; Francesco Martucci for The Fact Bisceglie
First Woman With his debut novel, the Porcelli tackles the delicate subject of sex change, really run by a friend. A golden age for the writer Bisceglie, which Recently it was also host to Matrix.
Some claim that a good novel is recognized by the ability to abduct the reader, to involve up to do empathize with the protagonist, or at least to do side with him. In the case of La Prima Donna (Morellini Publisher) , Bisceglie's debut novel Giustina Porcelli, the company is not simple because the main character is both the protagonist. Yes, you read right: it is that he becomes a she, a man who becomes a woman through an operation of sex reassignment surgery. Brave choice, no doubt about it. Debut with a story centered on a matter so delicate, and, moreover, inspired by a friend who really lived the experience, not everyone. Especially in a country like Italy, where certain topics are not fertile ground for an open confrontation. The risk is to struggle with a cultural heritage (especially religious), which tends to consider less conventional taboo aspects of human sexuality, preferring to lie on a veil of indifference. Giustina accept this risk head high, making it almost a personal challenge. " My book - would point out - is not directed at gay and transsexual community, nor to political left, as some might think. However, it is open to everyone, including those who ignore, or prefer to ignore the pressing issues it addressed. I realize that some issues may scare many people, and the warm welcome I received from the novel is proof, but do not regret my choice. I am indeed proud to have told a story with strong colors. At least I avoided arguments banal, corny now that I think even more people away from reading. "If the intent was amazing, the author has succeeded very well. His literary creation, in fact, since strikes by its cover, dominated by a picture of a woman's body lying face down and with a fried egg placed on his back. Here's the explanation: "It is an image can lend itself to multiple interpretations. I chose it because the bull's eye egg is a symbol that recurs several times during the narrative. And then the term "bull's eye" is the flagship of the stage, in this case focused on the main character, who is a woman who likes to occupy center stage. Hence also the pun hidden in the title: first lady, all attached, is a term designating those who just love being in the spotlight .
the cover of Daring, bold what follows. Halfway between comedy and drama, The First Woman tells the complex psychological process of Gabriel, Lele, and Gabrielle Gabry, four souls contained within a single body. Only the body, in origin, it is the wrong one, is that of a man who does not feel this and that, through many changes, he ends up finding the body of a woman with self-fulfillment, feeling that the house of his master, not host. The story is set in several locations the South, including Bisceglie, but Justine never names (like the other), revealing the identity only by the pseudonym "City of Fools" and the frequent use of our dialect. The same dialect that acts almost as a soundtrack of the novel, helping to shape an original style, too, by constant bouncing between past and present, reality and dream, dream without forgetting the dialogues between the protagonist and some people came to see from the world of fantasy. In short, an exciting book. For the reader, of course, but also for those who wrote it, that will confirm " Yes, this book has touched me and I is hard work, hard work. Suffice it to say that I worked for three years and that the final version after I landed seven drafts. If I shall convey to readers the middle of the emotions I felt while writing it, can only be satisfied . Talking about emotions, deserves mention the thrill caused by the recent participation in the Matrix talk show on Channel 5 . Giustina Porcelli they have been guests during the special episode for twenty years in Italy the Beautiful soap , aired June 4 last year. Why? Simple, his first book is titled "101 Reasons not stop looking Beautiful" (Morellini Editore) e non è sfuggito alla redazione del noto programma tv, che ha contattato la scrittrice in qualità di esperta. Una chiamata che lei ricorda così: “All’inizio avevo pensato di non andare per timore di essere etichettata come “quella di Beautiful ”. Poi, però, ho capito che l’apparizione televisiva (tra l’altro non è la prima, ndr ) sarebbe stata un buon mezzo di propaganda per il libro e ho accettato l’invito”. Negli studi romani di Mediaset ha conosciuto il conduttore Alessio Vinci, ma soprattutto ha conosciuto e dialogato con quattro degli attori che interpretano il longevo sceneggiato. Sensazioni? “È stata un’esperienza in some ways the surreal: the black Mercedes driver in the airport, make-up artists who were speaking to each commercial break, be sitting on the famous white armchair next to the legendary Eric, Brandon, Steffy, Thorne's first ... It's fun. I fell in love with John McCook, alias Eric Forrester, who is in the cast from the beginning and now is a real mentor. But the other actors are kind and cheerful. " A Giustina increasingly on the launching pad, then. We do not have to wait in the City of Fools, where he will return soon - has lived for many years in Milan - for earned vacation and maybe a presentation for "housewife" de La Prima Donna .
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