Albas Heart

The hum of children on the first day of school until the last, mixing this noise with the anxieties of the parents, sometimes a poor father, sometimes a curmudgeon, sometimes a mother whose sacrifices can be read in the wrinkles, in the white hair and eyes ; feuds and unbreakable friendships, snowballs, impossible children, and the sensitization of a society to the problems of a single city, an entire state, and, finally, all together. Written 130 years ago, in 1886, by one of the most famous and classic Italian writers, Edmondo de Amicis, the novel "Heart" still remains one of those books that is read with pleasure, with compassion and with the responsibility to imagine a world where perfection towards good is measured. Unforgettable characters, such as the little Florentine Writer, Enrique, the courageous Garoni, Marko looking for his mother starting from the Apennines and ending up in the Andes, Çiçili at Tata's Nurse and Feruço with his paralyzed grandmother, will reawaken in memory. childhood of today's parents, just as they will be presented for the first time to today's young readers.