Reviews and Comments

A beautiful written book, and clearly a lot of research has gone into making it science based. I just found a little bit hard to wade through given that there is no real story, aside the intimate portrait of the astronauts - this is probably more a reflection of my reader skills instead of the author!

Not an easy ready at all, aside for the number of pages, for the type of Italian language of 1974 and some dialect thrown in. But a great book, with La Storia effect on ordinary poor people and also two dogs (especially Bella - turns out one of the main characters for me)

Beautiful book including the end about what we get from our parents and can leave to the next generation

Read in a couple of a session between other books. One my favourite italian authors and adds interesting bit in his life (in particular about the realization of the banality of the fascist/monarchy rhetoric to the end).

Interessante anche perche' Padova e' la citta' in cui sono cresciuto e lo ho letto mentre sono in citta' per motivi familiari. Ho letto recensioni con accuse di strafalcioni storici, ma controllando un po' a caso io non ne ho trovati. Forse la fine un po' troppo bella ma Teresa anche se un personaggio inventato se lo e' meritato tutto!

Not because the scenario is impossible or the issue not to be discussed, but I remember mostly sex scenes and misogynist attitude from the main character which seem to justify the end point. Probably did not get the irony,

Sono arrivato alla fine ma a stento. Sarà anche eccezionale come ambizione e uso del linguaggio ma non sono riuscito a trovare nessuno dei personaggi interessanti.

Quite good overview in particular for the initial phase of Fascismvon how it deals with different historical but not well known characters. I felt later years were covered very quickly. I learned a lot and agree with the epilogue about "silent majority" as a danger to all democracies

I stopped reading these after Hamas atrocities but just finished it quickly. A remarkable book bringing to light at least for me the flaws with the Oslo accord, parallels between today the 1982 war in Lebanon, etc...

Was easy to read - that's what I needed at this time, and enjoyed the characters and plot. A great author.

I struggled with this book. I loved The Road but many words were difficult maybe because English is not my first language. So much violence... Maybe human nature but ... definitely some description of landscape are beautiful!