The book has many reviews, some are still in the Italian version and will be soon translated. The following are those already translated in English:
Review of “No Steps on the Snow” by the Italian Literary Critic Domenico Di Basilio 5 STARS
There are two schools of thought with regard to that period of history that we all know as the ’68.
Who remembers it knows it was a period of a thousand contradictions. Renewal, social revolution and emancipation of all those intellectual new that would become the norm, more or less, in the years to come. Who was not there relives them in stories and what is told, not always in an objective way for the truth, by the subjective sight in the eyes of those who lived them. It is precisely with this contrast that begins No Steps on the Snow of Daniela Alibrandi and immediately throws us into this vision. A father, Francesco, finds an old love flame on Facebook he had never forgotten even if not reciprocated by her at that time. A father who finds himself living in an age where he feels unadequate and only with the help of his son is able to manage sailing in the Internet…but it’s not only this.
There is an episode unresolved occurred in the “years of lead”, when boys and girls, also if considered revolutionary, tried to live their age amusing themselves, experiencing love and trying to change things. A homicide which had not been given a guilty, that had remained dormant since our protagonist relives the past. And he reminds those years with nostalgia and everything that goes along with it and with his old love, now a woman who falls powerfully in his present life. The pace at times changes so quickly as to leave no breath..calm, thoughtful and at once pressing and exciting. Indeed a slice of life lived as a main plot pulls the strings of the narrative, but never too hidden, there is this aura of thriller that makes writing and, fortunately for us, reading the most exciting it could be. All seasoned with a soundtrack perfect for that period.
The striking thing that I always appreciate in any written, is the ability of the author to immerse the reader in the story and to make him imagine a background, a landscape and the situations described as if it were a scene from a movie. I say this with all the possible admiration, but I think that No Steps in the Snow by Daniela Alibrandi may very well be put in place as an Italian Thriller , a yellow intriguing that has all the elements to keep viewers glued to the screen, having done the same with readers.
I feel really to recommend it because there are many good books for luck, but good books that you’ll always remember are more difficult to find…and this one will be not easily forgotten
Review of “No Steps On The Snow” by Bill Snyder from Julie’s Book Reviews 5 STARS
Daniela Alibrandi is an accomplished writer with established credentials. In “No Steps on the Snow” she knows of what she writes – Rome, Italian men, marriage, infidelity, and Italian student riots.
The book is a psychological thriller written from the POV of Francesco, an Italian doctor, with a life that is the envy of any man who wants a loving wife, loving children and a loving mistress. But as many other men in mid-life he wants something more so he goes to the Internet in search of an old flame from his days as a student. Why with a perfect life like his would he seek out Milena? Passion. His marriage lacks it and he’s the primary reason. Milena has been the passion in his life. He was thwarted in his desire as a student because Milena was in love with a student revolutionary. Her lover was murdered the same night she was attacked by Nuccio, Franceso’s best friend, in a plot Francesco put together with Nuccio.
Francesco shows himself to be a loving husband and father manipulating his wife and children so that his life can be lived precisely the way he wants it. He wants Milena and he gets her to agree to meet for coffee. They begin a torrid affair that leads Francesco to consider giving everything up for life with the only woman he’s really loved. As a reader I found myself questioning if Francesco could love anyone with an ego as dominant as his. He orchestrates a Christmas family vacation as part of his marriage breakup so that they can be together to say farewell. Milena and Francesco come together but in the end their mutual passion leads to an unexpected end.
Ms. Alibrandi has written a multi-dimensional book narrated by an Italian male who is a master in the art of deception. The challenge he faces is how to avoid deceiving himself.
Bravo Ms. Alibrandi.
FROM AMAZON READERS
By Vagabond Vahn 4 STARS
January 27, 2016
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