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LULELA, the book

Lui, Lei, L'altro (He, She, the Other). The text of the show, with a preface by Koen Haagdorens.

The book LULELA, Lui, Lei, L'altro, published by Albatros

Press

"There is a distinctive feature in Gabriele di Franco's pages and it is the pleasant feeling of being able to bring a story to life with 'tailor-made' folds almost like a tailor-made suit. A decidedly unconventional book for those who want a truly different reading experience."

Chiara, Libriamociblog.it

"Gabriele di Franco's writing is fluent, clear, even if it takes us into many thought circles, understandable and shareable. This book is like that: thoughtful, curious, compelling and surprising."

Tatiana Vanini, librierecensioni.com

"'Lulela' is a unique reading experience. To fully understand it, one has to abandon all preconceptions, all well-organised and linear structures and enter the labyrinth of possible choices that is, after all, our life."

Antonella Covelli, amantideilibri.it

About the book

English

A universe of possible choices: this is life. Not a long straight line but a branching out of opportunities to be seized that draws our tree, that writes our destiny. It is almost maddening, if we stop to think about who we could have been, who we could still be, about the importance that every single gesture, a yes or a no, even an empty silence, can have in the balance of an entire existence. Lulela reflects on all this with elegance and irony, welcoming the reader into its labyrinth and making him or her part of the literary composition; the protagonist of these pages is not He, nor She, nor the Other, but it is I, it is You, anyone who feels like playing, taking a contempla(c)tive pause and discovering the fullness or emptiness of the mystery that awaits him or her. Looking at oneself from outside, from within, from above or below. Freeing himself from the burden of who he is, or who he is not.

Based on the eponymous music-theatre performance. Preface by Koen Haagdorens.

Italiano

Un universo di scelte possibili: questa è la vita. Non un lungo rettilineo ma un ramificarsi di opportunità da cogliere che disegna il nostro albero, che scrive il nostro destino. C'è quasi da impazzire, se ci si ferma a pensare a chi potevamo essere, a chi potremmo ancora essere, all'importanza che può avere ogni singolo gesto, un sì o un no, persino un vuoto silenzio, nel bilancio di un'esistenza intera. Lulela riflette su tutto questo con eleganza ed ironia, accogliendo il lettore nel suo labirinto e rendendolo parte della composizione letteraria; protagonista di queste pagine non è Lui, né Lei, né l'Altro, ma sono Io, sei Tu, chiunque abbia voglia di giocare, prendersi una pausa contemplattiva e scoprire la pienezza o la vacuità del mistero che lo attende. Guardandosi da fuori, da dentro, dall'alto o dal basso. Liberandosi dal peso di chi è, o di chi non è.

Tratto dall'omonimo spettacolo di musica-teatro. Prefazione di Koen Haagdorens.

The book

102
pages, in Italian
2021
Albatros, 31 January

Published by Albatros in the series Nuove Voci Confini Sperimentali. 102 pages, in Italian. EAN 9788830630376.

Author's illustration: Valentina Lorizzo. Cover image: Federico Fiordigiglio, visual designer.

  • High Mention Cultural MeritMr. Hyde Awards
  • 2nd prizeInternational Award "Europa in versi e in prosa" 2021, Como
  • Critics' awardNero su Bianco, Mino De Blasio Literary Prize (X edition)
  • Second place, published books"Canti...di versi" Literary Prize (II edition)

LULELA in three forms

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