Per questo mi chiamo Giovanni

Paperback, 154 pages

Italian language

Published March 20, 2012 by Biblioteca Universale Rizzoli.

4 stars (2 reviews)

Giovanni is a child from Palermo. For his tenth birthday, his father gives him a special day, to spend together, to explain to him why, of all the possible names, Giovanni was chosen for him. Stage after stage, as the story comes to life, father and son explore Palermo, and the story of Giovanni Falcone, recalled in his key moments, is intertwined with the present of a city struggling to change. Giovanni discovers that his father doesn't talk about abstract things: the mafia is also present at school, in the small bullying of classmates, and it is an enemy to be fought immediately, without waiting to grow up. Even if he asks you to make choices and suffer the consequences. With a preface by Maria Falcone and an interview with the author.

3 editions

Subjects

  • Biography
  • Mafia
  • Juvenile non fiction