“Lascia che dimentichi l’oggi fino a domani” di Roberta Patellaro

Roberta Patellaro was born in Rome in 1993 and he made his debut in the publishing world with the novel "Let me forget today until tomorrow".

The story narrated brings you back in time that America, in particular California, in San Francisco of the 60s, where everyone is looking for peace, love and freedom from any kind of coercion.

The very accurate description, environments and characters you into a place that, in the eyes of the reader, it seems almost unreal, if you have not lived as a young man in those years.

The main character is Owen D. Fund, a young man just graduated in letters that were sent to work for an independent publishing house in San Francisco in 1966. He will find himself thrown into an entirely new world and in a city that is getting ready for the "Summer of Love". unawares, It will be the glue within a group of individuals, considered the beginning completely away from his lifestyle, that will see the so-called flip side of life that he was totally unknown.

It seems to be in "Hair" film / musical, where a politically active "beatniks," "hippies" group fights against the Vietnam war and leading together a vie de boheme in New York and show the protagonist Claude Hooper Bukowski true American reality era.

starts, so, the introspective journey of the protagonist, on what would or would want from life, He feels tight on him and bring him to change, initially the way they dress, following the procedures for assessing the vicissitudes of life.

A bit 'like Alice in Wonderland, Owen finds himself open doors in the total uncertainty of what might be found behind them, sharing with a group of people, Now her friends, the changes and the life plans. As in the great American films one of the best friends of the protagonist completely lose touch with reality and will be dragged into the limbo of pacifist organizations of the time and that will bring Owen to have to think more carefully about his life and experiences up to that point.

The whole is surrounded by a soundtrack, phrases of great songwriters like: Bob Dylan, Chris Andrews, The Doors e The Rolling Stones, that draw the best novel, doing to make the reader a thoughtful journey about himself. Trama, descriptions and style they deserve 4 stelle su 5.

"This book has been written for the most part on a farm in a small town in Canada - admits the author - in a valley surrounded by green, where I spent a year of my life. Being immersed in British culture made me feel closer to the setting of the story, especially since I lived in a small town in British Columbia that still suffers from a current that could be called 'hippie' or 'new age', where life took place in the open air in contact with nature. The charged atmosphere of art, music, poetry and spirituality, understood as the search for harmony with nature, It was very inspiring to write a novel set in the 60's ".

"Being a Bildungsroman - Roberta continues - my book is aimed at all, both young people can relate directly to the loss of the main character and interpersonal relationships with the other characters, both adults may find in these pages some of them lived. In this sense, the novel is independent values ​​from the historical period in which it is set, but they are universal values ​​that still govern the relations between young people in the entrance step into the adult world ".

"Read my book because I think almost everyone can find himself in this book - ends Patellaro - for the central role that the 3 main characters, their interactions and their trade. Then, the novel is aimed at those who have interest in romances with a complicated person, and both those who are more attracted by the political party, from the relationship with a person you see as a mentor and idealize. At last, this book will also appeal to fans of the '60s, which they have greatly influenced the world in which we live today, and to anyone who wants to deepen this period as fascinating and her music. Per il futuro, I will continue to write, because for me it is an activity that goes hand in hand with my personal growth. For the studies I've done, I am very interested in what has happened and is happening in past societies and present and draw inspiration from these dynamics and matter to my writings ".

The author will present his Saturday work 11 February 2017 hours 18 at Space 5 a Roma.

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By the number 145 – Anno IV del 1/2/2017