La Mano Tagliata dall'incipit del libro LA MANO TAGLIATA PARTE PRIMA I. LA MANO INGEMMATA. Tutto chiuso nella preziosa pelliccia di lontra, fumando una fine e odorosa sigaretta russa, Roberto Alimena guardava distrattamente il facchino dalla blusa azzurra che, ritto nel compartimento di prima classe, collocava pazientemente sulla reticella i bagagli eleganti e ricchi del giovane viaggiatore, le valigie, i sacchi da viaggio, i portamantelli, le borsette di cuoio dalle cifre di argento: R. A. Il giovane signore era solo, sotto la tettoia della ferrovia; nessuno era venuto ad accompagnarlo alla...

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Estratto: ... vagamente, distrattamente, diceva: -No. -Giovanni? -Clara -Hai detto che non mi ami? -L'ho detto. -Ed e vero? -E vero. Silenziosamente, ella curvava il capo, e le lacrime le discendevano sulle guancie. Giovanni la guardava, desolato: poi, le andava vicino, le carezzava una mano, le baciava le guancie bagnate di lacrime. -Ho scherzato-diceva. -Tu non ischerzi mai. -Ho scherzato. Tutto finiva, cosi: ma le lacrime erano state versate. E infine, sulla frase cara agli amanti, avveniva ancora questo: -Tu non mi chiedi mai, Giovanni, se ti voglio bene -Perche chiedertelo? -Non ti...

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Estratto: ...di tenerezza. E immediatamente un ricordo lo colpi. Questo innamoramento cosi improvviso e completo, questo vivido abbandono dello spirito, e questo ardore dei sensi, egli l'avea provato un'altra volta. Aveva venti anni allora, e una giovinezza appena sfiorata da certi amoretti fugaci, da certi capricci molto intensi, ma molto brevi. Una bellissima donna gli era apparsa, allora: ma quasi vicina ai quarant'anni, espertissima della vita e delle sue passioni, ella aveva guardato con indulgenza, niente altro, il trasporto amoroso di Paolo Herz. In verita egli aveva delirato per...

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