Naked and raw
of Alan Bennett
of Alan Bennett
Translated by Giulia Arborio Mella
and Claudia Valeria Letizia
Adelphi - 2001
and Claudia Valeria Letizia
Adelphi - 2001
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A married couple returning home discovers that he was robbed of everything, even the pants are remained. All gone, from toilet paper to toothpaste. What to do? What thoughts and inner urges are set in motion in such circumstances?
Twists and raw truth alternate with fresh emotions and defense mechanisms in the monotonous daily life of the couple, who seemed to be permanently hidden in a hole before the theft impose much to him as her a complete renewal of themselves .
The contents of the apartment, a few months later, in a surprising way back to the owners ... but now their life is no longer the same.
Irony and perseverance are the weapons with which to defend the two, until the end. Reserve the last page a couple of twists.
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A couple of weeks after the theft (all dated from now), stretched on the bean bag in front of the electric fireplace, Mrs. Ransome contemplated dècolletè now rather scuffed shoes, thinking of the next move. When someone died, they said, was the same: many things to attend to at the beginning, then nothing.
Yet, continuing his reflections before the sink, it seemed so abrupt that a separation from his worldly goods would entail some benefits, benefits that might not have dared to define spiritual but with more ease, they could be included in the category of "Salutary lesson". In his view, the fact that they almost literally pulled away the carpet from under the feet had to help stimulate thoughts on how he had lived since then [...] found not to be unhappy, it was said that this situation was more authentic and that from now on would have given up on the surplus (of course, subject to certain comfort).
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Twists and raw truth alternate with fresh emotions and defense mechanisms in the monotonous daily life of the couple, who seemed to be permanently hidden in a hole before the theft impose much to him as her a complete renewal of themselves .
The contents of the apartment, a few months later, in a surprising way back to the owners ... but now their life is no longer the same.
Irony and perseverance are the weapons with which to defend the two, until the end. Reserve the last page a couple of twists.
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A couple of weeks after the theft (all dated from now), stretched on the bean bag in front of the electric fireplace, Mrs. Ransome contemplated dècolletè now rather scuffed shoes, thinking of the next move. When someone died, they said, was the same: many things to attend to at the beginning, then nothing.
Yet, continuing his reflections before the sink, it seemed so abrupt that a separation from his worldly goods would entail some benefits, benefits that might not have dared to define spiritual but with more ease, they could be included in the category of "Salutary lesson". In his view, the fact that they almost literally pulled away the carpet from under the feet had to help stimulate thoughts on how he had lived since then [...] found not to be unhappy, it was said that this situation was more authentic and that from now on would have given up on the surplus (of course, subject to certain comfort).
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