The multiplier theory - by Rossana Pessione
Review by Maria Teresa De Donato
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Defining
this work by Rossana Pessione simply as an extraordinary and captivating
thriller that enthralls you, pinning you to the chair with bated breath from
start to finish, is, in my humble opinion, extremely reductive. Through her
simple, direct language and well-constructed and outlined characters, Rossana
shows that she knows how to move into the world with class and as much ease, perfectly
juggling all sorts of situations.
An evident passion for the medical-scientific and research environment and the experience gained over the years thanks to her journalistic activity in this sector are refined. They seem to reach the climax in this publication whose contents for depth, a wide range of subjects, and sensitivity go far beyond the thriller and touch rather delicate chords. The author plunges into the depths of the human soul; she travels in the meanders of the psyche and the mind that sometimes confront each other on issues related to morality, conscience, and ethics in the face of circumstances and actions that they consider - or might consider - horrific, gruesome, if not downright criminal. In contrast, others delude the human being by trying to find at any cost a way out through a rational justification that can silence scruples, fears, and doubts about what to do.
With a crude, sometimes almost cynical attitude that, in reality, is only truthful and honest, the author tackles thorny issues that too many prefer - out of fear, cowardice, disillusionment, or simple convenience - to ignore. And so mafias, organized crime, politics, and alike appear and seem to be the background of this thriller when, in fact, they are the true architects of life, of the world, the power of the earth - whoever they are and wherever they are - while the technical and scientific operators end up being simple "multipliers,” those who by dividing the various sections of the bodies and making their traces disappear, cause the academic and scientific world to become unwittingly complicit in a system that is in some ways terribly sick.
The fluctuations of Life, with its rhythms, its daily life, its ongoing flow, and the ever imminent Death are fundamental aspects of this work and skillfully represented by the titles of each chapter, generally culinary recipes, which seem to aim at highlighting the unsustainable lightness of being and the schedule of normal daily activities as opposed to the paradoxes and dramas of human existence.
A beautiful book that solicits reflection and awareness of issues that are as deep as they are controversial.
