Alice è una bambina obbligata dal padre a frequentare la scuola di sci. È una mattina di nebbia fitta, lei non ha voglia, il latte della colazione ...
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Apr 08, 2011
Jana
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This book is going to be big. But, people still don't know that, people still haven't heard about Paolo Giordano and his brilliant, brilliant work called, 'The solitude of prime numbers'', which stands on the same magnificent title throne with Kundera’s, ''Unbearable lightness of being''. And The solitude of prime numbers, easy to say, broke my heart.
Primary numbers are natural numbers that are divided only with number 1 and itself. In this book, in a human form of numbers, Alice an More...
Primary numbers are natural numbers that are divided only with number 1 and itself. In this book, in a human form of numbers, Alice an More...
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Jan 31, 2011
Oscar
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Hay libros que estimulan la imaginación, libros que se basan en una trama apasionante, llena de viajes a lugares exóticos o de historias fabulosas, que te permiten pasarlo bien durante un rato, que te ayudan a evadirte del mundo mientras estás imbuido en ellos. Y después están los libros de personajes como es el caso de Paolo Giordano y 'La soledad de los números primos'. Como bien reza la contraportada, "Todo el mundo reconocerá algo de sí mismo en el libro de Giordano, pues el verdadero p
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Dec 27, 2011
Kelanth, in tenebris lux tua
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Il libro si presenta compatto, di una lunghezza di circa 30 cm e con un'altezza di circa 5 cm. (ci si scusa per l'approsimazione); presenta una sovracoperta di carta plastificata raffigurante un'immagine di donna all'interno di un fitto boscame. Se andiamo a togliere la copertina possimano notare che la parte sottostante è rigida e verde con stampigliato a lato il titolo del libro.
Possiamo altresì notare che le pagine sono di carta e numerate, l'inchiostro di stampa è nero, se andiamo a con More...
Possiamo altresì notare che le pagine sono di carta e numerate, l'inchiostro di stampa è nero, se andiamo a con More...
Sep 25, 2011
Missie
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His number: 2760889966649
Her number: 2760889966651
Apparently, one is not the most loneliest number in the world.
From the moment I started reading this book, I couldn't put it down; it was completely engrossing. I can't really begin to think of an accurate way to describe the depth of solitude these two people seemingly want to seek out in their lives because it comforts them. All I know is that I found myself relating on so many levels: in making stupid dec More...
Her number: 2760889966651
Apparently, one is not the most loneliest number in the world.
From the moment I started reading this book, I couldn't put it down; it was completely engrossing. I can't really begin to think of an accurate way to describe the depth of solitude these two people seemingly want to seek out in their lives because it comforts them. All I know is that I found myself relating on so many levels: in making stupid dec More...
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May 05, 2011
Lolly LKH
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I have read other reviews and many people enjoyed the first half best, as did I. I believe the reason being that our youth is bittersweet, even the horrors we suffer from it. The early days for a detached Mattia are spoiled by a tragedy he is responsible for. I was shocked and saddened by the ramifications a choice made as a child seemed to carry for him. One thing I must add, I didn't like how the writer jumped from that tragedy to the future because I really wanted to know what happened in the
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Jul 29, 2010
Lia
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Ik moet bekennen dat ik wat sceptisch aan dit boek begon. Want tja wat moet je ervan denken als een, weliswaar intelligente maar toch zeer foute armbandjes dragende Italiaan iets zegt in de trant van 'tweelingpriemgetallen, vlak bij elkaar maar niet dicht genoeg om elkaar echt te raken'.... juistem. Maar ik begon op een vrije ochtend 'nog even' te lezen en had plotseling het gevoel of ik swine flu had. Het bleek echter half twee te zijn en ik had gewoon nog niks gegeten of gedronken en mijn blaa
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Nov 28, 2011
Gloria
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Yep ... a year later, still a solid 5 stars.
I love it when I get rocked unexpectedly by a book. The characters in this book so drew me in and seemed so utterly real (even though the book spans a couple of decades and alternates between the male and female protagonists).
On top of that, was the sheer beauty of the writing. Every so often, I would read a sentence ... stop ... and realize "Wow, that was incredible" and would have to read it again. Given that it was w More...
I love it when I get rocked unexpectedly by a book. The characters in this book so drew me in and seemed so utterly real (even though the book spans a couple of decades and alternates between the male and female protagonists).
On top of that, was the sheer beauty of the writing. Every so often, I would read a sentence ... stop ... and realize "Wow, that was incredible" and would have to read it again. Given that it was w More...
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Aug 04, 2010
James
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While all fiction emanates from the imagination it is rare that a work successfully mimics the language of dreams. The Solitude of Prime Numbers comes as close to doing so as any novel I have read in recent memory. The incidents of the characters' lives are blended together by the young author, Paolo Giordano, in a way that suggests their lives exist, fictionally, on the edge of reality. The main characters, Alice and Mattia, are in a state of continual wonder both of the world that surrounds th
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Jul 29, 2010
Rosanna
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Bella e dolente storia; personaggi che catturano. Scrittura sicura e scorrevole, anche se forse poco partecipata. Un bel libro, anche se continuo a chiedermi...come ha fatto un esordiente a pubblicare con Mondadori??? E come mai tutto questo clamore, questa attenzione e questa "spinta" da parte della casa editrice? Ho letto bei libri appena usciti che non hanno avuto altrettanta fortuna mediatica...:)Uno su tutti il libro di De Silva...
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Jul 29, 2010
Jeane
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This book is written by the 26 years old Italian paolo Giordano, who won the premio strega with his first book this year. read it in two days and felt like I flew through it, didn't felt like putting it down and was constantly thinking to continue reading it. I had imagined or hoped it would end different but maybe that would have been too easy. Maybe better the way it did end...
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Jul 29, 2010
Stan
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This is a beauty! I found the style and feel very reminiscent of a lot of novels from the Netherlands and Scandinavia. Seemed a bit "un-Italian", but in a good, stimulating way. Clever story, and --apparently the title wasn't thought up by the author -- it's the greatest title ever. I highly recommend this book.
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Jul 29, 2010
Francisco
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Two extreme lives in the very edge of madness. Hard to believe, but real and scary, by the way...
A well-traced storyline, though there's a certain disconnection or just a not-so-well-explained evolution between the initial characters and the very ending ones: Mattia and Alice re-discovered themselves, but they -without a clue in the story- evolved in opposite directions.
Beautyfully written. It combines the hardest experiences with the eternal need for love and comfort. We More...
A well-traced storyline, though there's a certain disconnection or just a not-so-well-explained evolution between the initial characters and the very ending ones: Mattia and Alice re-discovered themselves, but they -without a clue in the story- evolved in opposite directions.
Beautyfully written. It combines the hardest experiences with the eternal need for love and comfort. We More...
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Jul 29, 2010
Betita
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Este é sem duvida um livro excelente!
Dois adolescentes cruzam-se a muito estranhamente dividem os seus segredos de uma forma bem estranha sem nunca se envolverem demasiado nos problemas um do outro, completam-se mas ao mesmo tempo afastam-se em todos os momentos cruciais.
Aborda temas bastante actuais, os quais às vezes se finge não ver por acharmos que só acontecem aos outros, o que faz com que às vezes haja demasiados "primos gémeos" por aí...
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Dois adolescentes cruzam-se a muito estranhamente dividem os seus segredos de uma forma bem estranha sem nunca se envolverem demasiado nos problemas um do outro, completam-se mas ao mesmo tempo afastam-se em todos os momentos cruciais.
Aborda temas bastante actuais, os quais às vezes se finge não ver por acharmos que só acontecem aos outros, o que faz com que às vezes haja demasiados "primos gémeos" por aí...
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Jul 29, 2010
Blanca
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A medida que iba avanzando la historia, no sabía si la historia me estaba encantando o irritando, con esos personajes cercanos al autismo, "tocados" por sus experiencias. Pero he de reconocer que la historia no solo engancha, sino que enamora. Me recordó mucho a una película de Julio Médem que se llama "Los amantes del círculo Polar", esa incapacidad de consumar el amor, el destino trágico y la indiferencia que despiden los caracteres (especialmente los masculinos). Es una no
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Nov 05, 2011
Alibiserver
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PRIME NUMBERS = Red String of Fate, Not Quite for this book...
I am about to finish the book as of this writing but one thing struck to me while turning the pages. It is simple, poignant, beautifully told, rightfully paced, and not too thick. The Solitude of Prime Numbers does not pride itself with thick, opaque language. Instead, its very simplicity captures its power, enraptures and makes us lick our index fingers and turn the pages, our literary appetites whetting for more.
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I am about to finish the book as of this writing but one thing struck to me while turning the pages. It is simple, poignant, beautifully told, rightfully paced, and not too thick. The Solitude of Prime Numbers does not pride itself with thick, opaque language. Instead, its very simplicity captures its power, enraptures and makes us lick our index fingers and turn the pages, our literary appetites whetting for more.
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Aug 19, 2009
Kitty-Wu
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Un libro con grandes pasajes, que se graban en la retina del lector. Suave, sedante... triste pero bonito al mismo tiempo. Parece que no pasa nada, pero lo lees encantada al mismo tiempo, me gusta mucho como describe las cosas Giordano. Sobre lo que nos marca para siempre. Sobre lo que no decimos, sobre lo que permanece.
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Apr 25, 2011
Kathy
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This was a an oddly stark book, melancholy in tone, but heartbreakingly beautiful. I often read to escape, to feel lighter, but The Solitude of Prime Numbers added weight to my heart, almost unbearably. Reading the stories of Alice and Mattia, the two damaged souls at the heart of this book, was a pleasure, but definitely not an escape. The translation from Italian is really flawless, I did not see one sentence that seemed awkward. I reading The Solitude of Prime Numbers last night, but I ha
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Aug 04, 2011
The author builds this story of two very broken people who deal with their harsh reality in a very wrong and twisted way. Then they meet for the first time and with their meeting comes the idea that somehow, probably in a weird and freaky way, those two crazies are going to get a happy ending. Maybe even together.
I loved the way this novel was written and the way every description of feelings and situations felt sharp and real. It felt like I'm really getting inside the minds and life of the two More...
I loved the way this novel was written and the way every description of feelings and situations felt sharp and real. It felt like I'm really getting inside the minds and life of the two More...
Jan 10, 2011
"avrebbe voluto dirle che le paginedei libri di scuola hanno tutte la stessa temperatura, che ti lasciano il tempo di scegliere, che non fanno mai male e che tu non puoi far loro del male"</p><p>"i numeri primi sono divisibili soltanto per 1 e per se stessi. se ne stanno al loro posto nell'infinita serie dei numeri naturali, schiacciati come tutti tra due, ma un passo in là rispetto agli altri. Sono numeri sospettosi e solitari e per questo meravigliosi.....anche a loro sarebbe pi
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Nov 14, 2010
Margherita Dolcevita
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Ma per vincere lo Strega è necessario scrivere romanzi che prevedano l'utilizzo di una spazzola grattamaroni?<br />A parte questa perspicace riflessione che è emersa praticamente subito, questo tanto strombazzato romanzo mi è piaciuto. Successo ingiustificato, chiaramente, comprensibile sì (la confezione, il titolo...), ma anche senza senso perchè il contenuto non merita tutto questo clamore. <br />Lo stile mi ha favorevolmente sorpreso, l'ho letto in un pomeriggio e inaspettatamente l'ho trovat
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Mar 20, 2009
Vanillabricot
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C'est un livre dont je ne savais pas trop qu'attendre.
A la lecture du topo, j'ai failli le refuser, incapable de m'y projeter.
J'ai pourtant accepté quand j'ai vu qu'il avait obtenu en Italie un grand succès et le prix Strega. Me battant contre mon côté snob lattant pas snob, je me dis que ce qui plait au plus grand nombre doit être appréciable, et que, s'il en plus il est primé, il ne doit pas être idiot!
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A la lecture du topo, j'ai failli le refuser, incapable de m'y projeter.
J'ai pourtant accepté quand j'ai vu qu'il avait obtenu en Italie un grand succès et le prix Strega. Me battant contre mon côté snob lattant pas snob, je me dis que ce qui plait au plus grand nombre doit être appréciable, et que, s'il en plus il est primé, il ne doit pas être idiot!
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Dec 23, 2011
Andy
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Ein tiefgründiges Buch über einen Jungen und ein Mädchen, die von Anfang an eigentlich füreinander bestimmt zu sein scheinen, deren Vergangenheit beide aber davor zurückhält, eine Beziehung zu wagen.
Der Vergleich zu den Primzahlen passt genial, weil man als Leser genau dieses Gefühl über das gesamte Buch hinweg bekommt. Die beiden scheinen wie Primzahlzwillinge (z.B. 5 und 7 oder 11 und 13): Allein und verloren. Nah beieinander und doch nicht nahe genug, um sich wirklich zu berühren.
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Der Vergleich zu den Primzahlen passt genial, weil man als Leser genau dieses Gefühl über das gesamte Buch hinweg bekommt. Die beiden scheinen wie Primzahlzwillinge (z.B. 5 und 7 oder 11 und 13): Allein und verloren. Nah beieinander und doch nicht nahe genug, um sich wirklich zu berühren.
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Nov 14, 2011
Keri
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The Solitude of Prime Numbers is a beautifully written story about two well drawn characters that are so broken by incidents in their childhood and later bond with each other. I couldn't help but wish, with as beautiful as Giordano's words are, that I could read this book in Italian - knowing that little nuances are lost in translation. Still, this book is powerful and moving, Giordano has a way with words and an understanding of the two different coping mechanisms of his protagonists.
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Nov 02, 2011
Христо
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Паоло Джордано се рови в “Самотата на простите числа” сред две души
http://www.knigolandia.info/2011/06/blog...
Два влака се носят в пространството. В тях пътници няма, не спират на гари, интересува ги само самостойното движение напред. Коловозите им ту се движат един до друг, ту се отдалечават безкрайно. Пълни са с горчилка, спомени, тежести. С два фатални дни, неостанали в миналото, а напомнящи непрестанно за себе си. В които Аличе получава тежка травма на пистата за ски, а М More...
http://www.knigolandia.info/2011/06/blog...
Два влака се носят в пространството. В тях пътници няма, не спират на гари, интересува ги само самостойното движение напред. Коловозите им ту се движат един до друг, ту се отдалечават безкрайно. Пълни са с горчилка, спомени, тежести. С два фатални дни, неостанали в миналото, а напомнящи непрестанно за себе си. В които Аличе получава тежка травма на пистата за ски, а М More...
Oct 27, 2011
Nadine
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This is a classic case of "more is less". It should have been a novella or short story; in fact, I wonder if that's originally what it was and the author simply fleshed the story out with minor details in order to fit the parameters of a novel. The framework is solid and the characters real enough, but there is a mountain of contrived detail in seemingly significant events which in my view is totally unnecessary. We establish very early on that Mattias' and Alice are damaged souls;
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Oct 28, 2011
Paula
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The is the Chatelaine magazine book club pick for next month and was a best seller in Italy where the author lives.
The author tries to compare lonely people with Prime Numbers, they can only be divided by themselves or by one. They don't really fit with another.
The two misfits in this story had childhood tragedies which supposedly affects their ability to interact with others. In my opinion the characters were psychologically flawed from the get go. Both were misfits before More...
The author tries to compare lonely people with Prime Numbers, they can only be divided by themselves or by one. They don't really fit with another.
The two misfits in this story had childhood tragedies which supposedly affects their ability to interact with others. In my opinion the characters were psychologically flawed from the get go. Both were misfits before More...
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Oct 04, 2011
Sikabarca
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"Hay ciertos números primos más especiales que el resto, llamados primos gemelos: son parejas de primos sucesivos, o mejor, casi sucesivos, ya que entre ellos siempre hay un par que les impide ir realmente unidos, como el 11 y el 13, el 17 y el 19, el 41 y el 43. Si se sigue contando, se descubre que dichas parejas aparecen cada vez con menos frecuencia. Lo que encontramos son números primos aislados, como perdidos en ese espacio silencioso y rítmico hecho de cifras, y uno tiene la angustio
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Sep 26, 2011
Katya
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The Solitude of Prime Numbers tells the stories of Alice and Mattia - two misfits who are both haunted by childhood tragedies. Alice, whose sports trauma has left her forever handicapped, becomes obsessed with being beautiful and loved, and becomes anorexic. Mattia, after abandoning his twin sister in the park, turns into a complete introvert and starts cutting himself. He's also mathematically gifted, and at some point figures he and Alice are like prime 'twins' - numbers like 17 and 19, or 41
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Aug 12, 2011
Janneke
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