Three friends in Milan, Chip, Accio and Spider, will meet at the funeral of their dear friend, Phaedrus, who died in a freak accident while he was in Africa, alone, in motion. Gia ', the bike, specifically the Harley Davidson, was what' that had cemented the friendship of the quartet, in many years of travel, before each take different paths - and less carefree. And there 'in front of the coffin, take crazy idea: to start again, together and without hesitation, leaving everything for a bit' behind, to bring the ashes of his friend in the place he loved most, '"in fund "to the Algerian Sahara. The result is a unique journey, full of memories, stories, encounters and battles, loves, adventures and misadventures. A journey that will change 'the three friends and the end of which the bike, the Harley, so' unfit to cross the desert, becomes a symbol of freedom 'and regained the desire to dream, even when it seems unreasonable.
(Roberto Parodi, TEA editions)
My rating: and 'the second book I read Roberto Parodi, and this time it' try, cleverly, in a novel. And it 's just like "novel" that, in my view, must be read and interpreted to appreciate it fully. A kind of literary entertainment, with some deep reflection and intelligent but also with some exaggeration that we willingly accept the knowledge that are part of the issue of "literary" work. The "fun", in fact. This' not 'cause the topics addressed, especially the friendship (and love of adventure but also for the Harley Davidson), are not important, but because' whether certain utterances were taken far too "literally" may give the book a tone, at times, a bit 'too "emphatic". However, I gladly read over 300 pages of Chip. A nch'io are sensitive to certain issues addressed by the author, and then, thanks for reading, I came back for a while to walk the streets, the dunes and the mountains of Algeria, a country where I lived for four years in the early 90s. Of course, at that time I did not dream of turning on a Harley Davidson, but also my shabby Renault 4 (red), and in some places, he did his dirty picture.
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