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Le pause della vita

Italian · Paperback / Softback

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Abbandonata dal padre e costretta a separarsi dal fratello - che parte per il fronte del primo conflitto mondiale -, Paola Mazzei si ritrova a vivere nelle campagne di San Gersolè con lo zio Federigo e la madre Tina, donna severa e autoritaria, con la quale non riesce a comunicare. Quando alla morte dello zio ottiene un impiego precario presso l'ufficio delle Poste, Paola non riesce a integrarsi con le colleghe, frivole e invadenti. La giovane trova conforto solo nei libri che legge durante le pause dal lavoro, in particolare in un romanzo che si diletta a tradurre dall'inglese, e negli incontri con Matteo, ex compagno di scuola con il quale ha intrapreso una relazione. Da semplice passatempo la traduzione si converte in un'occupazione appagante e coivolgente, al punto che assieme al desiderio di dare alle stampe il testo, la protagonista matura ambizioni di scrittrice. La guerra è finita. Quando tutto sembra volgere al meglio, una serie di eventi spinge la protagonista a trasferirsi a Firenze. Qui si troverà a fare i conti col passato e sarà costretta a tirare le somme sulla sua esistenza. Il progetto di recupero delle opere di Maria Messina è a cura di Salvatore Asaro.

About the author

Howard Brody, M.D., Ph.D., is a professor of family practice and philosophy and director of the Center for Ethics and Humanities in the Life Sciences at Michigan State University. He is the author of Placebos and the Philosophy of Medicine, The Healer's Power, Stories of Sickness, and Ethical Decisions in Medicine. Dr. Brody resides in Holt, Michigan, with his wife, Daralyn, and their children, Sheila and Mark.
Daralyn Brody graduated from Michigan State University, worked various jobs to help support her medical student husband, and became a homemaker after the birth of her children. She has studied several forms of alternative healing.

Summary

The brain can heal the body: that's the remarkable truth behind the body's placebo response. As one of the nation's foremost authorities on the mysterious connection between mind and body, Dr. Howard Brody introduces a radical new understanding of this phenomenon -- and how it can be used to foster good health.  The body, says Brody, has an "inner pharmacy" that the brain taps into, according to what we anticipate, how we are conditioned by experience, and how we interpret events.  Consider the following:

  • In one study, people with allergies showed no response when exposed to the irritant, when they were first convinced it was something
  • Sham surgery has sometimes produced lasting results, indistinguishable from the results of real operations.
  • Patients recover faster from surgery when they have window views of trees or grass, rather than brick walls.
But the placebo response is more than an astonishing medical fact -- it can be put to practical use.  The Placebo Response gives you access to a new kind of alternative medicine, one proven by science and found within your own body.

Product details

Authors Maria Messina
Assisted by F. Rossi (Editor)
Publisher Croce Libreria
 
Languages Italian
Product format Paperback / Softback
Released 01.01.2017
 
No. of pages 116
Series L'oziosapiente
Croce Libreria
Croce Libreria
L'oziosapiente

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