia the website (and the books) Sentieri Nature are a very precious Friend!
“Dalla parte delle bambine” by Elena Gianini Belotti is the book that all women of any age should read. Published in 1973, the essay analyzes the way in which girls are raised, from their conception on.
In “Il passo del vento” Mauro Corona and Matteo Righetto write an alpine syllabary. Each letter of the alphabet evokes words that express sounds, scents, memories, stories. This is a book to wander with the mind and the heart.
It’s impossible to change the world if we’re not willing to change ourselves first. We’ll only be able to accept and cherish others’ happiness only if we’re able to feel worthy of our own. This and other heartfelt advices come from Nathaniel Branden in The Six Pillars of Self-Esteem.
If it wasn’t for the movie of The Book Thief by Markus Zusak I would have never read the novel, which now sits among my favorites.