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Francesco Dimitri
Ciao! Non per ora, ma in un futuro non remotissimo, chissà...
Francesco Dimitri
Hi there! Sorry it took a while, but for some reason Goodreads didn't notify me with your question... and thank you so, so much for your kind words. I do my best to write about stuff I don't find elsewhere :)
The next novel is coming out... at some point, in not too long, I hope. I am still writing it and it is quite an ambitious story, so, it will take a while. But I am on it full time!
The next novel is coming out... at some point, in not too long, I hope. I am still writing it and it is quite an ambitious story, so, it will take a while. But I am on it full time!
Francesco Dimitri
L'unica risposta onesta che posso dare al momento è - si vedrà... :)
Francesco Dimitri
If you like nonfiction too, I could suggest That Sense of Wonder, a book on how to reconnect with wonder as grown ups... or, if you read only fiction, my next book in English will come at some point!
Francesco Dimitri
Hi Diana,
it's an important question. To be honest, I am not sure I agree with your reading of the story. In a book told from the POV of three ineffectual, immature, men, some of the female characters are the people who have it together; the ones who act as grown-ups. Anna, Elena, even Concetta, are all way more mature than 'the boys'.
Only one female character is mad - but she is not mad in any nice, funny way; she is a troubled person who deserves far more respect and compassion than she receives. She is a victim, yes; but, to make one example, Fabio's father, old, lonely, and with dementia, is as much of a victim as she is, and he is male.
Besides, when you say that some characters are 'morally loose', you are defining your own moral values rather than theirs. Though I have the utmost respect for your morals, I guess we can agree that morals are rarely absolute; what looks morally loose to you might seem just about right to me (and to my wife, a firm, active feminist, who read the book carefully and helped me with it).
Then again, no story is everybody's jam; and if mine made you feel belittled, I hope what you read next, whatever that might be, will make you feel twice powerful :)
it's an important question. To be honest, I am not sure I agree with your reading of the story. In a book told from the POV of three ineffectual, immature, men, some of the female characters are the people who have it together; the ones who act as grown-ups. Anna, Elena, even Concetta, are all way more mature than 'the boys'.
Only one female character is mad - but she is not mad in any nice, funny way; she is a troubled person who deserves far more respect and compassion than she receives. She is a victim, yes; but, to make one example, Fabio's father, old, lonely, and with dementia, is as much of a victim as she is, and he is male.
Besides, when you say that some characters are 'morally loose', you are defining your own moral values rather than theirs. Though I have the utmost respect for your morals, I guess we can agree that morals are rarely absolute; what looks morally loose to you might seem just about right to me (and to my wife, a firm, active feminist, who read the book carefully and helped me with it).
Then again, no story is everybody's jam; and if mine made you feel belittled, I hope what you read next, whatever that might be, will make you feel twice powerful :)
Francesco Dimitri
Ciao! In inverno esce un libro di nonfiction sul sense of wonder - That Sense of Wonder. E per le traduzioni italiane... non posso dire niente, per ora, ma abbi fiducia :)
Francesco Dimitri
Hi Edera! I learnt by reading, writing, and engaging with real people in the real world, mostly. And I am not sure about my style per se, but definitely my psychology changes when I change language - I am a slightly different person when I think in Italian than I am when I think in English...
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