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Gente #3
Gente: The People of Ristorante Paradiso, Vol. 3
Go Home with a Handsome Italian Waiter
Buona sera! Welcome to Casetta dell’Orso, a quaint little restaurant in the heart of Rome. The food’s delicious, but the handsome staff of bespectacled gentlemen is the real draw. Follow these dashing men home and witness their romances, heartaches, hopes and dreams in this delightfully whimsical continuation of Natsume Ono’s beloved Ristorante Paradiso .
For the final course of Gente, a senator pondering a political maneuver arrives at an unexpected conclusion over a delicious meal at Casetta dell'Orso. A notorious playboy finds himself enthralled by the sophisticated Savina, a Cassetta regular. Lorenzo finally reaches the point in life where he needs glasses, and silent Gigi accepts an invitation from a young lady. Enjoy the dolce conclusion to this charming story.
Buona sera! Welcome to Casetta dell’Orso, a quaint little restaurant in the heart of Rome. The food’s delicious, but the handsome staff of bespectacled gentlemen is the real draw. Follow these dashing men home and witness their romances, heartaches, hopes and dreams in this delightfully whimsical continuation of Natsume Ono’s beloved Ristorante Paradiso .
For the final course of Gente, a senator pondering a political maneuver arrives at an unexpected conclusion over a delicious meal at Casetta dell'Orso. A notorious playboy finds himself enthralled by the sophisticated Savina, a Cassetta regular. Lorenzo finally reaches the point in life where he needs glasses, and silent Gigi accepts an invitation from a young lady. Enjoy the dolce conclusion to this charming story.
168 pages, Paperback
First published May 17, 2011
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About the author
Natsume Ono
99 books106 followersNatsume Ono (Japanese name: オノ・ナツメ) made her professional debut in 2003 with the webcomic La Quinta Camera. Her subsequent works not simple, Ristorante Paradiso, and Gente (a continuation of Ristorante Paradiso) met with both critical and popular acclaim. In 2009 Ristorante Paradiso was adapted into a TV anime series. Her current series House of Five Leaves (Saraiya Goyou), also adapted into a TV anime series in 2010, is running in IKKI magazine.
(http://www.sigikki.com/creators/natsu...)
She also writes BL under the pen name of basso.
(http://www.sigikki.com/creators/natsu...)
She also writes BL under the pen name of basso.
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Displaying 1 - 4 of 5 reviews
August 18, 2024
Vol. 1 ★★★☆☆
Vol. 2 ★★★★☆
I'm surprised this volume doesn't have a cast list like the others. It's been a while since I read Vol. 2, so it would've been helpful. I bounced off Signore Rizzo and Luciano's story; I find it confusing and hard to follow. Other than that, I enjoy everything else, particularly the ones about the politician and Gigi. All in all, this is a pleasant series and a good place to start with Natsume Ono's work.
Vol. 2 ★★★★☆
I'm surprised this volume doesn't have a cast list like the others. It's been a while since I read Vol. 2, so it would've been helpful. I bounced off Signore Rizzo and Luciano's story; I find it confusing and hard to follow. Other than that, I enjoy everything else, particularly the ones about the politician and Gigi. All in all, this is a pleasant series and a good place to start with Natsume Ono's work.
December 19, 2022
This is my favorite volume of the 3. Gigi has been a character that I particularly love and his story in this volume had me tearing up a bit. The overall story of 'Gente' works well having read 'Ristorante Paradiso' since I get to know each of the characters on a personal level.
November 9, 2021
3.5 stars
August 21, 2011
Gente 3 - the last collection of stories about the people introduced in Ristorante Paradiso - or just about the Casetta dell'Orso itself. The first story is for once NOT about the restaurant as such, but an elderly Italian politician and his indecisiveness. It ends with a cute twist ^^ (it starts with one, too, since he has his fortune foretold by his granddaughter every day).
The next story jumps with both feet into the depth of the camiere's life though, when we get the contrast of Signore and Signora Rizzo's "free-love" marriage and Luciano, the solitary widower as the basis of the story. The person contrasting them in her mind is Nicolletta. Things come to a climax about the affections of the violin teacher who taught Luciano's daughter and made advances on him before. The background motives and self-image of the persons involved is what this makes an amazing tour de force of drama and resolution in the usual quiet Ono way.
What I ESPECIALLY like about this volume is the chapter about Olga's current husband Lorenzo, whom we so rarely saw except as a benign entity only in the background (apart from his part in Gigi's story of course). He's getting glasses ^^ and Ono uses the occasion to reflect on family and heritage and chosen family.
And it ends with a focus on Gigi, who sacrifices quite a bit for his family in a quiet way, not just when he defied his father. Meeting and talking to a strange little girl at his father's grave helps to show us (because Gigi always new even when he doesn't articulate it) what he feels about his chosen family, but also that there are places that he won't let the others quite reach.
The next story jumps with both feet into the depth of the camiere's life though, when we get the contrast of Signore and Signora Rizzo's "free-love" marriage and Luciano, the solitary widower as the basis of the story. The person contrasting them in her mind is Nicolletta. Things come to a climax about the affections of the violin teacher who taught Luciano's daughter and made advances on him before. The background motives and self-image of the persons involved is what this makes an amazing tour de force of drama and resolution in the usual quiet Ono way.
What I ESPECIALLY like about this volume is the chapter about Olga's current husband Lorenzo, whom we so rarely saw except as a benign entity only in the background (apart from his part in Gigi's story of course). He's getting glasses ^^ and Ono uses the occasion to reflect on family and heritage and chosen family.
And it ends with a focus on Gigi, who sacrifices quite a bit for his family in a quiet way, not just when he defied his father. Meeting and talking to a strange little girl at his father's grave helps to show us (because Gigi always new even when he doesn't articulate it) what he feels about his chosen family, but also that there are places that he won't let the others quite reach.
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