Cosa pensereste se; un giorno qualsiasi; sollevando lo sguardo al cielo; scorgeste un ippopotamo adagiato su una nuvola? Come reagireste se; guardandovi allo specchio; non vedreste riflesso soltanto il vostro volto? Cosa fareste se rimarreste soli su unrsquo;immensa stazione spaziale o; addirittura; su un intero pianeta? Se; viaggiando di notte; percepiste di essere spiati; come vi comportereste? E se; invece; vi fosse concesso di diventare un cavaliere; nel mondo di oggi; accettereste la proposta prendendola sul serio? E se; inoltre; incontrando il vostro miglior amico dopo anni; questi non vi riconoscesse piugrave;: cosa riuscireste mai a dirgli? E infine: se tutto quello che conoscete avesse improvvisamente fine; come impieghereste la vostra vita rimanente; come arrivereste allalba del giorno dopo? Queste sono solo alcune delle storie; raccolte in questo libro; raccontate in un connubio di realismo e spirito surreale. Come in un affascinante gioco di prestigio; spaziando da un argomento allrsquo;altro; lautore assume sembianze semprediverse; rivelando la sua molteplice natura; estremamente complessa; al fine di spingere il lettore a riflettere senza mai annoiarlo.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful. Historic photographs of Isle RoyaleBy Arthur DigbeeThis book is part of a series; "Images of America;" consisting of books with old photographs of localities around the United States. As youd expect; this one provides archival photographs of what is now Isle Royale National Park. Because the park now has no permanent residents; the book focuses on the settlement period of loggers; miners; fishers and the early tourism and summer home industries. There are paragraph-long captions for most pictures; providing pieces of a history of Isle Royale but not a full history by any means.Not all of the pictures actually come from Isle Royale. Most innocuously; the pre-wreck photographs of ships that sunk off Isle Royale generally come from other places. Somewhat less innocuously; the chapter on the mining period uses many pictures of ostensibly similar facilities from the region. Finally; the chapter on the pre-Columbian period obviously cant use any contemporary photographs at all. Instead; the authors use various other types of photographs; including photographs of dioramas from museums. Id have skipped the dioramas and taken more photographs of artifacts from archaeological digs on the island instead.The book is most noteworthy for its pictures of summer visitors and of buildings that predate park establishment. Given the limitations mentioned in the previous paragraph; its not so good for the Indian or mining history of the island. The photographs of island fisheries might be of interest but I doubt that these houses and boats differ much from any other family fisheries around the Great Lakes.If you love looking at old photographs; or if; like me; you try to maintain an Isle Royale collection; this book is useful despite its limitations. For most other people; its probably not so interesting. It doesnt really have any competitors; so if you want historic photographs of Isle Royale; this is your book.
