The Magpie - Elizabeth Day

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Book in Italian

2022 Neri Pozza
The gray door, the bricks the color of toasted hazelnuts, the tree-lined and silent street in London, the well-frequented neighborhood: a perfect home for Marisa, illustrator of children's books, the remedy for everything in her life that asks to be repaired . As is Jake, of course, as comforting as a warm stone in the palm of your hand. Of course, when the lady from the real estate agency opened the window onto the garden, a bird flew in. A black and white magpie, which slammed into the walls before darting out, shattering a vase. For Marisa, however, that sudden appearance produced only a slight hint of discomfort. No ominous sign can cloud her dream of living with Jake and starting a family with him. In the following months spent in that house, life unfolds, for the young illustrator, like a true romantic comedy in which a simple look from Jake is enough for her to understand that that man, so little demonstrative in his gestures and words, , is the person to share the rest of his days with. Until one morning Kate arrives, the tenant destined to occupy the room upstairs, since there is never enough money. Brunette and casual - the exact opposite of Marisa in appearance -, thirty-six year old film critic, Kate immediately makes the common space of the house her own, abandons her shoes at the entrance, sneaks into every corner, leaves her toothbrush next to their instead of in the bathroom upstairs, he asks insensitive questions about their desire to have a child, he casts insistent glances at Jake. His intrusiveness gradually becomes unbearable for Marisa. Jake tries to reassure her, but not even the news of the long-awaited pregnancy can distract Marisa from the unpleasant feeling of having an ungrateful guest in the house. Something is wrong with Kate: that woman has some dark plan and won't stop until she realizes it. After the success of The Party , Elizabeth Day returns with a psychological novel that has achieved great critical and public acclaim in England. A work that speaks of desired motherhood, of dysfunctional relationships, of the irreparable damage of pain, of the reality that takes the form of obsession. With two narrative voices competing for the scene in a game of perspectives with a surprising ending.

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Description

Book in Italian

2022 Neri Pozza
The gray door, the bricks the color of toasted hazelnuts, the tree-lined and silent street in London, the well-frequented neighborhood: a perfect home for Marisa, illustrator of children's books, the remedy for everything in her life that asks to be repaired . As is Jake, of course, as comforting as a warm stone in the palm of your hand. Of course, when the lady from the real estate agency opened the window onto the garden, a bird flew in. A black and white magpie, which slammed into the walls before darting out, shattering a vase. For Marisa, however, that sudden appearance produced only a slight hint of discomfort. No ominous sign can cloud her dream of living with Jake and starting a family with him. In the following months spent in that house, life unfolds, for the young illustrator, like a true romantic comedy in which a simple look from Jake is enough for her to understand that that man, so little demonstrative in his gestures and words, , is the person to share the rest of his days with. Until one morning Kate arrives, the tenant destined to occupy the room upstairs, since there is never enough money. Brunette and casual - the exact opposite of Marisa in appearance -, thirty-six year old film critic, Kate immediately makes the common space of the house her own, abandons her shoes at the entrance, sneaks into every corner, leaves her toothbrush next to their instead of in the bathroom upstairs, he asks insensitive questions about their desire to have a child, he casts insistent glances at Jake. His intrusiveness gradually becomes unbearable for Marisa. Jake tries to reassure her, but not even the news of the long-awaited pregnancy can distract Marisa from the unpleasant feeling of having an ungrateful guest in the house. Something is wrong with Kate: that woman has some dark plan and won't stop until she realizes it. After the success of The Party , Elizabeth Day returns with a psychological novel that has achieved great critical and public acclaim in England. A work that speaks of desired motherhood, of dysfunctional relationships, of the irreparable damage of pain, of the reality that takes the form of obsession. With two narrative voices competing for the scene in a game of perspectives with a surprising ending.

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