Monday, July 12, 2010

Herpes Under The Nose?

Review Corriere del Mezzogiorno

published July 3, 2010
of GIUSI ALESSANDRA FALCO

"What can happen in Bari, in a winter's night, where he meets a young woman, after years his first love? (...) To find out, read a hundred times goodnight. A fable Metro , the debut novel of Paola Bari Borraccino recently released for Wip Editions. This text is by the author, a trial of his writing in a far longer, one step at a page of paper, after training took place all over the web. In fact, for some time, the Borraccino manages two blogs, and it unravels in the major network without forgetting his city: Bari
hundred times goodnight is a story in which the city is just recognizable, is called by the name of its neighborhoods, from Liberty Poggiofranco. It is not just a city background: Bari, in fact, becomes the protagonist of the story and accompanies two young men, Julia and Alessandro, struggling with a love that old, on time, has come back. It demands attention.
The novel, short-bodied, it is easily read and write. (...) Is fluent and lively is the frequent alternation of dialogues and monologues.
Among the merits of this long tale is the irony, the ability to translate, smiling, the emotional vicissitudes of everyday life (...). those events where it is easy to recognize, and that, in general, it tends to dramatize. (...)
hundred times goodnight is an invitation to the light, a new declaration of independence by a seductive woman who plays with life without taking it seriously. A pleasant summer reading that will not easily forget (...)".

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