Dicembre 1959. Nato da famiglia povera; Elia; un bambino di 5 anni; srsquo;interroga sul proprio mondo e su seacute; stesso. Rientrando una notte; Eugenio Russello; architetto disoccupato; trova la moglie; che lrsquo;attende da ore. Ne segue una scenata. Colpito mentre gioca; un amico di Elia rischia di perdere un occhio. Un poliziotto viene ferito durante una rapina in banca. La vita di Angelo Salvio; giovane universitario; egrave; segnata dal suo handicap: zoppica. Una sera di capodanno Angelo incontra la diciassettenne Chiara Argento; e se ne innamora. Ognrsquo;uno di questi personaggi ha una sua storia; ognuno segue vie diverse ma; in un modo o nellrsquo;altro; le loro strade finiranno inevitabilmente per incrociarsi. Le tempeste della vita arriveranno. Che ne saragrave; di loro? Libera me Domine! Egrave; lrsquo;invocazione di Elia; ma egrave; lrsquo;umanitagrave; intera che grida a Dio: Liberaci Signore! Un testo emozionante; appassionante; pieno di suspense e di stravolgimenti.
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. A look behind the scenesBy CustomerThe Barnes Museum was frought with many challenges. This book goes into detail of all the people who egos and political hunger got in the way of celebrating; promoting and protecting the art. It was sad to see the seaming corruption in my home town so clearly presented. The author did a lot of home work. He worked hard to be a respectful finger pointer.The new museum which has a much more accessible location Ihas all of the problems of the original location in terms of standing back to look at the art. The rooms are small; the guests are plentiful and you cant step far enough back to fully take in the work. The new museum on the Parkway is a contemporary building with the old Barnes house architecturally rebuilt within it. It would have been interesting to the general public to learn more about the dynamics behind that.I also kept expecting to hear from the author with more strength state that the public; the investors and the judges if I remember correctly were fed up with all the ongoing expensive litigation that seemed so constant in its old location under the control of the Lincoln College.This book was definitely an interning read. I would recommend it.19 of 20 people found the following review helpful. Race; politics and art do not make a good mixBy John E. DruryBehind most great art collections are fools; poseurs and heroes. The emergence of Van Gogh; as the genius he was; depended on his courageous sister-in-law who took his paintings back home to Holland; protected them and marketed his genius. Gifts to a the National Gallery of Art and the Yale Center for British Art arose through the generosity of Andrew and Paul Mellon as detailed in David Cannadines biography "Mellon." Calvin Tomkins; and others; have written well about the Metropolitan Museum of Art and its benefactors. Then; there are the fools and poseurs in John Andersons excoriating expose "Art Held Hostage" which details the breach of trust to the Barnes Collection by the leaders of Lincoln University outside of Philadelphia. Add in the stench of Pennsylvania politics; the toxic brew of race and out comes a tragicomedy; a farce; until the adults mercifully remove the fabled collection from the kids sandbox on Latches Lane in Lower Merion Township to Philadelphia where maturity reigns. Anderson does an admirable and thorough job in this short critique by holding the story line together amidst a welter of names; characters; quotes and counter-quotes and bizarre events occurring over a decade of tomfoolery committed by the stewards of Lincoln University. Paging through the exquisite catalogue accompanying the 1993 multi city international tour of the French Impressionists; it is so obvious that Lincoln University; bequeathed one of the great art treasures by the eccentric Albert Barnes; utterly failed in its responsibility to art; to its place as an educational institution of higher learning and to posterity. Andersons book should be the starting point for the soon to be released movie called "The Art of the Steal;" whose title in and of itself hints on which side of the debate it comes down upon.0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Exactly as describedBy CustomerI heard about Art Held Hostage on a radio talk show and had to head straight to to get it.I was fortunate to get to see the Barnes Collection when it came to Fort Worth years ago and to read of the real history of the collection was like completing the full circle of knowledge.I have read another book of some art collections but this one really stands above others; being specifically of a collection I really enjoy.The background maneuvering to build the collection was interesting and obtaining the various pieces of art makes for an intriguing read