Herman Melville, Edgar Lee Masters, Jack Kerouac, Ernest Hemingway, Charles Bukowski, JD Salinger. But even Raymond Carver, John Fante, Kurt Vonnegut. Up to Philip Roth, Chuck Palahniuk, Don DeLillo, Bret Easton Ellis, David Foster Wallace, Jonathan Safran Foer ... This is a book about freedom, freedom that is gained through reading. And these are his standard bearers unarmed profanissimi its patron saints. This is a book about books, Fernanda Pivano one last lesson to all new generations, a testament of hope towards the future. It is the ideal library of Nanda, the hundred titles that kids of all ages should read to discover, enjoy, grow, each described by an introductory card. In some cases the originals are reproduced (And unpublished) of reading opinions. It was 1957 when Fernanda Pivano, young as it has always been, in a case of reading great buzz with energy and passion the publication of "On the Road", written by a then unknown Jack Kerouac. Since then, the legendary Nanda has never stopped fighting for everything he knew to promote new, free, revolutionary, to infect everyone with his passion. With a project always clear head, and realizes that this book sums up: "All my lyrics are just love letters, whether from indifference shake someone and cause him to be interested in at least one of the books described and the author have reached their purpose. "
The author
Fernanda Pivano that Nanda ( Genoa, July 18 1917 - Milan, August 18 2009) was a translator , writer, journalist critical and Music Italian . The beginning of his literary career dates back to 1943 when public Einaudi his first translation of 'Spoon River Anthology of Edgar Lee Masters , under the guidance of Cesare Pavese and translates the novel by Ernest Hemingway Farewell to Arms for what will be arrested. This novel will be published in Italy until 1949 because regarded as violating the honor of the Armed Forces from fascist regime, both for describing the defeat of Caporetto , and for some antimilitarism understood work. In 1949 she married the architect and designer Ettore Sottsass junior and then moved to Milan . In 1956 makes the first trip to the United States that will be followed by many other trips to America and other countries. After having translated and studied the works of the greatest American classics, including Francis Scott Fitzgerald , Ernest Hemingway, William Faulkner , promotes the development in Italy of the writers of the Beat Generation including Allen Ginsberg, Jack Kerouac, William Burroughs and Gregory Corso . The same goes for writers as Henry Miller and Charles Bukowski. In recent years, continues to inform the public and the critics Italian American writers of talent that would soon be imposed on the international literary scene including Erica Jong, Jay McInerney and Bret Easton Ellis . Little known his interest towards the Italian beat poetry, which developed in the '60s , thanks to a publishing project at East 128 and trend magazine psychedelic she created and directed, "Cool Planet". At that time, encouraged the growth of some young poets, the most notable of which was the Turin Gianni Milano . Numerous prizes and awards, including the Prix Saint Vincent for journalism ( 1964), the Monselice Prize for translation ( 1975), the literary prize John Comisso ( 1985), the Award Estense ( 1998), the Grinzane Cavour ( 2003), the Premio Tenco ( 2005), Vittorio De Sica Prize for Literature ( 2006). On December 16 was inaugurated in 1998 in Corso di Porta Vittoria, 16 in Milan structure intended to accommodate the books and documents of Fernanda Pivano and volumes of his father Richard. The Library of Richard and Fernanda Pivano is a branch of the Library / Documentation Centre of Foundation Studies and Benetton Treviso. In the summer of 2001 turns to the Pivano Fandango movie A Farewell To Beat which recounts the journey in America places to find friends and loved ones. In 2003 is an award established in his name to be allocated each year to those who distinguished himself for having done research, written and brought outstanding contributions to society. The last year saw intensified his passion for music and songwriters. In particular Fabrizio De André who handed in 1997, the Premio Tenco . On the evening of August 18 2009 clinic in Milan Porta Don Leone, where he was hospitalized for some time, Fernanda Pivano died in 92 years by a month.
Title: Free reader
Author: Fernanda Pivano
Publisher: Mondadori
Collection: Enlargements
Publication: 2010
ISBN:
8804601248 Pages: 326
Price: € 18.00 
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