Incipit:
"Now, with the first words that gave her, wanted to let you know that do not intend to compromise in a relationship too seriously. He talked about that very nearly so: - I love you very much and wish for your sake you agree to move us very cautious. - The word was so cautious that it was difficult to believe that for the sake of others, and a little 'more honest would have to play like this: - I like a lot, but in my life you can not ever be more important than a toy. I have other duties, my career, my family, "
Characters:
Henry Brentani : the protagonist, would want to live a simple adventure with Angie, thinking rationally control the story and, instead, he is deceiving others and, above all, himself. His is a story of lies and self delusions. And 'he' s "murderess" Amelia's sister?
Angiolina : a simple girl who tells lies, but in the end, it also seems the most authentic character in the sense that at least does not deceive herself. It 's always seen through the eyes of others or the friend of Henry or Stephen or others who report what he does. E 'Henry wants to see that different from what is and "build" and that in the end becomes a perfect symbol: Angie, in reality, life, youth, freedom that Henry would have, without success, because never is willing to stake his monotonous white-collar life.
Amelia: the sister of Henry, a "strangled life", "born gray, unwittingly involved in the affair of his brother, who neglects his adventure to live with Angie. She also lives a kind of "adventure" imaginary, during the delirium of illness when she imagines her marriage to Stephen, a friend of the sculptor Henry. A walk with Stephen and his brother is the only time life of this character, who dies tragically, bringing with him the secret that is the cause of the disease.
Stefano Baldi : the artist a bit 'failed, a friend of Henry: But is it really a friend? O prevails in him the desire to dominate, to excel, like when going out in company with Emilio, Angie and Julia, wants to show his strength, his ability to dominate women, humiliating Henry appears, however, weak and inept .
The word "incompetence" to life is one that best expresses the character of the characters and featuring the novel: not so much ineptitude as an inability to confront and overcome tragic events, but simply as an inability to express their feelings in an authentic manner and to oppose the mysterious force that seems to force them to live in lies and deception in the car (shown here a clear reference to the "will" of Schopenhauer).
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