Well, you did it, Sean. You have this book I’m too shy and misshapen to do. Phenomenal, young master. Beautiful, exactly right, and I described this book to my dad as Law and Order: SVU meets… all of the above! Amazing, Man…
Thanks, Ryan! I'm glad I could do a tiny bit of justice to this immense work. Thank you again for bringing it to my attention and encouraging me to dive in!
This book has been floating around my awareness for a couple of years and I’m still not sure it’s for me, but I’m convinced now to at least give it a shot. Thank you.
Thanks Sean for another great review. I recently finished the Eighth Life on the basis of your review and I was totally blown away by it and am making good progress through this one and I find Albinati's writing style to be sublime. Excellent translation too. Given that the Eighth Life had so many strong female characters this one provides a nice contrast !
Thank you! I'm so happy you read and enjoyed The Eighth Life - that book is brilliant and deserves far more readers. Agreed regarding Albinati's prose and the translation. I hope you continue to enjoy The Catholic School!
Just bought this based on your recommendation 😉 thanks for the review, I appreciate you tackling something no one else on book tube has done yet (that I know of)
That masculinity quote at 25 minutes. Just wow. I hear it and it’s like: how come nobody’s ever said that before? How come I’ve never said that before? It seems too true and eternal to only have appeared in an obscure Italian book from the 70s.
Good review! I suggest you to read "The city of the living" (la città dei vivi) by Nicola Lagioia, which takes place in contemporary Rome and tells the story of the brutal murder of Luca Varani, in 2016. Beautifully written in Italian, I hope the English translation lives up to the vividness of the original text.
Very interesting review. The themes and issues addressed in this book are very relevant to my interests. I’ve purchased a copy. Thanks for bringing it to my attention.
Thank you so much for this review. I am Italian and I really appreciated it. And I agree: it’s a momentous novel, and it is particularly relevant now that in Italy we have a government ruled by a neo-fascist party rooted in Rome.
Hah! The Neapolitan-novels-to-The-Catholic-School pipeline is fantastic. Reading The Catholic School actually made me appreciate the discussions about politics in the 3rd and 4th Neapolitan novels a lot more too. They really inform each other, I think.
I watched this movie on Netflix and I wanted to understand what I saw. I read an excerpt of book online. I want to know more… thanks for this book review.
Thanks for watching! I watched the film recently and found it interesting, but it completely ignores so much of what makes the book wonderful (namely the digressions, the essays, etc.).
I heared about this book and didn't think it was anything for me. Especially because it's such a chunker. But after this review I think it's exactly my cup of tea. Thanks for reminding me about this book.
You're welcome - thanks for watching! I was likewise put off on this book after reading a few negative reviews on Goodreads, etc. but I think if you approach it as less of a traditional novel and more of an intellectual study, you'll find much to be admired.
So, the book is written by a lefty, that has all the privileges that he associates with the right, he himself is a bourgeoise that attended a prestigious catholic school, but he calls out what he considers wrong in his world and condemns it, separating himself from it and trying to look like one of the good guys. He is reflecting the things he criticizes, it's akin to the general male reaction to the crime discussed in the story. My honest opinion is that the catholic school really did not rub off too much on him. He did not learn the basic Christian principles. Anyway, what a trash book.
Every society in this world has it's little and big flaws. Them are part of humanity. People who recognize those aren't guilty of anything more than being aware.
Nope. I was joking about the response to the CRM which was essentially, "but this kind of stuff doesn't happen *here*, it happens *out there*!" It's the same response people have in American suburbs whenever there's a school shooting or something - the naive bubble of perceived perfection is popped and people, who seem blissfully unaware, act shocked.
@@travelthroughstories Phew! Good to know. The truth is that those things have always happened everywhere. There just need to be somebody with some extra dichotomy of power. It's dreadful, but it's in many human beings nature. I think it shouldn't be denied, but must be recognized to find specific solutions.
One of the best channels on YT. Ordering a copy now
Thank you, Devin! That means a lot. I hope you enjoy The Catholic School when you get to it!
The commentary you read prior to the conclusions is spine-chilling and universally true even today.
Agreed - it's really disturbing stuff.
Well, you did it, Sean. You have this book I’m too shy and misshapen to do. Phenomenal, young master. Beautiful, exactly right, and I described this book to my dad as Law and Order: SVU meets… all of the above! Amazing, Man…
Thanks, Ryan! I'm glad I could do a tiny bit of justice to this immense work. Thank you again for bringing it to my attention and encouraging me to dive in!
This book has been floating around my awareness for a couple of years and I’m still not sure it’s for me, but I’m convinced now to at least give it a shot. Thank you.
That's great to hear - I hope you find it worthwhile if you decide to pick it up. Thanks for watching!
Thanks Sean for another great review. I recently finished the Eighth Life on the basis of your review and I was totally blown away by it and am making good progress through this one and I find Albinati's writing style to be sublime. Excellent translation too.
Given that the Eighth Life had so many strong female characters this one provides a nice contrast !
Thank you! I'm so happy you read and enjoyed The Eighth Life - that book is brilliant and deserves far more readers. Agreed regarding Albinati's prose and the translation. I hope you continue to enjoy The Catholic School!
Great review, Sean. Was really interested in this title when I saw it on your shelf in your May review wrap-up. Will definitely check this out.
Thank you, Karen!!
Just bought this based on your recommendation 😉 thanks for the review, I appreciate you tackling something no one else on book tube has done yet (that I know of)
Hope you enjoy it!
Me too! I'm really looking forward to it!
That masculinity quote at 25 minutes. Just wow. I hear it and it’s like: how come nobody’s ever said that before? How come I’ve never said that before? It seems too true and eternal to only have appeared in an obscure Italian book from the 70s.
Right?! I felt like that dozens of times while reading this book - Albinati has a way of putting these sorts of ideas into such clear sentences.
The book is not from the 1970s though. It was written in the 2010s, it's only set in the 1970s.
Good review! I suggest you to read "The city of the living" (la città dei vivi) by Nicola Lagioia, which takes place in contemporary Rome and tells the story of the brutal murder of Luca Varani, in 2016. Beautifully written in Italian, I hope the English translation lives up to the vividness of the original text.
I just saw the movie adaption on Netflix and man it was a fantastic film very good indeed Defenetly would love to read this book
Very interesting review. The themes and issues addressed in this book are very relevant to my interests. I’ve purchased a copy. Thanks for bringing it to my attention.
Thanks for watching! Glad I could help put it on your radar.
been waiting for this 🙏🏻
🙏 I've been excited to share my thoughts on this one!
Thank you so much for this review. I am Italian and I really appreciated it. And I agree: it’s a momentous novel, and it is particularly relevant now that in Italy we have a government ruled by a neo-fascist party rooted in Rome.
Thank you very much! Yes, it seems more relevant day-by-day, unfortunately...
Just ordered it! Thanks so much!
Great to hear! I hope you find it as worthwhile as I did!
Ooo well I’m sold on it. Though I already own it, so I kind of already was, but yeah haha maybe I’ll finish the last Neapolitan and then do this up.
Hah! The Neapolitan-novels-to-The-Catholic-School pipeline is fantastic. Reading The Catholic School actually made me appreciate the discussions about politics in the 3rd and 4th Neapolitan novels a lot more too. They really inform each other, I think.
Sound interesting. Will be sure to check it out.
I watched this movie on Netflix and I wanted to understand what I saw. I read an excerpt of book online. I want to know more… thanks for this book review.
Thanks for watching! I watched the film recently and found it interesting, but it completely ignores so much of what makes the book wonderful (namely the digressions, the essays, etc.).
I heared about this book and didn't think it was anything for me. Especially because it's such a chunker. But after this review I think it's exactly my cup of tea. Thanks for reminding me about this book.
You're welcome - thanks for watching! I was likewise put off on this book after reading a few negative reviews on Goodreads, etc. but I think if you approach it as less of a traditional novel and more of an intellectual study, you'll find much to be admired.
Like….oh myyy. Thank you, Sean. Yea.
So, the book is written by a lefty, that has all the privileges that he associates with the right, he himself is a bourgeoise that attended a prestigious catholic school, but he calls out what he considers wrong in his world and condemns it, separating himself from it and trying to look like one of the good guys. He is reflecting the things he criticizes, it's akin to the general male reaction to the crime discussed in the story.
My honest opinion is that the catholic school really did not rub off too much on him. He did not learn the basic Christian principles. Anyway, what a trash book.
Catholic Church is trash
Every society in this world has it's little and big flaws. Them are part of humanity. People who recognize those aren't guilty of anything more than being aware.
4:30 Do you really believe in such a ridiculous statement? Please, I hope you don't
Nope. I was joking about the response to the CRM which was essentially, "but this kind of stuff doesn't happen *here*, it happens *out there*!" It's the same response people have in American suburbs whenever there's a school shooting or something - the naive bubble of perceived perfection is popped and people, who seem blissfully unaware, act shocked.
@@travelthroughstories Phew! Good to know. The truth is that those things have always happened everywhere. There just need to be somebody with some extra dichotomy of power. It's dreadful, but it's in many human beings nature. I think it shouldn't be denied, but must be recognized to find specific solutions.