Un romanzo che comincia nei salotti bene; tra le pieghe di un universo femminile fatto di apparenze e sogni inconfessabili; e si spinge fino ai paradisi esotici dei Caraibi; in un crescendo di tensione; erotismo; inganni.ldquo;E partirono; a passo di carica; come tre bersaglieri. Rita e Susanna allrsquo;esterno; Gabriella in mezzo che arrancava percheacute;; essendo di gamba piugrave; corta; doveva fare tre passi mentre le altre ne facevano due.Tutti si voltavano a guardarle mentre incedevano leggermente sbronze e molto orgogliose. Rita della sua eleganza. Gabriella delle sue tette. Susanna del suo cosiddetto.rdquo;Quando tre amiche di vecchia data si incontrano per caso; la complicitagrave; ritorna a galla in un istante; incurante del tempo e dei capricci della vita.Sullo sfondo di una vacanza cominciata come un gioco; una crociera scintillante dove egrave; tutto perfetto; Rita; Gabriella e Susanna ritrovano emozioni che credevano perdute per sempre. Tra chiacchiere; serate di gala; bagni al sole e... Lui; Brian Howard; affascinante e misterioso scrittore che entra con il suo potente magnetismo nelle loro vite.Fino a quando il gioco non si tinge di sangue.
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Art was the vehicle that turned accounting into poetryBy Janet ChennaultInteresting for the amateur but detailed enough for the critical thinker; Bessarat tells the story of how the need to ensure the persistence of your name; and therefore soul; provided a transition from words recording economic transactions to words being a means of expression.7 of 7 people found the following review helpful. How Writing Interacted with Early ArtBy Robert LeblingThe author of this book is internationally recognized as the discoverer of the origin of writing. Her research found that farmers in Mesopotamia almost ten thousand years ago developed a token system to keep track of sheep and other livestock; and this form of early accounting evolved into cuneiform writing.Schmandt-Besserat has now taken on early art; or visual imagery; and its interaction with writing. She argues that historically this was a two-way process.The first major interaction was in about 3500 BC; when writing caused fundamental changes in Near Eastern art - specifically in the way designs were organized. Examining pottery imagery; wall paintings; seals and stone reliefs; she shows how writing techniques were applied to Mesopotamian art; rendering it linear and creating a sequential story. As she says; "By borrowing strategies of writing; art increased its capacity to communicate information and thus became narrative."The second period of interaction occurred in about 2700-2600 BC. Schmandt-Besserat cites three well-known art objects - the gold bowl of Meskalamdug; the statue of Nani and the stele of Hammurabi - to show how three individuals placed their written names on artistic creations to assure their own immortality. This new interaction of text and art was a fresh rendition of an ancient tradition: the ritual uttering of ones name to the gods; which was required to assure ones survival in the underworld.The author sets forth her argument persuasively and concisely in little more than 100 pages; well illustrated with the artwork and texts.Schmandt-Besserats findings matter to us today because; as she puts it; the West is heir to the ancient Mesopotamian tradition; and the interface of writing and art that she describes still resonates in how we communicate today.