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Untold Lessons
A propulsive Strega Prize nominated debut about a community consumed in their search for a missing teacher __________ One morning, a teacher disappears into the woods. As whispers fill her classroom and relatives scout the streets, she melts into a wild landscape. This is a darkly entrancing place where boars roam free, silver birches tower overhead, and the air is filled with ancient bird calls. Sinking deeper into a bed of moss and her own memories, the teacher seeks to escape the shocking news of a favourite student's death. Back in town, behind shuttered windows and on factory floors, the mystery takes hold. Who is Silvia really? A teacher of rare kindness, living outside of expectations, or a solitary misfit without a family of her own? When a local child stumbles upon her hiding place, it seems at first like the search might be over. But what do you do with a missing woman who doesn't want to be found? Lushly written and told with a mesmerising intensity, Untold Lessons is a suspense-filled debut about what it means to return to ourselves by an exhilarating new international talent.
Dear Teacher
“Maddalena Vaglio Tanet captivates us from the very first sentence, telling through her stirring style the depths of fear and breadth of the human heart. As if Elena Ferrante's heroines had come to northern Italy to find themselves caught between tender longings and bitter disappointments.”—Floran Illies, bestselling author of 1913 With the depth and emotional power of Go as a River and Dear Edward, a poignant and evocative debut novel from an exhilarating new international talent, based on a true story, about the heartwarming bond that develops between a grieving teacher and a student. One morning, a teacher disappears into the woods. As whispers fill her classroom and relatives scour...
Dear Teacher
"Maddalena Vaglio Tanet captivates us from the very first sentence, telling through her stirring style the depths of fear and breadth of the human heart. As if Elena Ferrante's heroines had come to northern Italy to find themselves caught between tender longings and bitter disappointments."--Floran Illies, bestselling author of 1913 With the depth and emotional power of Go as a River and Dear Edward, a poignant and evocative debut novel from an exhilarating new international talent, based on a true story, about the heartwarming bond that develops between a grieving teacher and a student. One morning, a teacher disappears into the woods. As whispers fill her classroom and relatives scour the ...
Does God Hate Women?
This book explores the role that religion and culture play in the oppression of women. Ophelia Benson and Jeremy Stangroom ask probing questions about the way that religion shields the oppression of women from criticism and why many Western liberals, leftists and feminists have remained largely silent on the subject. Does God Hate Women? explores instances of the oppression of women in the name of religious and cultural norms and how these issues play out both in the community and in the political arena. Drawing on philosophical concerns such as truth, relativism, knowledge and ethics, Benson and Stangroom assess the current situation and provide a rallying call for a progressive politics that is committed to universal values. This book will appeal to anyone interested in issues of global justice, human rights and multiculturalism.
The Ethnographic Optic
The Ethnographic Optic traces the surprising role of ethnography in French cinema in the 1960s and examines its place in several New Wave fictions and cinéma vérité documentaries during the final years of the French colonial empire. Focusing on prominent French filmmakers Jean Rouch, Chris Marker, and Alain Resnais, author Laure Astourian elucidates their striking pivot from centering their work on distant lands to scrutinizing their own French urban culture. As awareness of the ramifications of the shrinking empire grew within metropolitan France, these filmmakers turned inward what their similarly white, urban, bourgeois predecessors had long turned outward toward the colonies: the ethnographic gaze. Featuring some of the most canonical and best-loved films of the French tradition, such as Moi, un Noir, La jetée, and Muriel, this is an essential book for readers interested in national identity and cinema.
In den Wald
»Gleich mit dem ersten Satz hat uns Maddalena Vaglio Tanet gefangen – und dann entführt sie uns mit ihrer olivgrünen Sprache und erzählt mitreißend von der Tiefe der Ängste und der Weite des Herzens. Als seien Elena Ferrantes Heldinnen in das karge Norditalien gekommen, um sich zwischen zarten Sehnsüchten und herben Enttäuschungen am Ende doch selbst zu finden.« Florian Illies Eines Morgens verschwindet die Lehrerin im Wald. Während das Klassenzimmer leer bleibt und ihre Verwandten Straßen und Bäche absuchen, scheint sie immer mehr mit der sie umgebenden Natur zu verschmelzen. Um sie herum streifen Keiler durch das Unterholz, über den Wipfeln der Birken erklingt der Gesang wil...
Rim e le parole liberate
Provate a immaginare un mondo in cui le parole non appartengono a tutti, ma sono strane creaturine che vivono in gabbia e si comprano al mercato. Un mondo in cui soltanto i ricchi possono permettersi il lusso di usare termini strani e complicati, nessuno sa leggere e scrivere, la scuola non esiste e nemmeno i libri. Un mondo in cui molte cose non le potete dire, semplicemente perché non avete le parole per farlo. Questo è il mondo di Rim, una ragazzina curiosa che, come gli altri abitanti del suo villaggio, neanche sospetta che le cose possano andare diversamente. Tutto però cambia quando si imbatte in un bizzarro vecchietto vestito di stracci e senza denti. Si chiama Witzold e sta per trascinarla in un'avventura incredibile. Tra cocomeri giganti, potenti stregoni e formule magiche, Rim scoprirà quale terribile segreto si nasconde nel passato del suo regno e nella torre più alta del castello. Ma soprattutto incontrerà tante, tantissime parole, a partire dalla più importante di tutte: libertà.
Tornare dal bosco
Il bosco è il bosco, la montagna è la montagna, il paese è il paese e la maestra Silvia è la maestra Silvia, ma è scomparsa. In una piccola comunità agitata dal vento della Storia che investe tutta l’Italia all’inizio degli anni Settanta, Silvia, la maestra, esce di casa una mattina e invece di andare a scuola entra nel bosco. Il motivo, o forse il movente, è la morte di una sua alunna. Non la morte: il suicidio. La comunità la cerca, ma teme che sia troppo tardi, per trovarla o per salvarla, e in qualche modo che queste due morti siano una maledizione. Il paese è di montagna e le paure e i sentimenti, che pure non possono essere negati, non possono nemmeno essere nominati. Teme...
Voltar do Bosque
Numa manhã de 1970, numa aldeia montanhosa italiana, a professora Silvia sai de casa, compra o jornal e, em vez se dirigir para a escola, como nos outros dias, penetra no bosque e desaparece. No jornal, leu a notícia terrível de que uma das suas alunas, de apenas onze anos, se suicidou – e sente-se tão culpada que não consegue encarar ninguém. A aldeia em peso procura-a por todo o lado, mas, à medida que os dias passam, fica claro que é talvez demasiado tarde para a salvar. Silvia vai ser, na verdade, encontrada faminta e descabelada por um rapazinho solitário, Martino, que chegou à aldeia há pouco tempo para se tratar da asma e costuma passear no bosque. Consciente de que a pro...
Das Haus der Musik
Seitdem ihr Großvater in das Haus der Musik, ein Altersheim für Musikerinnen und Musiker, eingezogen ist, sind die Dienstage, an denen Renata ihn besucht, alles andere als erholsam. Der Großvater hat sich in eine Sopranistin mit hunderten Perücken verliebt, der Kontrabassist läuft regelmäßig davon, ein streunender Kater versucht, adoptiert zu werden, und dann ist da noch dieser als Batman verkleidete Junge, der behauptet, Musik klinge für ihn nur wie Lärm … Zu allem Überfluss hat ihr Großvater sie auf eine Mission geschickt: Renata soll sich ein Instrument aussuchen, um wie alle in ihrer Familie Musikerin zu werden. Aber wie entscheidet man sich zwischen Piccoloflöte und Tuba, ...
