β Scribed by Barnes, Julian
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Sir Jack Pitman, un miliardario di dubbie origini, compra un'isola e vi ricostruisce il meglio dell'Inghilterra: i turisti possono ammirare il Big Ben la mattina, visitare Westminster di pomeriggio, recarsi a Stonehenge di sera... Pitman importa perfino delle attrazioni vive e vegete: la stessa famiglia reale, adescata con promesse sulla popolaritΓ che potrebbe ricavarne, si ritrova a salutare la folla da Buckingham Palace, per quindici minuti al giorno - come da contratto. Attirati da questa finta Inghilterra in cui tutto funziona, presto i turisti internazionali snobbano quella vera; e gli inglesi, dal canto loro, cominciano a emigrare sull'isola, mentre l'Inghilterra originale perde prestigio e popolazione e ripiomba in un secondo Medioevo... Con questo romanzo Julian Barnes, uno dei piΓΊ apprezzati autori inglesi degli ultimi anni, ha scritto non solo una storia grottesca e parodica contro tutti i miti e le false tradizioni, ma anche una sorta di parabola sulla ricerca dell'autenticitΓ .
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