“TENGO GANAS DE TI” “I have desire of you”
Sarai Pico Suárez – 3ºESO
TABLE OF CONTENTS Author's biography..........................................................................Page 3 Summary..........................................................................................Page 4 Summary (without end)...................................................................Page 5 Characters........................................................................................Page 6 Language and techniques................................................................Page 7 Personal reponse to the plot............................................................Page 8 Main phrases...................................................................................Page 9 Bibliographies.................................................................................Page10
Author's biography. Federico Moccia was born in Rome, 1963. His father, Giuseppe Moccia, was an Italian screenwriter and film director.
Federico was a cinema director and a scriptwriter, but nowadays he is a writer. He started working for his father when he was 19 years old as an assistant director. His first novel, A tres metros sobre el cielo (three meters above the sky), was rejected by all the editorials. He himself published his book. Later, when his book was a success, his book was hired by an important editorial. All his novels were bestsellers and some book was adapted for the screen. Novels: A tres metros sobre el cielo (three meters above the sky) (Planeta, 2008), Tengo ganas de ti (I want you) (Planeta, 2009), Perdona si te llamo amor (Sorry if I call you love) (Planeta, 2008), Perdona pero quiero casarme contigo (Sorry but I want to marry you) (Planeta, 2010), Carolina se enamora (Carolina fall in love) (Planeta, 2011) y Esta noche dime que me quieres ( Tonight, say to me that you love me) (Planeta, 2012). Today, Moccia is a phenomenon and his novels have been adapted to the screen.
Summary. In the book that I choose, it relate two histories with a lot of points of view. The main history is Step’s and Gin’s history: After two years in New York, Step returns to Rome. He tries to heal his love wound with some easy girls but he can’t forget his love with Babi, but he knows that he must rebuild his live in Italy; make new friends, work from his father... One day, he went to the petrol station and Gin tries to rob his petrol. At this moment he meet Gin and he invites her to dinner. She’s a beautiful girl. She’s photographer and dancer in a TV advertisement. They falling in love, and all is good for Step. But, when all is perfect, he meet again with Babi in one party. She tell him that she’ll marry with his new couple and Step tell her that he has girlfriend, but there aren’t only words... Step was decide to tell Gin that he was be unfaithful with her, the night that he meet again with Babi. Gin was be offended and she run away, crying. At this moment, Step’s mom was seriously sick. Finally they make peace but, she dies. Step was write one letter that, later, he’ll burn, because it’s a Gin’s tradition. The book finish with this letter. And the other is Claudio’s and Rafaella’s history. Claudio is Babi’s father. He’s married with Rafaella, but now, he meet one girl, Francesca. He meet with her, but Rafaella doesn’t know it. One day, Rafaella was look the bank’s credits and she was scared. Some person was extract a lot of money, and some person was buy a women’s present. Her anniversary will be soon, and she didn’t suppose that this present was a present for Francesca. Claudio was very discreet with this matter. But, one day, the issue get out of hand... Claudio was leave to his work, and he meet with Francesca at nine o’clock. Francesca was send a sms to Claudio, but, Rafaella has his telephone. She was send another sms, but pass herself off as Claudio and she get the place and the time where Claudio meet with ‘F’. Rafaella went to the hotel, where Francesca was waiting Claudio. She meet Francesca, and they have an argue. Finnally, Rafaella was know all the story that Claudio hide himself. Finally Rafaella destroy all Claudio’s clothes and he runs away. This book tell these stories from some points of view, like Gin, Paolo and Step’s point of view.
Short summary. After two years in New York, Step returns to Rome. He doesn’t remember his love with Babi, but he knows that he must rebuild his live in Italy; make new friends, work from his father... He meets Gin, a beautiful girl, his next girlfriend. But, doesn’t remember Babi is very difficult to Step. When all is perfect with Gin, Babi returns and she tell to Step that she’ll marry with his new boyfriend. Meanwhile Step work to an TV director, he make new friends, but he doesn’t forget Pallina, he lives with his brother. If you want to know more... ¡READ THIS BOOK! .
Characters. Step: is the main character. He comes back to Rome, his home. He work from his father. There the history get on . He’s famous for his history in NY, and his famous phrase You and me, three meters above the sky, written in a bridge. He’s bad boy interested in motorcycle races with a dark past. Gin: she’s another main character. She’s Step’s ‘girlfriend’. She meets Step in a petrol station, when she’s robbing his petrol. She’s a bad beautiful girl. She’s photographer and dancer in a TV advertisement, where Step’s job. Babi she’s Step’s ex-girlfriend. He meet her in Italy, but now he converge with her in Rome again. She’s a studious girl from the upper-class in Rome. She’s ready to marry with her actual boyfriend, but now... She meet again with Step. Paolo: Step’s brother. Step lives in his house. He’s rich. Marcantonio Mazzocca: He’s Step’s boss. Step is his assistant. Pallina: she’s an old Step’s friend and the girlfriend of his best friend. He was die in a motorcycle accident. His name is Pollo. Daniela: Babi’s sister. He’s, more or less, 16 years and she’s pregnant. Rafaella: she’s Babi’s mother. Claudio: he’s Babi’s father. He was be unfaithful with Rafaella. Francesca: she’s Claudio’s ‘secret girlfriend’. She’s a brazilian women. In this book there’re a lot of secondary characters like Sesto & Toscani, Martina, Guido Balestri, Step’s mother and father, Romani...
Language and techniques. The original book is written in Italian but it was translate to other languages like Spanish, Chinese, English ... The author use a lot of metaphors and short phrases. Personally I like his system to write his beautiful books.
Personal opinion to the plot. This is my favourite book. I love the argument, the method that the Author use to connect two differently stories and his method of characterize all the characters. He use very short phrases, I like it, because it gives stress to all the events. Federico Moccia is my favourite author, because he writes like a teenage boy or girl, and all his arguments are great. He tries to infiltrates in a teenager’s life, to make his stories. He tells teenager’s problems, love stories, relationships and all in a teenager’s life. He gets write a very beautiful novel, a bestseller and, I hope, that he’ll write an third part. Federico Moccia has a series of love books, but if I have to choose only one, I'll choose Tengo ganas de ti.
Main phrases. -Qué bonito es a veces no pensar. No pensar. No pensar... Viento, velocidad y ruidos lejanos. No pensar. -Don’t thinking is beautiful. Don’t think. Don’t think... Wind, speed and distant noises. Don’t think. -Y como mi madre me enseñó, me alejo sin dar demasiada confianza. -Like my mother showed me, I get away without give too confiance. -Y en el silencio de cada día, en el eco lejano de la música de la vida que continúa, un amigo y una madre están hablando. De él. De todo lo que ha pasado, de los roles de la vida que no nos han permitido decir. Esas palabras que nunca han sido dichas pero que siempre han llegado. Porque el amor nunca se pierde. -And in the silence of every day, in the distant echo of the music of the life that continues, one friend and one mother are speaking. Of him. Of everything what has happened, of the roles of the life that they have not permitted to say us. These words that have never been said but that always have come. Because the love never gets lost. -Venga, Gin, invéntate algo. Qué sé yo..., que tienes que recoger la ropa de la azotea, que tienes que ir a buscar algo a casa de ti amiga que vive en el piso de arriba, que tienes que escaparte conmigo, di eso si quieres, pero sube... Tengo ganas de ti. -Come on, Gin, invent something. I don’t know..., that you need collect the clean clothes in the attic, that you have to go to your friend’s house to pick up something, in the upper flat, that you need escapes with me, say this if you want, but come up... I have desire of you.
Bibliographies. Moccia, Federico ; Tengo ganas de ti, Italy, Giangiacomo Feltrinelli Editore Milano, 2006.
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Images: COVER: Unknown author, Puente Milvio. http://wuashileru.tumblr.com/ [Accessed: 26/02/2013] AUTHOR: Unknown author, Federico Moccia. http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_yRWaoh8uUhU/Scldb41uxKI/AAAAAAAABj0/90mAr6sc3ew/s400/Fe dericoMoccia_foto.jpg [Accessed: 26/02/2013]