(by Adriano Giancane) A new work among the debutants of the Albatros Il Filo Group: was released last June, in the best bookstores and online, The essence of Medusa (2019), the first work of GR NORDANI. To you a brief presentation of the book and the authors.
In a historical moment in which reading is very often shelved in favor of films and TV series, the use of which is implemented thanks also to the growing success of streaming platforms, the number of readers and people who continue to be committed to to make reading interesting as a means of cultural diffusion, as well as literature, as a field of knowledge that must be conceived as a living matter, which takes shape and body, once insinuated into the reality it tells.
The reaction of two young students to this context was to create The essence of the Medusa, a book, which now has the same value as a weapon of defense against any manifestation of ignorance and any attempt at subjugation to it.
The book, released last June, is the author's first work GR #Nordani, published by the publishing house Albatros Group The wire in the series "New Voices".
The work consists of four stories of a psychological thriller genre, united by an important common thread: the exploration and demonstration of what are the dark meanders of the human mind, arriving at the analysis of individual psychological aspects, which sometimes do emerge the demons buried in the depths of their mind, those latent monsters generated by the sleep of reason and that draw life from it.
Each individual has a hidden part, mostly, unknown to him. Yet this is always present, travels with it and conditions its way of being and acting in everyday life. Before talking to you more specifically about the stories you can read, it is good to dwell on an important point: who it is GR Nordani?
Giacomo Cimino
"A literary creature", This is how the two young authors define it, Giacomo #Cimino e Renato De Capua, today at their literary debut. So they tell their story:
"It all started by chance. We had known each other since high school, sharing the bus route that took us from school to school every day. In those years we did not have a true friendship relationship, it was more a factual knowledge. Certainly we could not imagine what life would have reserved for us. After several years, we found ourselves by chance right in a bookshop and, not seeing each other for a long time, we started talking about this and that, discovering that we both shared a strong passion for writing. So we began to see each other in the following days, to try to realize a project that was ours; today our first result is the book you can read and we hope it is only the beginning of a long journey. We are different in everything, but today united by a strong friendship and common goals and ambitions: this is what gave life and strength to GR Nordani, whose initials refer to our names. "
The goal of GR Nordani is to create a narrative that focuses on examining the deep and complex instances of the human soul, telling stories from simple reading and interpretation, but characterized by an immense depth of content and stylistic refinement.
Renato De Capua
The essence of the Medusa it consists of an introduction followed by four stories, and finally an epilogue.
Have you ever wondered what oblivion really is? What does it mean to be totally sucked into the darkness and the demons of our mind?
This will be borne out by Dr. Darius Marcus, whose mad genius will push him beyond the boundaries of knowledge, forcing him to face one of his most sinister creations, ending up literally fighting against himself and the ghosts of his past.
Jasmineinstead, it will tell you how the past, the present and the future have such a faint boundary that they are not accountable for what the dimension in which they live actually are; it will teach us that fighting against ourselves, without really knowing ourselves, is a battle lost at the start.
Alex he will make you discover a dark dimension, populated by evil men against whom he will try to fight, remaining faithful to his desire to make ours a better place.
CosimoFinally, a very strong and self-confident man will accompany us on a long journey in which he will make himself known entirely, exposing himself, and will try to leave the past behind him, to try again to meditate on a future that he will find to be possible.
In short, as can be read in the epilogue:
"Nordani is the people who think, grow and learn to live with themselves and with the world. As the raw truth risks being changeable, you also know that you cannot always be the same".
The essence of the Medusa it is available in the best bookstores and on the various online platforms (Amazon, Ibs, University library, La Feltrinelli, Mondadori Store). And what are you waiting for? Do not miss this exciting reading! To follow the adventures and events of GR Nordani follow the Instagram page @grnordani and the site www.grnordani.wordpress.com.