17oo In the first half of the young Countess Paola Pietra is confined against his will in the Monastery of Saint Radegund in Milan, for taxation of his illustrious family. In the monastery, intuition and expertise of Sister Rosalba, a nun with a passion for music, Paul found to possess a powerful contralto voice. From that moment on, the music becomes the only reason for her to survive the pain of a forced seclusion. Paola shows off his voice and sing during mass at one of these assists, one day, a British diplomat, Sir John Breval that, on a mission to the Archduke of Austria. Sir John is haunted by the song of the young nun who, by a strange quirk of fate, unable to meet. The love between the two is immediate and will escape from her convent and a long journey that takes them from London in England, through a sea full of pitfalls ... The secret note is a novel of love and adventure, where intrigue and plot twists abound. But it is also a historical novel since Stone Paola really existed. And it is his figure, extraordinarily relevant, to fascinate the most. Jane is a girl that life circumstances have made it mature and taciturn, communicate more with her eyes than with words, but has a great inner strength that the door to face every obstacle with courage and coolness, to live and love freely .
John, he of whom falls in love with Paola, is several years older than her. England has a wife and two children and with them lead a happy and peaceful life. It 's a fine man, dutiful, from the classic British aplomb. The Milanese Countess enters his life as a storm overturns his feelings, drags him into an uncontrollable passion of the ocean and settles with arrogance in his heart never to leave again. Thanks to this unexpected love, Sir John is able to free himself from the cloistered life of a flat and only seems happy. He understands that true love is a 'else and gives to his beloved with all his heart.
Also interesting is the picture that emerges of the music, the secret protagonist of the novel, here understood as a weapon of seduction, but also as a means to get closer to God, and as a tool of freedom.
Writing Marta Morazzoni is elegant and original. As in the great novels nineteenth century, the narrator talks to the reader explaining the reasons for the different changes of scene with him and sharing opinions and comments. The descriptions are reduced to a minimum and leave little to the imagination of the reader, the attention is focused on the protagonists and their stories while the outlines of the story are left to their marginal role, thereby relieving the player to run into unnecessary and tedious extensions. Perhaps the most romantic people criticize the ending a bit 'speeded up and a little "novel" but ... okay! The secret note
is a delicate story that caresses the reader, like sweet music in the wind.
Morazzoni Marta was born in Milan in 1950 and lives in Gallarate where he teaches Literature in high school. She graduated in Philosophy at the University of Milan, where he was student Remo Cantoni. She is passionate about cinema and theater, theater criticism has treated headings in specialized journals. One of his first book, The Girl with a Pearl Earring , scored a big hit with critics and audiences and has been translated into nine languages. In 1997 he won the Campiello Prize for her novel The Case Courrier which was awarded to Great Britain, the Independent Foreign Fiction Award 2001. Most of his novels were published by Longanesi.
RATING: 4 / 5
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Title: The secret note
Author: Marta Morazzoni
Publisher : Longanesi (The necklace Gaja Science)
Year: 2010
Year: 2010