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The choice
of Viola Ardone, published on August 17, 2022 by Éditions Albin Michel.
His favorite quote:
I came to buy with the money from my salary what one day, a long time ago, you wanted to give me by force.
What did I gain?
The freedom to choose.
Why this book?
Because Viola Ardone features a formidable heroine,
a young woman with character, who wants to live, who believes in herself and does not give up despite the difficulties.
Oliva is alive and wants to stay that way in every sense of the word.
By giving her the floor, the author reminds us of the story of these women subject to ancestral laws, but she also alerts us.
Nowadays, in 2022, aren't there still derivatives of this style?
Of course if and what do we do?
Because the writing and the style are filled with emotion.
In addition, the atmosphere is perfectly transcribed, we are in the story, we hold our breath, we hope for Oliva, we accompany her, we support her.
We feel his discomfort, his fears, his mother's stuck side, his father's will to do what he can.
We imagine the scenes in the village with the bad tongues unleashed behind Oliva's back, without knowing...
The essentials in 2 minutes
The plot.
Oliva is 15 years old, she dreams of learning, of running, of living her life.
But because she refuses the advances of a young man, he rapes her.
She must then agree to marry him "in reparation".
She refuses and begins to rebel.
Characters.
Oliva, the young Sicilian they want to marry by force.
His mother, guardian of traditions.
Her father who tries to understand her as best he can.
Liliana his friend who has a communist family.
The lawyer who will help Oliva.
Places.
Martorana, a small village in Sicily.
The time.
1960 then 1981.
The author.
Born in 1974, Viola Ardone is a graduate in literature.
After a few years in publishing, she now teaches Italian and Latin, while collaborating with various publications.
This book was read
clenching my fists against injustice, being sickened by the cowardice of some, holding my breath when there was a better, hoping for the truth to triumph, and I finished my heart in loose but happy for Oliva.
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