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"The four stages dell'antieroe"

of Gianluca Grisolia

an operating room. interlocutor as Wonder Woman. Few memories confused. Many fears are ill-concealed. And, above all, a body rejected for a lifetime.

With these and other elements opens "The Prima Donna" that marks the fiction debut of the talented screenwriter and novelist Giustina Porcelli. After the humorous tone of the two essays "101 Reasons not stop looking Beautiful" and "How to learn to say NO ... and live better," the author goes on to tackle a story on a broad social issue still little discussed and accepted: transsexuality.

The protagonist's life is presented in an unstructured, including, memories and anecdotes interspersed with a dreamlike setting that constantly brings the reader to the crucial moment, hallmark of the whole story : The long-awaited final step that will bring the boy to finally change sex.

the background of southern countries, defined only for appositions (the "City of Beautiful Women" in particular), over a period that started in the 80 and inexorably approaches to the contemporary, the four phases dell'antieroe Gabriele / Lele / Gabrielle / Gabry see the succession of vivid characters and real, that we meet soon to love or hate for their humanity. The already popular social difficulties of provincial life, amplified by the very stigma against homosexuality and disguise, is cleverly interwoven into the narrative with the elements (and less) and reassuring the local and national recognition of culture, making the story very close, realistic and - despite the precautions definitional - geographically located.

The path rises Gabriele "First Woman" to a real novel of formation, that could lead to the evisceration of prejudice, ethical dilemmas and emotional mechanisms that can invest all those - certainly not on a whim or as a challenge - they can not feel comfortable with the labels sexual, moral, or (simply and purely) body received at birth. A pleasant reading and intense, featuring a fresh style that manages to be both ironic and poignant as well as highly personal. Already looking forward the second novel.

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