"CUORE" (Heart)

This is a novel that I rode when I was twelve, honestly, I guess it's has been the unique book I've ever read, so I don't remember it so well but I'm gonna try:

This is a novel wroten by the italian Edmundo de Amicis, and this is about a little boy who tell us a short story of his life, in others words it's a kind of diary.

The novel has some sections, in each one, this kid named Henry, show us how his life is. Tell us the days in school, how he has to defend to his friends from another bad guys, how rudes the teachers where in those days, but at the same time how happy they were sharing with his friends all kind of things like toys, bikes, playing in the streets without any danger around them, etc. The way henry endeavors to be a good son, a good student, a good friend.

He also tell us about his family, how they taught him good customs, and study very hard to be someone important in the life. He relate us a lot of experiences of his childhood, some of them are sad but another are happy, like everybody else.

I liked so much this novel, because it feels so real, and you get interested about it, this is not a fiction or imaginary novel, it's is a novel based on true life, here you can find stories that could happen to you when you were a child. Anyway I'd like to recommending you this book because when you start to read it you're gonna like it a lot. The book try to teach us the nobility that every single person must have.

Edmundo de Amicis's Biography

I didn't find a lot of information about the relationship of Edmundo de Amicis's life and his novel "Cuore", but I know this novel is about patriotism, loyalty, fidelity, friendship, I supossed all of this great values he learned from his childhood until he was on Militar School of Modena, a place where you learn to share with your partners.

Another events that marked his life was that he enrolled in Socialist Party, and where he got a lot of moral and didactic ideas. Amicis lived in a time when Italian unit was rebuilding and used to see so many kids who came from all the corners of Italy.