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Cose da salvare in caso di incendio - Haley Tanner, Silvia Piraccini
Cose da salvare in caso di incendio
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"In this charming and wonderfully engaging tale, the reader is swept into the beautifully rendered landscape of the immigrant childhood experience. Haley Tanner has created a world peopled with characters of great poignancy, and they will linger in the mind-and heart-long after the book is put... show more
"In this charming and wonderfully engaging tale, the reader is swept into the beautifully rendered landscape of the immigrant childhood experience. Haley Tanner has created a world peopled with characters of great poignancy, and they will linger in the mind-and heart-long after the book is put down."-Elizabeth Strout, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Olive Kitteridge

Vaclav and Lena seem destined for each other. They meet as children in an ESL class in Brighton Beach, Brooklyn. Vaclav is precocious and verbal. Lena, struggling with English, takes comfort in the safety of his adoration, his noisy, loving home, and the care of Rasia, his big-hearted mother. Vaclav imagines their story unfolding like a fairy tale, or the perfect illusion from his treasured Magician's Almanac, but among the many truths to be discovered in Haley Tanner's wondrous debut is that happily ever after is never a foregone conclusion.

One day, Lena does not show up for school. She has disappeared from Vaclav and his family's lives as if by a cruel magic trick. For the next seven years, Vaclav says goodnight to Lena without fail...

Vaclav e Lena si conoscono che hanno solo dieci anni, ed è subito amore. Figli entrambi di immigrati russi in America, dividono i sogni e le difficoltà. I sogni di un futuro sfavillante - in cui lui diventerà un famoso mago e lei "la sua incantevole assistente" - e le difficoltà di una vita in un paese straniero, confortata dall'affetto di una famiglia presente e affettuosa per Vaclav, fatta di abbandono e solitudine per Lena, che non ha mai conosciuto i genitori e abita con una zia che non si occupa di lei. Ma per i due bambini l'importante è stare insieme, fino al giorno, terribile, in cui Lena sparisce dalla vita di Vaclav senza nemmeno un addio. Dieci anni dopo i due si rincontreranno, per scoprire che nulla è cambiato, ma il passato allunga la sua ombra terribile sulla loro felicità...
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Format: hardcover
ISBN: 9788830427785 (8830427780)
Publisher: Longanesi
Pages no: 326
Edition language: Italian
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Remember When the Music
Remember When the Music rated it
4.0 Vaclav and Lena
Haley Tanner’s debut novel Vaclav and Lena is a particular brand of boy meets girl story that was a true delight to read. Vaclav and Lena are both Russian immigrant children living in the same Brooklyn neighborhood. They meet when placed in the same elementary school ESL class. On a trip to Coney Is...
the eBookWhore
the eBookWhore rated it
There is really something about the way a book is written that captivates you. Like this book. I loved the way it was written, it sounded so naive, so innocent to me.The tone makes you feel like you are reading something epic, something out of this world, something great. It maybe is. Or it may simp...
tyene
tyene rated it
3.5E poi dicono che i titoli non sono importanti! Parliamo del titolo originale "Vaclav e Lena" e mettiamolo a confronto con "Cose da salvare in caso di incendio" e cosa viene fuori? semplice, io un libro chiamato "Vaclav e Lena" non lo avrei mai letto. La versione inglese di questo libro (titolo e ...
CluckingBell
CluckingBell rated it
1.0 Vaclav & Lena: A Novel
I really wanted to like this book. Really wanted to. I heard an interview with the author last year, and she seemed lovely, and certainly her personal story of love and loss was beautiful and compelling. And I am still crazy in love with the cover art (ETA: not the cover shown here, but the cover on...
Chrissie's Books
Chrissie's Books rated it
3.0
I wasn't sure I was going to read this book. I thought it was a young adult book. In some ways it is; it deals with young adults and their search for what will determine their future choices in life. Having completed the book I feel the primary audience is not just young adults. Maybe this is one of...
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