00:00Three bricks that aren't really bricks. Oh God, they are a little bit, because they are bricks after all.
00:04But let's say that in my opinion they are worth reading and I tell you that when you see a book you want
00:08read and has over 500 pages...
00:10Clara.
00:12Americana by Cimamanda Ngozi Adice.
00:14It talks about immigration and racism without great theoretical discourses, but showing all those small dynamics that often go unnoticed because
00:21we have internalized them by now.
00:22It also talks about what it means to leave your country, to cancel your identity to adapt to the new
00:27and once back home feeling torn between two worlds without truly belonging to either.
00:33It's one of those books that, despite its softness, really draws you in page after page.
00:37The second brick I propose to you is The loneliness of Sonia and Sanni.
00:40It goes without saying that this writer deserves to be read because she has a wonderful writing style, capable of describing landscapes in
00:46extremely vivid and suggestive manner.
00:49I assure you that you will feel like you are there with the characters in the story, you can smell the smells, the tastes, anything
00:54What.
00:54It tells the story of two people divided between India and the West, between past and future, between the desire to leave and
01:00the need to belong to a place.
01:02It's not a book that focuses entirely on the plot but rather on the journey.
01:05Through memorable characters, it traverses huge themes such as colonialism, globalization, identity, art and trauma.
01:13There are strange, almost surreal moments that sometimes call into question what you think you know about reality.
01:18It certainly requires patience but it rewards with complex characters and elegant writing.
01:23Finally, the existential brick par excellence is the solenoid.
01:28Whoever reads this book will surely find a piece of themselves inside.
01:32It's a complex story, sometimes a bit difficult, that takes us between dream, memory, and reality.
01:37Difficult to summarize because it's not a plot but more of an experience.
01:41It is one of those books that opens your eyes to existential questions that will forever change the way you
01:45you see them.
01:46The writing is peculiar and very refined and it is really an all-encompassing experience because once you have read this book you will definitely
01:53You will have many questions and perhaps you will not be able to find the answers.
01:58But you will know that something inside you has changed.
02:00These are very big books so the intensity is not always the same and above all there are more interesting parts.
02:06and others less so.
02:07But I think they're really worth reading because they offer an incredible experience and certainly leave a lot to think about.
