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“I realize that the urge to write in a new language comes from desperation. I feel the torment of Verga’s blackcap: just as she did, I want more, something I should probably not wish for. Though I think the drive to write digs deep in the roots of desperation as …

Today we had the pleasure to be hosted at Mr. Fausto Brizzi and Claudia Zanella’s house in Rome to talk about movies and novels. She is an established actress who starred in many successful films and wrote her first novel. He is a screenwriter, producer and a successful film director …

“This definitely is the Spring for Italian culture in New York. Europa Editions, the American company of Sandra and Sandro Ferri, has achieved a lot (http://www.europaeditions.com): along with Ferrante they have published many authors’… The Italian Academy is very active as well within Columbia University in an extraordinary endeavor of Renata …

THE FEATHER Soft, intense, moving. Illustrations by Paolo Fresu A feather is for flying. Giorgio Faletti bids farewell to his readers from the pages of his most beautiful, original and touching book. A story with a moral, that with the most innocent eyes walks us through the uttermost ignorant, petty …

ELIANDA – GIUSEPPE PETIX “Some encounters, though unexpected, lead to ways craved by the soul”. SYNOPSIS of ELIANDA Lionel is an International art critic, worn out by life, discouraged about love, just trying to keep afloat when suddenly and totally unexpectedly, he’s at a crossroad: should he trust those magnetic …

IF I’M SCARED TAKE MY HAND Debut Novel Carla Vistarini CORBACCIO, september 2014, pp 236 A tramp, a little girl, a gang of criminals: a romantic comedy, cheerful and moving told with a light and surreal touch. Smilzo, a formerly successful financier turned tramp and failure, is at the supermarket …