Chi come me (Le perline)

by Roy Chen, Shulim Vogelmann (translator)

Nel reparto giovanile di un centro di salute mentale di Tel Aviv, cinque adolescenti partecipano alle lezioni teatrali di Naamà, la giovane insegnante che il dott. Yoresh, il direttore dell’Istituto, ha voluto con sé per aiutare i ragazzi nel percorso terapeutico. Giorno dopo giorno, il potere del teatro e la gioia dello stare insieme riusciranno a incrinare le corazze forgiate negli anni da traumi e paure, e a far emergere quanto di autentico e vitale giace in fondo al cuore.Frutto di un’esperienza reale dell’autore, Chi come me è un racconto di vite, famiglie e appartenenze diverse, ma è soprattutto un viaggio in compagnia di cinque indimenticabili ragazzi, ora intrattabili e ribelli, ora improvvisamente fragili e amabili, che insieme troveranno la forza di guardare dritto negli occhi il dolore e, forse, sorridergli.

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Published January 11, 2024

About the author

Roy Chen is a writer, playwright and translator.

Born in 1980 in Tel-Aviv, Israel, where he lives with his wife and son.

His father’s side of the family came to the holy land after the expulsion from Spain, about 520 years ago. His mother’s parents came from Morocco in the end of the 1940s.

Roy is an autodidact, and as such he is always in a process of learning. He studied languages: English, Russian, French and Italian and translated classic Russian fiction (Pushkin, Dostoevsky, Chekov etc.) and over 40 theatre plays.

Since 2007 he is the in-house dramaturge of Gesher theatre in Tel-Aviv, where his plays, translations and adaptations are produced. Performances based on Chen’s plays are travelling the world with Gesher Theatre (NYC, Moscow, Beijing etc).

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Roy Chen is the recipient of many awards including:

Rosenblum Performing Arts Award by the city of Tel Aviv (2022)

The Prime Minister's Prize for Hebrew Literary Works (2022)

Yitzhak Navon Ministry of Culture and Sports Award for the Preservation and Cultivation of Israeli Cultures. (2017)

Reviews

[gallizio · Rating 4 out of 5]

Macchine come me

[Noemi · Rating 5 out of 5]

Un piccolo gioiello!