Milan Girl
by K
About This Novel
Mimi, a boy from Naples who dreams of becoming a poet, looks out the window all day long - on the balcony of the opposite building, the "Milan girl" dances like a ballerina on a music box. As beautiful as a myth. For love, a little boy can accomplish extreme feats: engage in a "life and death duel" with his partners, and even abandon the dialect and speak Italian like a Milanese girl. Many years later, Mimi, who has entered college, meets her childhood friend again. Our narrator, the boy who once had a dream, must honestly face his memory and pursue the true identity of the Milan girl. Starnone pays homage to the "Divine Comedy" and tells us in a simple, direct, realistic and powerful way the moment when childhood ends: the moment when love is discovered, the moment when death is discovered, and the two are inseparable and pursue each other.
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