Succede e basta

"Non sono anormale, se è questo che pensi" questo l'incipit sarcastico e provocatorio che apre il romanzo di Gerd Brantenberg, la scrittrice cult norvegese che ci conduce, a ritroso nel tempo, in una gioventù di difficoltà, scoperte, dichiarazioni, coraggio. Entriamo nella Oslo del sessantotto vista con gli occhi di una studentessa universitaria costretta a vivere la propria omosessualità in un mondo clandestino e brulicante di avventure, che si nasconde al moralismo diffuso. È questo un mondo popolato da storie d'amore difficili, tenere, violente che continua a scontrarsi con la discriminazione dominante. L'autrice sa trasportarci nella sua odissea lesbica con una delicatezza e un'ironia interminabili, facendoci gioire insieme a lei quando riesce con coraggio ad abbattere i muri del ghetto omosessuale diventando cosi, tutt'oggi, un modello di emancipazione e libertà. Napoleon Bonaparte is renowned as one of the great military commanders in history, and the central figure in so many of the events of the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic wars. Throughout the first decade of the 19th century he won battle after battle by wielding the Grande Armée decisively against the other powers of Europe – Prussia, Austria and Russia. Yet his fortunes changed in 1812 when the invasion of Russia wrecked his forces, and Napoleon suffered his final defeat at Waterloo in 1815. Napoleon Bonaparte is renowned as one of the great military commanders in history, and the central figure in so many of the events of the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic wars. Throughout the first decade of the 19th century he won battle after battle by wielding the Grande ArmIe decisively against the other powers of Europe - Prussia, Austria and Russia. Yet his fortunes changed in 1812 when the invasion of Russia wrecked his forces, and Napoleon suffered his final defeat at Waterloo in 1815 Napoleon Bonaparte is renowned as one of the great military commanders in history, and the central figure in so many of the events of the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic wars. Throughout the first decade of the 19th century he won battle after battle by wielding the Grande Armee decisively against the other powers of Europe - Prussia, Austria and Russia. Yet his fortunes changed in 1812 when the invasion of Russia wrecked his forces, and Napoleon suffered his final defeat at Waterloo in 1815 Cover; Title; Contents; Introduction; The Early Years; The Military Life; The Hour of Destiny; Opposing Commanders; Inside the Mind; When War is Done; A Life in Words; Further Reading; Related Titles; Imprint