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Cuore

Edmondo de Amicis

Paperback | Pages: 362 pages

Rating: 3.83 | 9977 Users | 531 Reviews

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Original Title:	Cuore
ISBN:	0543887243 (ISBN13: 9780543887245)
Edition Language:	Italian
Setting:	Turin(Italy)

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"Cuore" means "Heart" in Italian. This "classic" book by Edmondo De Amicis describes the life of an Italian school class a few years before 1900, as seen through the eyes of a boy, Enrico.

Given that the book was published in 1886, and was later utilized for political propaganda by many governments, not only in Italy, there are some fascinating aspects to the book's history. But before touching on that, I'd like to say this is at its core a very poetic, touching little book. So despite all the political and ridiculously patriotic themes, I really liked it as it stands as a fine portrait of pure feelings, and innocence. Some readers found it sad, I didn't. The author explained how he was inspired to write it by his own son, Furio, and his love for school.

The book reads as an utopistic and moralistic fable. Everything and everyone in "Cuore" is idealized - the book was meant to teach school kids the moral values and model behaviours of an idealized Italian citizen. To better understand the source of these values, we need to consider that De Amicis was part of the Italian elite, and his father held a high government post. The people who engineered the unification of Italy in 1860 had one common arch-enemy: the Pope and the Church, who opposed the inclusion of Rome in the new Kingdom of Italy. As a consequence, the school kids in "Cuore" spend their entire school year without ever mentioning, thinking, seeing, or going to a church, which is clearly unrealistic given that (for good and for bad) the Catholic Church has always had an immense influence in the day to day life of Italians. Even Christmas is totally ignored!

Interesting fact: the book was taught in many Italian schools, and that's often enough to make you hate a book: "Oh, God, not "Cuore"!!"

Back to the political themes: it's not too clear whether De Amicis wrote this as pure propaganda for the King, or that was just part of the process. One thing is for sure: according to this book, the perfect kid is the one who sacrifices his own life for his nation and his King. I like to think that this was just a reflection of the author's beliefs.

Through its sensitivity to social issues such as poverty, "Cuore" has been initially linked to left-wing ideologies. De Amicis was later to join the Italian Socialist Party. Because of this, the book remained influential in countries of the Eastern Bloc. However, its patriotic message was later adopted by Mussolini's government and there are still people who remember "Cuore" being used as fascist propaganda.

In conclusion, I don't know what the author's true purpose was, I just want to remember this book in a good light. Many Italians, when reading this book, comment "These were times when values still mattered!". I don't think that is correct at all. A more precise statement, in my opinion, would be that "Cuore" reminds us of a time when things were much simpler than today, and, as a consequence, it was easier for everybody to point out the right and the wrong.

Despite the soppiness, and the utopistic and moralistic tendencies, "Cuore" is still a very poetic and inspirational book.

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Title	:	Cuore
Author	:	Edmondo de Amicis
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Deluxe Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 362 pages
Published	:	October 2006 by Adamant Media Corporation (first published 1886)
Categories	:	Classics. Fiction. Childrens. European Literature. Italian Literature

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Ratings: 3.83 From 9977 Users | 531 Reviews

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Heart, touches many different issues based in the time it took place in regards to poverty, crime and education. You get to see the Italian life in the 1900s through the perspective of a young fourth grade boy named Enrico. You follow Enrico as he learns different life lessons and begins to understand and adopt morals that led him to become one of the most loved characters Ive ever had the pleasure reading about. The innocence that Enrico carries with him really pulls you in to the book and

This was one of my favourite childhood books. The stories are sad and moving and give a great idea of how Italian people were living in the late 19th century. However, as I grew older I found it a bit too patriotic and paternalistic, but still a great read.

"the heart of a boy", compared to becomes the love many things, is really this also is not only these. I thought that the love will be anything will not have the explicit answer, but I knew that the love will not have the limit, slightly to schoolmate's between friendly conversation, teacher to student's encouragement, the parents to child meticulous showing loving concern, a people's smile which will meet by chance ......Big enough to contributes the marrow, gives blood, helps the Project Hope

I read this as a child translated in Chinese, and now I read it as an adult translated to English. It still holds the magic it did over 25 years ago. A much more compelling way of teaching morals than fables, it really touches the heart by illustrating everyday life. This might be a present I give regularly to parents with young children in the future.

I have first read Edmondo De Amicis' Cuore as a boy. Now I'm much older when I pick up this classics 19th century work for another time. It is still the same inspiring stories of courage, righteousness, gratitude, love and generosity. Now that I have learned much about positive psychology I can identify these pro-social behavior readily. The stories are so overflow with positive emotions that I appreciate them even more.The prominent feature in Cuore is the strong relationship among people. The

Because I reviewed some of my childhood favorites, GR has been suggesting similar books, and this is one of them. I read this in Japanese, and I remember I loved the many inner stories, although the overall tone was a bit preachy. The Japanese translation's title was the phonetic equivalent of the Italian original, so I know this is the book I read. However, the English translation and its description is -- quite misleading and unappealing. If the poor translation is the main reason why this

I confess that when I was a child I was fascinated by this book. At that time I wasn't able to catch its unbearable paternalism, its overwhelming patriotism, its examples of juvenile heroism, its didactical meanings. If you're looking for some of these aspects or if you want to have a sweetened and moving fresco of Italian primary school just a few years after national unity in 19th century Cuore is the book you should read.