Name: L'amico ritrovato
Rating: 4.076923076923077 (39 reviews)
ISBN: 9788807810541

Fred Uhlman

Due ragazzi sedicenni frequentano la stessa scuola esclusiva. L'uno è figlio di un medico ebreo, l'altro è di ricca famiglia aristocratica. Tra loro nasce un'amicizia del cuore, un'intesa perfetta e magica. Un anno dopo, il loro legame è spezzato. Questo accade in Germania, nel 1933... Racconto di straordinaria finezza e suggestione, "L'amico ritrovato' è apparso nel 1971 negli Stati Uniti ed è poi stato pubblicato in Inghilterra, Francia, Olanda, Svezia, Norvegia, Danimarca, Spagna, Germania, Israele, Portogallo. Ovunque lo stesso entusiasmo della critica.

romanzo

L'amico ritrovato

“He came into my life in February 1932 and never left it again.”

“I can remember the day and the hour when I first set eyes on this boy who was to be the source of my greatest happiness and of my greatest despair.”

This book was started with sentences: "He came into my life in February 1932 and never left it again." and that was such a strong opening and instantly give me such an impression.

This book told you about friendship between Hans and Konradin. I personally love their characterization especially Hans, I saw him might had distinctive view of the world and people around him, one interesting thing is also his relationship with his parents. When it comes to Konradin it showed as if he also quite had tendency of obsession to him even.

But you could see that their friendship was intense and how connected and inseparable both are. The story was pretty straight forward with just around 92 pages, but the deliverance was so impactful, it was emotional and enchanting.

The book called 'Reunion' is cruel but you could see it just right, it comes from L'amico ritrovato, the friend found again, not by meeting again yes but showing that Hans finally had a closure and finally 'found' Konradin again, something that he's been running away from.

The ending was one of the most powerful ending, I remembered I was shuddered and then burst into tears, both the opening and ending was just perfect.

You had no idea how I just loved doomed friendship (or anything that you could see meant to be doomed at the end).

This book was started with sentences: "He came into my life in February 1932 and never left it again." and that was such a strong opening and instantly give me such an impression.

This book told you about friendship between Hans and Konradin. I personally love their characterization especially Hans, I saw him might had distinctive view of the world and people around him, one interesting thing is also his relationship with his parents. When it comes to Konradin it showed as if he also quite had tendency of obsession to him even.

But you could see that their friendship was intense and how connected and inseparable both are. The story was pretty straight forward with just around 92 pages, but the deliverance was so impactful, it was emotional and enchanting.

The book called 'Reunion' is cruel but you could see it just right, it comes from L'amico ritrovato, the friend found again, not by meeting again yes but showing that Hans finally had a closure and finally 'found' Konradin again, something that he's been running away from.

The ending was one of the most powerful ending, I remembered I was shuddered and then burst into tears, both the opening and ending was just perfect.

You had no idea how I just loved doomed friendship (or anything that you could see meant to be doomed at the end).

Final inesperado con carga emocional durante toda la novela. 

Chema

Selected as a Book of the Year 2016 in the Guardian Reunion is a little-known but perfect novel with fans including Ian McEwan, John Boyne, Deborah Moggach, David Nicholls, Meg Rosoff and Sarah Perry. On a grey afternoon in 1932, a Stuttgart classroom is stirred by the arrival of a newcomer. Middle-class Hans is intrigued by the aristocratic new boy, Konradin, and before long they become best friends. It’s a friendship of the greatest kind, of shared interests and long conversations, of hikes in the German hills and growing up together. But the boys live in a changing Germany. Powerful, delicate and daring, Reunion is a story of the fragility, and strength, of the bonds between friends. 'Exquisite' Guardian 'I loved Reunion and found it very moving' John Boyne WITH AN AFTERWORD BY RACHEL SEIFFERT

Reunion

** spoiler alert **
           What a tiny masterpiece! I devoured this book in a lazy afternoon, unable to put it down before I was done with it. I believe it's one of those books you will think about, if not brood, for weeks even after finishing it. The transition from the romantic and simple Germany seen through the eyes of two teenagers to the arrival of the horrid shadow of nazism was wonderfully written. There are some passages I will never forget, such as when Hans's father is confronted by the zionist and says: "I know my Germany. This is a temporary illness [...] Do you really believe that the compatriots of Goethe and Schiller, Kant and Beethoven will fall for this rubbish?" I had to re-read this speech three times before allowing myself a bitter smile, although I was feeling indescribably sad. And the final letter from Konradin, in which we could see how hopeful (and deluded) he was, dreaming of things that we know never were. I'm glad he had the chance to redeem himself, though, so that we can keep thinking of him as the gentle and faithful youth that Hans had once befriended. 
The writing style was neat, smooth and had some artistry and picturesqueness to it. 5/5 stars

Martina

It's very short but it makes you reflect on how you see friendship and the world.

Chii

A true masterpiece in terms of literary writing. The long story is compressed into a novella's length so some parts seem too abrupt. A little vexed by some German thrown in here and there. Personally, I don't like Hans - he's a bit too selfish and tend to overreact. But as I said, Fred Uhlman is such a wizard of words. His writing hooks me from the beginning til the very end. Even if you don't like the plot or the characters, you gotta love his writing.

Giorgia Vodola 

alessia pacella 

“Tutto ciò che sapevo, allora, era che sarebbe diventato mio amico” Germania, 1933. Due sedicenni frequentano la stessa scuola esclusiva. Uno è figlio di un medico ebreo, l’altro è di ricca famiglia aristocratica. Tra loro nasce un’amicizia del cuore, un’intesa perfetta e magica. Riuscirà a non essere spezzata dalla Storia? Racconto di straordinaria finezza e suggestione, L’amico ritrovato è apparso nel 1971 negli Stati Uniti ed è poi stato pubblicato in tutto il mondo con unanime, travolgente successo di pubblico e critica. “Un’opera letteraria rara”, lo ha definito George Steiner sul “New Yorker”. “Un capolavoro”, ha scritto Arthur Koestler nell’introduzione all’edizione inglese del 1976. “Un libro che assilla la memoria... una gemma”, “Un racconto magistrale”, hanno fatto eco “The Sunday Express” e “The Financial Times” di Londra. E infine “Le Monde” di Parigi: “Uno dei testi più densi e più puri sugli anni del nazismo in Germania... Tra i romanzi più belli che si possano raccomandare ai lettori, dai dodici anni in su. Senza esitazione”.

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