Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe

A Novel

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English language

Published May 1, 2007 by RH Audio.

ISBN:
978-0-7393-4353-1
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Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe is a 1987 novel by Fannie Flagg. It weaves together the past and the present through the blossoming friendship between Evelyn Couch, a middle-aged housewife, and Ninny Threadgoode, an elderly woman who lives in a nursing home. Every week Evelyn visits Ninny, who tells her stories about her youth in Whistle Stop, Alabama where her sister-in-law, Idgie, and her friend, Ruth, ran a café. These stories, along with Ninny's friendship, enable Evelyn to begin a new, satisfying life while allowing the people and stories of Ninny's youth to live on. The book, which was made into a 1991 film, explores themes of family, aging, lesbianism, and the dehumanizing effects of racism on both blacks and whites.

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Pomodori verdi fritti al caffè di Whistle Stop

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Che succede quando si incontrano una donna alla fine della vita ma che ha goduto appieno del suo tempo e una donna bloccata in una routine che le fa vedere tutto nero? Succede che ci si ritrova a fare un viaggio nostalgico nel passato e a muovere i primi passi in un futuro che sembra la barzelletta di un pessimo comico tanto sembra improbabile.

Pomodori verdi fritti al caffè di Whistle Stop è la storia di un mondo dove volersi bene e supportarsi a vicenda al di là di ogni differenza era normale e di come la trasmissione di quel diverso modo di essere possa far del bene a chi ha smarrito la strada e non sa bene come andare avanti con la sua vita.

Evelyn ha fatto tutto quello che chi ci sarebbe aspettatə da una donna: ha rispettato il manuale alla lettera. Eppure, a quarantotto anni, non si …

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So, I still teared up a little. but mostly I wished there had been more about Idgie and Ruth. I found the non-linear storytelling to be a bit distracting, and Evelyn wasn't interesting until the last 50 pages or so. But Idgie and Ruth and all their loved ones were fascinating. Also, the lack of treatment Ruth's death received was just rude. She and Idgie both deserved more than that. the ending didn't offer much closure, and posed more questions. This is one instance where the movie might be more satisfying.

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