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

Cuore

Edmondo de Amicis

Paperback | Pages: 362 pages

Rating: 3.83 | 9977 Users | 531 Reviews

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

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This book was widely read in translation when I was growing up in Taiwan. I re-read it during summer 2007 both in the Chinese and English translations, and I'm still moved by the life lessons in this simple diary of a schoolboy attending 3rd and 4th grade in an Italian town. His family, friends, and teachers teach him compassion, kindness, and humility by example and through thoughtful discussions and letters. This book made me wonder whether we were neglecting the moral and emotional education

I don't know where to start writing my thoughts about this book. I have conflicted emotions.First of all, it's clear that the writing is amazing: it is easily accessible for kids, but not dumbed down, which is hard to find in a kid's book, especially nowadays. It really is authentic, you really feel as if these words are taken from an 8-year-old.It also is really moving and touching. It's heart-wrenching to see how many things changed since the setting of this book. How kids and their parents

4 stars.This is a book published originally in Italian in 1886--a father wrote the book based on his son's School Journal of the year 1880-1881 when the son was in Fourth Grade (age 11-12). Some of it seems to be fictionalized slightly in order to improve the cohesiveness of the narrative and to promote the father's agenda which was apparently to promote himself as being patriotic and noble while simulaneously micromanaging his son. What I didn't like: the father was hypercritical of his son and

I read this because Ernst Gellner said he read it as a boy in the Carpathians - it's a very Resorgimento schoolboy's book about a gentleman's son who goes to public primary school in the 1880s with all the town boys, before going their separate ways, the hero to the Lyceum, the other boys to the manual training schools. It's full of heart - sentimental stories about schoolboy heroes, poor boys losing their mothers, parental affection in Italy, bullies, snobs, dandies, villains, a visit to the

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.

It was one of my first books, but I think it was the first that almost made my cry. It was touching and made me appreciate what I had. I was so sorry for the poor kid and, even though it was just a story, I wanted so badly to help him. This book made me think about a lot of things as a child and I think somehow it changed me for the better.

This was the first book I read. Its a REALLY old novel, but beautiful. I found this book when I was 11 years old in a box with alot of books. My mom told me that book was a gift of her grandma. Anyways, my mom never read it. I still want to read it again, its so beautiful... just one thing, I NEED to find that box again -.-