In tanti mi hanno consigliato questo libro come lettura perfetta per questo periodo di isolamento in casa, se cercavo un romanzo leggero ma intelligente. Il protagonista, Pat come l'autore, rimane orfano quando è poco più di un ragazzo, e l'unica parente in vita è Zia Mame, ricca signora che cento ne pensa e mille ne combina. Seguiamo Zia Mame e Pat in una lunga serie di avventure rocambolesche, tra fantasiosi personaggi e noiosi arricchiti, in un mondo in cui pur con tutta la sua stravaganza, Zia Mame si rivela comunque sempre la più intelligente, la più aperta di mente e sempre pronta a prendersi cura delle persone, anche se spesso le buone intenzioni non durano molto...
Certo, uno di quei personaggi che probabilmente, a viverci davvero accanto, farebbero uscire pazzo pure un santo... ma nel perimetro del romanzo, è una compagnia molto gradevole e per niente scontata!
Patrick Dennis
Zia Mame
Adelphi
Euro 12
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This book was in my library on the shelves of the YetToRead for about a year and, to be honest, I thought it would stay there for a long time. I don't know why, I had this absurd idea that he was talking about a fate of black investigator, a kind of character between Mamy of Gone with the Wind and Miss Marple. Instead, evidently, I couldn't be more wrong.
Many have recommended this book to me as the perfect reading for the period of isolation in the home, if I was looking for a light but intelligent novel. The protagonist, Pat as the author, happens to become an orphan when he is just a boy, and his only relative still alive is Auntie Mame, a rich very extravagant lady. We follow Auntie Mame and Pat in a long series of daring adventures, between imaginative characters and boring enriched ones, in a world in which, despite all its extravagance, Auntie Mame always proves to be always the most intelligent, the most open-minded and always ready to take care of people, even if good intentions often don't last long...
Of course, one of those characters who would probably make a saint go crazy if one would really live next to them... but in the perimeter of the novel, it is a very pleasant and not at all obvious company!
Patrick Dennis
Auntie Mame
