Dont Move
Non ti muovere is a first-person novel in which a successful surgeon confesses past affairs and wrongs after a life-changing event, unfolding a deeply psychological exploration of love, guilt, self-deception, and redemption. By probing the characters' inner lives, it examines the fragility of human relationships and the possibility of forgiveness.
Work Information
A successful surgeon looks back on his past and confronts guilt, desire, and the possibility of forgiveness.
Non ti muovere is a first-person novel in which a successful surgeon confesses past affairs and wrongs after a life-changing event, unfolding a deeply psychological exploration of love, guilt, self-deception, and redemption.
Book Information
- Publisher
- Chatto & Windus
- Published
- 2004-06-03
- Pages
- 272 pages
- Language
- 英語
- Size
- 14.3 x 2.3 x 22.3 cm
- ISBN-13
- 9780701176778
- ISBN-10
- 0701176776
- Price
- 1158 JPY
- Category
- 洋書/Literature & Fiction/Literary
Timoteo: career as a brain surgeon, beautiful, clever wife, luxurious Roman apartment, villa by the sea. He seems the epitome of success and glamour. But then his daughter falls off her scooter. A colleague operates on her head injuries and, while the agonised Timoteo awaits the outcome, he holds the reader in the vice-like grip of his confession. For, beneath the veneer of his apparently charmed life, there is a story of squalor, degradation, deceit and strange passion. The story of a doomed affair with a woman from a working-class suburb of Rome who, from the moment he gives into instinct and rapes her, to the end of their relationship when she lies under his knife, undermines everything he ever thought he knew about himself. Mazzantini's mesmerising portrait of a supremely controlled man losing control is set to be the most gripping book of 2004. Highly atmospheric, subtly disturbing, it keeps you on the edge of your seat throughout. In the end, the suspense of wondering whether Timoteo's daughter will live is overtaken by the question of deciding just how much pity her guilty father deserves.
Margaret Mazzantini was born in Dublin and now lives in Rome. She trained as an actress but left the stage to concentrate on writing. Don't Move is her second novel and won the prestigious Strega Prize. She has three children and is married to the actor Sergio Castelitto, who will star, alongside Penelope Cruz, in the forthcoming film of the book.
Reviews
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One of the best books I've ever read. Honest, raw and touching testimony of a love that ruined both Timoteo and Italia, even though I couldn't help but "blame" Timoteo for the tragic outcome. A classic male figure torn between his inclination for comfort and security and his desire to live, love and be loved. He lived to experience the outcome of his decisions and the tremendous loss there with, unlike Italia who paid for her love with her own life. Had me thinking about it for days and as to who of the two suffered the most. Definitely worth reading. I watched the movie over a decade ago and it also had the same touching effect on me.
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I loved this book and the style of writing. I thought it beautifully painful and sad.
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I won't describe the plot because thats already been done, but I would just urge anyone that likes character driven, beautifully written, deep subtext that makes you think and feel and question, that is also a real page turner that will hold you in its grip, and that you cannot fail to attach to emotionally, to READ THIS BOOK! It's one of my absolute all time favourites.
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I first came across this material via the film version acted by Sergio Castelleone (Mazzantini's parnter) and Penelope Cruz. I was mesmerized by the story about a surgeon who takes on a lover--and has serious repercussions because of it. He knows he has to stay with his life and yet he doesn't know how to give up what he has on the side. The film has both Spanish and Italian versions. The novel version is even more gripping. It shows the thought process of the surgeon gone wrong in lyrical, haunting paragraphs. The book is an outstanding literary novel. My students were gripped by it even though they hated the character of the doctor and were ready to punish him themselves. I look forward to reading Mazzantini's future work.
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Very Gripping story about one's search for the meaning of life and adulthood. What is amazing is the capacity of the author to impersonate a man and she does it quite well. The story is well layed out although the ending is a little rushed.