The pride, joy and passion for the team of Napoli, in the book of Julian Peacock, "“I fell in love with you” (Graf edition). The writer, born in Taranto and resident in Milan, engages in a reflection on football as a love story that goes far beyond football. “Che bello il quadratino bianco e rosso di tifosi georgiani.
E che bello Kim con la mano a cuoppo, che bello osimhen who knows more words in Neapolitan than in Italian”.“The devotees of the goddess Eupalla know how to explain why the Napoli won the third title, but there is something more to explain, in the relationship between Naples and Napoli, between the fans and the city, between the team, the players and that little bit of Naples that is needed everywhere, as Luciano De Crescenzo used to say”, declares the author who presented the book in Naples during the Campania Books Festival.
In the book, Pavone focused mainly on the peculiarities of Naples, starting from the celebrations for the championship (the desire to share the joy even with opposing fans, the constant presence of the afterlife, the banners in the city with which each street or institution wanted to express its own original point of view...) and then extending the discussion to the cultural and social sphere.
“Neapolitanness risks becoming a cage if the Neapolitan feels forced to do what others expect him to do, but if used freely, without inferiority or superiority complexes, it transforms into a superpower”, the author emphasizes. The author is not new to publications on Naples. He has already created “One evening in May – History wanted a date. May 10, 1987”.
Article published on 17 October 2023 - 14:07
