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(Renato de Pra)
Mi accingo con cautela e rispetto to extend some "reading notes" just completed on the novel by Alfonso Artone.
This premise seems appropriate, because I think it is really needed very careful in judging the first work by a young man. Alfonso, in fact, little more than three decades. Prudence
which contains in itself, is clear, for other categories of judgments: encouragement, sensitivity, respect, credit ... as well as consensus and a good deal of admiration.
However I wish it was equally clear that these considerations must be made explicit only for the benefit of those who - in his first publication - has given the reader a positive impression undoubtedly sailed (and much less in the critical letterario!); e non già alla schiera sterminata di giovani e meno giovani, la gran parte aspiranti o sedicenti “eroi, naviganti, santi e poeti” che hanno ormai invaso il mercato globale, moltiplicandosi a dismisura a mezzo internet.
Detto questo, e tacitata la mia critica coscienza di critico, posso senz’altro affermare di avere letto un buon romanzo, davvero! Una bella storia scritta da un giovane che ha senza alcun dubbio la stoffa di scrittore autentico, pur con qualche blando distinguo per alcune ridondanze descrittive e per taluni passaggi forse pleonastici, ma tipici dell’ardore e della misura non ancora ben registrata di uno scrittore esordiente.
Oltretutto non era facile – ma Alfonso vi è riuscito perfectly - reconciling different themes and feelings and partly promiscuous, such as those that have been proposed and then unraveled in a complex plot that has in itself diverse and seemingly contradictory elements: such as a tender and nuanced love story, with those of a yellow intriguing and full of suspense, enriched from the original news of a nun-detective as the protagonist, and especially those with a message of high moral and religious significance - but conducted strictly secular in tone - of respect for life and defense ethics and bioethics, rather unusual today, or at least watered down.
There is therefore an extraordinary narrative flow, a great imagination and intrigued - In this novel - and a great ability and positive rhetoric in support of a core of emotional experience and full of gentle and generous piety. Even Reiter - still borderline, as I said at onset - are most often appropriate and well articulated descriptions of occasions, events, visions of places, and details are carefully measured and precise knowledge of technical, medical and scientific, that appear to be accurate and updated, as a young and versatile scholar.
The prose is always enjoyable, engaging and convincing, sometimes airy and elaborate, often involving intense flashes that affect learning or emotional tension della sfumata commozione.
Gli auguro quindi, e gli prevedo, un sicuro avvenire di scrittore, pur tenendo conto che la giungla delle pubblicazioni e dell’editoria è per se stessa un ostacolo duro e difficile da superare, ma che la tenacia e l’amore per la scrittura potranno vincere, se egli sarà accompagnato da un’incrollabile fiducia in se stesso e nel dono divino di cui è stato gratificato.
(Plinio Perilli)
Perché questo brioso e aggrovigliato romanzo di Alfonso Artone mi ha ricordato l’epistème di Reichenbach e le sue illuminate teorizzazioni di a Modern Philosophy of Nature? Because even the book - again, most loving for breath and narrative verve - and intrigue unravels all, or at least much of the burden of problems that the matchless c'infligge Simultaneity and assigns us ...
Artone Alfonso is very good at taking this great scenery from planetary emergency, from the global stage, and precise character animation, from time to time or courtly coy, cold, cynical or benefactors, shady or anthroposophic ...
scenario and the same protagonists Artone are quite different, with the America's task, a bit 'plastered, but vaguely standardized elegant still, tank, and almost surly anaffective ... But the issues at stake are the same, and the similar narrative topoi, is the time of Jacques Monod (Nobel Prize 1965 with Lwoff and Jacob), and its proposal for a mechanism, then confirmed by genetic regulation of protein synthesis, which this side of gold and unexplored, intangible but rocky and difficult divine within us like a thrilling romance ...
absolute rhythm and visual, fast-paced narrative and cutting the same problems, spread interest and excitement, are glorified in these pages as more than worthy of tasty ... the film adaptation that takes into account the thickness of mental despair, intimizzata and explosive, plastic as introjected, characters such as Grahm alienated the scientist himself, and especially Sister Mary, pleading and heroine of a big story, harsh, fierce drift of Ethics (if not love) ... really
Two characters in the round - unexpectedly Kubrick! - Already be enough to feed him a great film ... squartatamente contemporary
But perhaps the metempsychosis exists in the novel, and Alfonso Artone - a bit 'Bernard Marx, a little' Kubrick or better, Gregor Samsa - has final novel in the Third Millennium has just been fertilized hesitation before birth, the war of all embryos as possible ... How many? Thousands, of course - and no longer see them counting, real miniature atomic bombs within and beyond our consciences ... The lowest step, and not redeemable redeemed, to the Highest ...
As a large, mandatory wake of Light and Conscience, these angels, these angels of Castle Rock, perfect flood that no poet Dante is successful, could now more singing, shaman, burst, transmigration, CARRY from the heavens to the heavenly iridescent shadowy cliffs and walls of Limbo. Rocky would say cloud, color and steam, such as the frescoes of Tiepolo or rain and sun drenched canvases of Turner ... irredentist Angels of peace, and communion wafers themselves particulae
of life ... Well, if the new guidelines ecclesiastical-theological hanno deciso di abolire il limbo finora riservato alle anime dei bambini imbattezzati, siamo certi e già accogliamo, immaginiamo il vivacissimo e prezioso romanzo di Alfonso Artone come un Limbo ideale (mentale?) in cui ospitare tutti gli embrioni brulicanti tra Caso e Necessità (direbbe Monod!), amore e non amore…
Raggiò insieme tutto…
Il Limbo – finalmente sì! – anche e soprattutto della poesia; che qui ci presta, ci dona a chiosa il sigillo dei cari, quasi abortiti ma infine partoriti e redenti versi di Sylvia Plath, grembo di donna e poesia, Bambino e anch’esso certo Angelo di Rock Castle.
Intervento di Raffaella Foggia presso la libreria Loffredo – Napoli il 16/02/2010
Presentazione de "gli Angeli di Rock Castle" di Alfonso Artone.
Vincitore del premio "Belgioioso Giallo" 2010, e del premio miglior copertina al "creatività e scienza" di Salerno
Moderatore : Michelangelo Iossa
Salinger wrote "The ones that just leave me breathless are the books that when you have finished reading and all that follows that the author would like was your friend for the skin and can call on the phone every time you run "... Of course this is not always easy: the commitment of everyone does not always allow him to Alfonso and indeed still do not know what I think of his book, I did not want to ruin a surprise.
When he asked me to attend this presentation, I found myself just to think back to the words of Salinger and the fact that I can finally get that same emotion: know the author of a book you're about to read - however - is not easy; think and if I do not like? If I can not get passionate about, how do I tell him? And then there's the idea that you MUST read otherwise your friend will hurt us ... All that is true, and I must say that I have tried in part I, of course before reading the book.
Per prima cosa devo dire che appena cominciato, ho dimenticato l’autore - scusa, Alfonso - e mi sono lasciata prendere dalla storia e dai personaggi: non è solo un giallo a carattere scientifico anche se i temi trattati sono più che attuali, quello che colpisce di più è l’umanità dei personaggi, di tutti, non solo del dott. Grahm o di suor Mary che rappresentano le due figure fondamentali alla storia, ma tutti, anche coloro che appaiono per brevi momenti sono descritti con una varietà di sfaccettature che li rendono vicini al lettore, e che soprattutto ci permettono di comprendere le loro scelte per sbagliate che siano.
Devo dire che questo era un ulteriore scoglio: un giallo non solo scientifico, ma soprattutto - direi - etico … anche in questo caso mi sono domandata che posizione prendere? Se la storia non coinciderà con il nostro pensiero in merito? conoscendo un po’ Alfonso sull’idea di fondo non sbagliavo, però è necessario sottolineare anche in questo la sua capacità di lasciare il lettore alle sue opinioni e scelte: ad una lettura approfondita appare chiara l’opinione dell’autore, ma questa non tende in alcun modo a cercare di influenzare o giudicare quelle which are the ideas of the reader and this - according to which a Bibliomania - is a sign of great respect for those who are about to read a story.
is for this reason that in addition to thank Alfonso for inviting me to the presentation of his book, I want to say thanks for taking me on a journey very pleasant and me made known characters with whom it is not always easy to agree or agree with the choices, but which have their own identity and that put us clearly and strongly in the face of questions that each of us sooner or later is face.
(Raffaella Foggia)
The book is available online
(su IBS, Hoepli, etc etc..)
in e-book a prezzo scontato, al seguente link
e presso tutte le librerie di Italia
in particolare:
Formia: la libreria di Margherita
Napoli: Libreria Loffredo - Vomero
Roma: libreria "il filo"; libreria "suspense"
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THE HOME PAGE OF THE AUTHOR
THE SITE OF THE GULF OF GAETA (with some articles in the blog Alfonso Artone)
the BLOG Alfonso Artone
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about Alfonso Artone
Born in 1974, Alfonso graduated in economy. Resides in Scauri (LT) and operates at the Rome headquarters of the ANCI - National Association of Italian Municipalities - where is inserted in dealing with studies and research. It has always been involved in social issues, especially in Catholic - and educational roles of responsibility in young e Ragazzi - collaborando anche alla stesura di articoli di attualità e ad indirizzo pedagogico per alcune riviste e portali associativi..
Questa sua opera prima è nata quasi per gioco nelle ore trascorse quotidianamente in treno per recarsi al lavoro.
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