"Mamma Roma", the beating heart of a united Italy

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 by Luca Di Fulvio, whom she interviewed.

His book was published on September 9, 2021 by Éditions Slatkine & Cie.

Her favorite quote:

Take your time….

Have you spent your life tying knots in a rope and now you think it will untie in a second?

Why this book?

• Because Luca Di Fulvio is a hell of a storyteller.

  A great classic reader, he attaches importance to the unfolding of stories.

  And so began our interview: “At the start there was the Countess.

  She is the first to be born.

  A rich woman, even a bit bitchy, who suddenly experiences a terrible reality: her life is not real.

  She decides to come back, as if following a map, to the point where she lost the path of her real life… ”

• Because the plot takes place in Rome, the birthplace of Luca Di Fulvio, a

  city ​​essential to the unfolding of the plot.

  “The reason why the story takes place here in Rome, he told me, is that this is the city where we finally became Italians, where we became a Nation. .

  "

• Because it is a true historical fresco in a troubled period

  which will upset Italy. This period creates a parallel between the history of Italy and the construction of Europe. "I would add that the past, if it has no reference to our present, is a dead thing and therefore useless," says the author. On the contrary, the Unity of Italy is very much alive, it refers us to the European Union. Not an economic grouping made up of different nations, but nations that retain their identity and share common ideals. "

• Because in addition to the historical aspect of the novel, the author gives us a story

  about human beings, the family and its links. “In this novel,” he says, “I felt very strongly the need to tell how important it is to have a solid foundation to take off in life and first of all a core of people ready to support you. and grow with you. We call it a family. "

• Because it is a fascinating book which tells about courage, a universal

  and romantic

  theme

  : “Each of us falls several times in his life, underlines Luca Di Fulvio.

  But no matter how many times you fall, what matters is how many times you get up.

  What I want to say above all is that you have to fight for your dreams.

  In my opinion, dreaming is not just a right.

  Let me say that it is also a duty.

  I believe that happiness is found in the fight for oneself even more than in the realization of a dream.

  "

  
  

The essentials in 2 minutes

The plot.

 Three people whom fate led to Rome in 1870, the beating heart of Italy.

Their paths cross in the middle of this promising city, and their dreams appear like a magical bond.

But the dazzling, elusive Rome presents unexpected challenges to its new admirers.

Characters.

 Pietro, orphan adopted by the Countess, Nella.

Marta, also an orphan, grew up in a circus, taken in by Melo.

Places.

 Rome.

The time.

 1870-1871 with the beginnings of the unification of Italy and the fall of the papal states.

The author.

 Born in 1957 in Rome, where he lives and works, Luca Di Fulvio is a playwright and author of many successful novels, all published by Slatkine & Cie and reprinted by Pocket, including

, world bestseller.

This book has been read with 

intensity where emotion is at its peak with in the foreground the birth of a nation, the discovery of patriotism and all that it can reveal.

A novel that Victor Hugo could not deny.

A historical, political novel, which carries within it all the ingredients worthy of great authors.

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