Lrsquo;autrice percorre; scandagliandole; frammentarie tessere di un mosaico scomposto; attraverso le vicende delle protagoniste; tutte le etagrave; della vita; movendosi disinvoltamente tra i mutamenti del corpo e della coscienza. Le storie; fruibilissime singolarmente; costituiscono il frutto consapevole di unrsquo;analisi del disagio del vivere; specie di quello della donna nella peculiaritagrave; della sua dimensione esistenziale; mediata da un uso plastico quasi demiurgico della potenzialitagrave; linguistica; dalle parole desuete; usate; qui; invero; con maggior parsimonia rispetto a altre opere; accanto a termini del sardo; francese; inglese internazionale; non in un pastiche linguistico; ma con una lingua eccezionalmente viva e osmotica del reale.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful. The best urban design book ive readBy Paul AndersonThis book gets to the nuts and bolts of urban design. And it speaks of broad; but somewhat universal concepts that can be applied across a wide range of areas such as old cities of Europe to the suburbs of America. Im just an American urban planning student; but I loved it; much more practical then some of the crap they teach us in school. Thanks to the authors0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Seriously - have a good look at this. One of a kind.By G. Lange-NielsenJust briefly; now; as I happened to find that the book is still available; on . I was referring it to a friend and colleague who had a particular question on behalf of his town planning department. Most questions regarding public/private interface are answered here! Vicente del Rio has already formulated (2012) most of my own evaluation. Let me add that I; too; was a postgraduate student (on sabbatical from Norway in 1982-83) at Oxford Brookes; and with three of the authors as teachers. Later; I have used it as an architect; urban designer and guest lecturer in Norway; as well as teaching the methods straight out of the book with visual examples (from around the world) while a senior lecturer for five years at Makerere University in Uganda [- architecture and urban design]. To date; this is one of my favourites on a rather expansive list of text-book literature. Unfortunately; it is little known in Norway (not for lack of propagation; on my part). Too bad it is getting to be a bit pricey for NOK... As for the content and usage; references have been appropriately made to The Image of the City (Lynch) and Townscape (Cullen); while I find few review references to Christopher Alexanders (et al) A Pattern Language? If that is correct; - let it be hereby corrected! I have been teaching these methods (and in reality; theories/views on our art/science metier) alongside and fundamentally complementing each other. And alongside the above-mentioned two classics. Having retired a few years back; I am glad to find that the manual is still in use and in stock; - and perhaps even reedited (if so; a major effort in terms of perseverance). Congratulations; Ian; Paul et al !1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Great practical bookBy Vicente Del RioI have been teaching urban design (a lot of studios) for many years; and my students love this book. It is what it claims; a "manual"; so it is easy to use: enough theory discussion to get you going; and many practical applications and methods. I know the authors from the time I was a masters student at Oxford Polytechnic (now Brooks University) where they teach (or used to); back in 1980/81 when they were starting to test some of the ideas in this book. Since I started teaching in the US I have used this book (the first edition) constantly with my students because the book still fills huge gaps in the literature. I have not seen the new edition but I hope the authors have updated the literature review; the case studies; and made the visuals a bit better. I highly recommend this book for students; faculty; and practitioners alike. However; I must say I am particularly disappointed that the authors did not put out a new revised edition; the book deserves it (even in terms of graphic design to make the lay-out a bit more easy on the eye).
