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LONDON 2020
Vicki Satlow
Literary Agency
Via Cenisio 16 - 20154 Milan - Italy
vicki@vickisatlow.com
FICTION FICTION
Lorenzo Beccati Lorenzo Beccati
THE RESURRECTOR PIETRA’S SHADOW
ITALY: ITALY:
DeA Planeta DeA Planeta
April 2019 March 2018
300 Pages 400 Pages
Partial English Partial English
translation translation
available available
The true story behind the Frankenstein myth A historical novel that will keep you on the edge of your seat for
400 pages. A great historical novel
An engrossing historical novel based the life of Italian physicist
Superstition comes alive in a brilliant novel of murder, sex, and black
Giovanni Aldini. Although few have ever heard his name, his fame
magic. Set in the 17th century, it took little, for a woman to be feared,
apparently reached the ears of Mary Shelley, who based her
hated, branded a witch and burnt at the stake. Raised in Tunisia, if
Frankenstein on his theatrical public experiments. Tired of experimen-
Pietra was the most feared woman in the region...and the first person
ting with reanimating dead frogs, the visionary scientist from Bologna
the townspeople turn to when they need help, especially involving
moved to London, where criminals were sent to the gallows rather
death or dispute.
than beheaded. London allowed him to find an abundance of full
When Flemish painter Master Rubens goes
bodied criminals through the Royal College of Surgeons. Thanks to
missing, the Genovese Patriarch hosting him
Aldini’s experiments, George Foster, would soon become one of
pleads Pietra to help find him. But she must
London’s most talked about corpse. Aldini performed public specta-
move in great secrecy, in the shadows and
cles in which he attached the probes to Foster’s body and powered up
against the clock. For she is not the only one
the battery so that his jaw quivered, his facial muscles contorted and
looking for Master Rubens.
his left eye blinked. But Aldini’s mad ambitions prevented him from
seeing the moral dilemma behind his quest for immortality. Lorenzo Beccati is a television writer
FICTION FICTION
Mattia Bertoldi Mattia Bertoldi
LITTLE MEMORIES LOVELY THINGS I WISH TO REMEMBER
ITALY:
ITALY:
TEA/360
TEA/360
April 2019 MATTIA BERTOLDI
April 2018
300 Pages
300 Pages
CO M E TA N T I
Partial English
P I CCO L I R I CO R D I Partial English
translation
translation
available Puoi ancora innamorarti
se non sai più riconoscere l’amore? available
ROMANZO
Manilio helps those with “head problems” get their memories back. Sometimes music speaks where words fail
He likes to tell his elderly clients stories of Bianca, the lost love of his Zoe was just a child when cancer turned her left eye into a blind pearl.
life whom he almost married. They will soon forget anyway, and he Children can be cruel about that sort of thing, but Zoe’s father Danilo
can go back to wallowing in nostalgia. Just when he has abandoned culled her pain with Chopin, Prokofiev and Debussy.
all hope of a soul mate, he meets Camilla, a woman his age who has Now, she is 21 years old and her mother has passed away. Coming
lost her memory to an aneurysm. Proud and stubborn, initially she home from the conservatory where she studies, she finds the towns
refuses his help. But Manlio’s quiet determination wins her over. She people unchanged, except her grieving father. To break through his
agrees to work with him on one condition: that he allow her to help defenses Zeudi involves the neighbors in a project that involves
him forget his ex. What seems like a perfect agreement turns out to making a silent film with music. It works.
be a double-edged sword when their friendship blossoms into some- Danilo slowly finds himself again, together
thing more. with the courage to make a confession that
A fragile, yet intense and overwhelming love is born between a man has burdoned him for decades.
with a broken heart and a woman with no memory. But then Bianca
reappears in Manlio’s life, forcing him to question whether or not is Mattia Bertoldi works as a journalist and
is best to forget her? press agent in Lugano.
FICTION FICTION
Dario Buzzolan Meanwhile, Ruggero’s youngest son Nicola strives to be the first to
THE TRUTH inhabit Mars, while their mother Lucia fills her vacuous days by cor-
responding with a pen pal.
ITALY: A possible solution comes in the form of LiiebenKraft, a luxury multi-
Mondadori
national managed by professional vultures Tom and Amelia who are
March 2020
also secret lovers. But their plan to acquire the company below its
444 Pages
value hits a roadblock when their financial analyst discovers budge-
tary flaws that threaten to embarrass them all.
Partial English The turbid family decline is complicated when they are forced to rec-
translation kon not only with their father’s secrets, but with a community of angry
available immigrants demanding justice; did Pietro really have to break the
arm of an innocent black twelve-year-old?
How far will this horrible family go to save themselves?
Corruption, lies, greed, betrayal, violence, racism: all wrapped up in
one little family, which clearly embodies the social malaise of our
times.
A family novel about greed and mistrust, power and prejudice;
characters we love to hate.
The sudden and vertiginous decline of Stella, a privately owned
manufacturer of luxury watches, plunges its family members into a
spiral of ungovernable chaos that release a snake’s den of unresol- Born in Turin, Dario Buzzolan is a journalist
ved tension and family secrets. and television author (Rai 3). His previous
When Ruggero Trovato, its sole president and father of two grown novels include: Non dimenticarti di respirare
children, mysteriously disappears, his eldest son Pietro scrambles to (2000), I nostri occhi sporchi di terra, finalist
fill his father’s shoes... and find a solution to the two million dollars for the Strega Prize 2009, Se trovo il corag-
that they owe in back taxes. On that very day, he vents his anger on gio (2013), Malapianta (2016) and La vita
a young girl in the wrong place at the wrong time. degna (2018).
FICTION FICTION
Paola Calvetti Paola Calvetti
RIVALS THE QUEEN
ITALY: ITALY:
Mondadori Mondadori
November 2020 April 2019
250 Pages 250 Pages
Rights sold:
Partial English Germany (Piper)
translation Poland (Zysr)
available
Partial English
translation
available
Queen in every ounce of her being, Elizabeth II is the most photo-
Female rivalry has left its indelible mark of
graphed woman in the world; it is no wonder that she is also a fas-
genius on history. The story of ten pioneers dri-
hion icon.
ven to success by jealousy.
The image she projects through photography is the only stage on
What frightened Chanel about the Italian fashion desi-
which the Queen has truly revealed herself to us, acquiescing to the
gner Elsa Schiaparelli? How did the great entrepre-
universal laws of light and the practical needs of portrait artists. This
neurial rivalry between Helena Rubinstein & Elizabeth
compelling and rigorously researched biography, based on accounts
Arden begin? Why was the legendary grand dame Sarah Bernhardt
of photographers, articles from around the world and extensive ico-
threatened by a demure Eleonora Duse? How did gossip columnists
nographic research within the Getty photo library, offers an intimate
Hopper & Parsons go head to toe? And what sparked the flames
portrait of the real woman beyond the lens.
between sisters Olivia de Havilland & Joan Fontaine?
Some of the most extraordinary accomplishments of the 19th century
were made by women rivals striving to outdo each other in their
fields. Struggling to establish themselves, these women reached the Paola Calvetti is a journalist and former P.R. for
pinnacle of their careers by waging war upon each other. These sto- La Scala. She is the author of numerous bestsel-
ries compose a fascinating new approach to women in history. ling novels.
FICTION FICTION
Emanuela Canepa Emanuela Canepa
TEACH ME THE TEMPEST THE FEMALE BEAST
ITALY: An extraordinary ITALY:
Einaudi literary novel by Einaudi
February 2020 Calvino Prize April 2018
300 Pages 300 Pages
winner of
Option:
L’animale
Rights sold:
Greece (Pedio) Femmina Greece (Pedio)
EMANUELA CANEPA
L’ANIMALE FEMMINA
Partial English
translation
available EINAUDI
STILE LIBERO BIG
How can a mother not worry when her pregnant teenage daugh- Unanimously awarded the 30th Calvino Prize The Female Beast is:
ter is about to repeat her own mistakes? an accomplished, mature novel of exemplary sharpness in its struc-
Emma is devastated when her 18 year-old pregnant daughter ture and linguistic incisiveness. It is the story of an unsettling game
Mathilde takes refuge with the one person Emma swore she would of sexless seduction which, while attentive to male psychology, gives
never see again: Irene who, to make matters worse, is a nun. voice, with stringent analytics to the caustic power of the female
When Emma most needed a friend, exactly eighteen years ago, psyche.
Irene disappeared into thin air and she hasn’t heard from her since.
As Emma now stands on the threshold of the Coventry where her
old friend lives, she prepares for a showdown that is long overdue.
But at the sound of Irene’s voice, her heart breaks and it becomes
crystal clear to her that in order to help her daughter, Emma must
first make peace with her past. Emanuela Canepa (Rome, 1967) is a
Three deeply connected women who are running away from each librarian at the University of Padova. She
other and battling with the bonds of love. attended the Rovigo writing school.
NON FICTION NON FICTION
Alfio Caruso
MUSSOLINI AGAINST HITLER On the train to that fateful meeting, Mussolini gave General Morera,
the commander in charge of the Italian military in Berlin, an urgent
ITALY: pre-emptive order: to save the all the Italians, Fascist and non,
Neri Pozza
behind enemy lines. Amongst those diplomats assisting Morera on
Ottobre 2019
this extremely delicate mission were twenty-seven-year-old embassy
400 Pages
advisor Giangaleazzo Bettoni and Red Cross representative
Armando Fobbiani. Representing an Italy which had long abandoned
all ideology, these courageous diplomats managed to divert over
Based on historical docu- 700,000 anti-Nazi Italian prisoners of war, most of whom were put to
ments, this book recounts work as forced labour, deployed to the East, or worse, to the death
an important and little- camps. Thanks to newly discovered documents and the first-hand
known chapter of World account of Morera, amongst others, journalist, author and historian
War II history. Alfio Caruso recounts a heroic and virtually unknown episode in
WWII history.
The incredible untold story of how Mussolini defied Hitler in
Alfio Caruso is an epic narrator of history.
1944 to save over 700,000 prisoners of war who refused to col-
Corrado Augias
laborate with the SS.
Caruso puts a million puzzle pieces back toge-
After Italy surrendered to the Allies, on September 8th, 1943, hun-
ther in a successful effort to reconstruct history.
dreds of thousands of Italian soldiers were captured by the
A book of intrigue that reads like a spy story.
Germans. Some managed to escape, and others were asked if they
Corriere della Sera
wanted to return to Italy or join the SS. 80% chose to be taken to pri-
soner of war camps where they were an important part of Germany’s
forced labour force. In 1944, Mussolini and Hitler met for the last time
in near Salzburg. Having barely survived an assassination attempt in Alfio Caruso (1950, Catania, Sicily) is a journa-
his east Prussian Headquarters, just hours before, Hitler was visibly list and historian. He has written five bestselling
shaken. Mussolini, on the other hand, had already made his deci- nonfiction books on the Sicilian Mafia and
sion. various books on Italian history.FICTION FICTION
Romina Casagrande Having escaped poverty with their families’ encouragement, they
THE LOST CHILDREN thought they would find green meadows in which to play and tables
piled high with food; instead, they were sold off as labor hands at
ITALY: livestock markets. During that dreary time Edna fell in love. The
Garzanti Chosen for memories are vivid in her heart, and the secrets still haunt her.
January 2020
presentation Now that she’s found Jacob again, Edna must make her peace with
300 Pages
for the him, hundreds of miles away. She will also have to walk there,
Rights sold: Berlinale because no bus will allow her parrot to ride by her side. Following
Arab (Daral Khayal) Pitch the map she drew when she was a little girl in order to find her way
Germany (Fischer/Scherz) home, she sets off to discover if it’s still possible to forgive and start
France (Fleuve Noir) over.
Along ancient Roman roads and pilgrim trails, between encounters
Partial English
and clashes, she meets strangers who reveal themselves to be kin-
translation
available der than they look: Roland, the motorcyclist who takes her to his trai-
ler home, serves her dinner and gives her his leather jacket to pro-
The most contended for Italian debut of recent years.
tect her from the rain; Priska and Flo, vegan, Shaman bloggers who
A bestseller inspired by the true story of tens of thousands of
save Emil from the crows and welcomes her into their orange van
children sold by their families as farm labor.
(where they take pictures that will create a frenzy on Instagram); Fez,
the mechanic who makes a carriage out of a skateboard, for Emil;
Edna was little more than a child when she made the promise that Jeremias, the old widower who finds Edna sleeping in his barn; and
would haunt her for decades to come. Now, the elderly widow lives Mr. Tenzin, a Zen hiker who cares for Edna’s sore ankle and assists
with Emil, her blue-winged parrot, and scans the local newspapers her on the last leg of her journey. Each step over the Alps will take
for news of the whereabouts of her long lost friend. When it arrives, Edna through the anguish of her past
she will put on her walking shoes, and embark for the second time towards a lighter future, towards Jacob.
on a journey across the Alps where she bound her fate to that of An unforgettable novel of forgiveness and
Jacob. Like thousands of others, Edna and Jacob were amongst redemption.
the last of the Swabian children, forced to undertake a terrible trek Romina Casagrande (Merano, 1968) is a
on foot through the Alps, where nature speaks louder than words, to middle school teacher, graduate of the
German farmlands. Rovigo writing school.FICTION FICTION
Fausta Cialente Fausta Cialente
NATALIA THE FOUR WIESELBERGER GIRLS
ITALY: ITALY: Preface by
Fausta Cialente
la Tartaruga Natalia la Tartaruga Melania
October 2019 May 2018 G. Mazzucco
270 Pages 270 Pages
Rights sold:
This highly controversial French (Payot)
novel was first published in
1929 and subsequently
censored in Fascist Italy
A family saga set against a background of war and fermentation in
An extraordinary and damning portrait of bourgeois women in pre- late 19th century Trieste. This vaguely auto-biographical novel fol-
war Europe. lows the apparently enchanted lives of four privileged sisters who are
The story opens when the young Natalia Fandel befriends Silvia, blissfully unaware of their tragic destiny. Lives that tragically coin-
despite her mother Luisa’s disapproval. Soon after, she finds love cides with the violence and horrors of history.
letters hidden in the attic, revealing that Silvia might not be the
daughter of Luisa’s late husband. It is a secret she keeps to herself.
Twenty years later, Natalia’s father has been killed in the war. Winner of the the 1976 Strega Prize, Fausta
Natalia has been writing to a soldier, as part of a campaign to raise Cialente (1989-1994) is one of Italy’s most impor-
the morale at the front. Now that his service has come to an end, he tant women writers. She was a vocal anti-fascist
proposes to her. Ultimately, Natalia finds herself trapped in a love- who settled in Egypt with her Jewish husband when
less marriage; Natalia is, and always has been, secretly in love with Mussolini came to power. From there, she made
Silvia. daily broadcasts from Radio Cairo against the
What follows are a series of broken promises, disappointing marria- Fascist regime in Italy. In 1984, she moved to
ges, unwanted births and deaths that are as universal as life itself. England where she is buried.FICTION FICTION
Roberta De Falco It is clear that the walls of that house have seen more tragedy than
BLOOD OF MY BLOOD they care to reveal…and that blood runs thicker than water. If Elettra
is to solve this mystery, she must first uncover the truth.
ITALY: Best selling cozy
Piemme crime series set
May 2019
285 Pages
ROBERTA DE FALCO Quanto a lungo può durare l’odio?
ROBERTA DE FALCO
A body burnt beyond recognition in a car hides a heinous crime and NON È COLPA MIA THRILLER IL TEMPO
a family secret in a small city in Northern Italy. The burnt car is NON CANCELLA
undistinguishable, a carcass in the night. The driver would be invisi- «Una voce che promette di diventare
sempre più importante nel polifonico coro
del romanzo nero italiano contemporaneo.»
MAURIZIO DE GIOVANNI
ble as well, were it not for a tiny bright diamond in the ear of the
corpse behind the wheel.
With the diamond being her only clue to the victim’s identity,
La bora cancella ogni colpa.
Commissioner Elettra Morin, new leader of the Monfalcone Mobile, Ma nessuno è innocente per sempre.
is determined to crack this case. When a few hundred meters away
a naked wounded man is found running away from the car-wreck,
the team is sure they have found the culprit; but Elettra knows from Roberta De Falco (1951) is a retired screen-
experience that looks can be deceiving. The car license plates lead writer whose Triestine series featuring
her to a patrician villa surrounded by a suggestive garden full of Detective Benussi and his assistents Elettra
brambles. The owner, an elderly art collector, and his son are pro- Morin and Valerio Gargiulo has won various
foundly disturbed by the girl’s death. But why? awards.NON FICTION NON FICTION
Daniela Fedi & Lucia Serlenga Sixty is an age of laughter, independence and self-confidence. There
6.0 WOMEN is no reason why a woman can’t enjoy herself at sixty as much if not
more than she did a decade earlier. After all, she is (hopefully) finan-
ITALY: cially independent, full of friends
Cairo Editore
However, age comes with its issues too, and there are guidelines to
July 2018
embracing them which involve lifestyle changes (sleep, excersize,
215 Pages
meditation) and sacrifice (diet) that best eliminate evil toxins and
Partial English nuture health.
translation
available 6.0 Women reveals the secrets of those who have successfully flou-
rished during the much-feared decade. Daniela Fedi and Lucia
Serlenga, two formidable sixty year olds, offer pages of entertaining
information and expert advice to preserve the vitality, beauty and
health of youth. This book is an inspiring testimony, a manual, and a
veritable manifesto of female redemption.
A guide for women of all generations who want to embrace the
inevitable aging process.
From a physical point of view, today's 60 year old woman is younger
than ever. The fearful turning point is no longer the beginning of the
end; indeed, for many, it is the golden age when children have grown
up and careers have stabilized. In the years before retirement,
"everything is possible", a time of freedom and joy marking the
beginning of a new life. Just flip through the pages of any maga-
zine, and you will find divas like Sharon Stone, Madonna, Andie
MacDowell, Michelle Pfeiffer, all born in 1958, the year the contra-
ceptive pill was marketed in the United States, while the 65 year old Daniela Fedi and Lucia Serlenga are
Brigitte Macron, an icon of style, boasts a handsome husband years fashion journalists and authors of the
younger. book Curvy.NON FICTION NON FICTION
Franca Fendi We learn of Franca and her sisters’ childhood during World War
STAY WITH ME Two, under Mussolini’s Fascism. We watch the rising success of the
family business, the children helping out at their parents’ shop at a
ITALY: My grandchildren tender age, folding tissue paper and arranging merchandise. As they
Rizzoli Libri are always asking
grew older, the Fendi daughters become female entrepreneurs in
October 2018 me to tell them the
their own right under the supervision of their omnipresent mother.
287 Pages story of my life.
That they were able to achieve such success in a country with such
Partial English extremely chauvinist roots is nothing short of a miracle.
Well here it is, a
translation
love story.
available Stay With Me is a collection of childhood tales, anecdotes, revela-
tions and confessions, a lifetime of change and progress, tragedy
and hope, loss and love, set against the historical backdrop of Italy
in the twentieth century and beyond. The heart of the book though,
recounts Franca’s own evolving home life,
inspired by the idea of a family, gathered
around a dinner table. Even more than a
1925: Adele and Edoardo Fendi opened a small fur and leather memoir, this is a tender tribute, a love let-
goods shop in Rome. Decades later, the Fendi fashion house had ter to Franca’s beloved late husband Luigi,
become an internationally acclaimed luxury brand and an icon of the man whose care and support allowed
Italian style. Over time their five daughters, Paola, Anna, Franca, her to continue the Fendi legacy, not only
Carla and Alda, became actively involved in the family business, and by contributing to the business but also
as famous as the celebrities clamoring for their products. through their children and their children’s
But what was this legendary family like outside the glare of the spot- children.
lights and away from the public eye? Franca Fendi, the third of the
five daughters, offers us an intimate glimpse of it through her eyes.
Giving form to the abstract, she talks about being raised by a gifted, Franca Fendi (1935) began her career working alongside her four
caring father who remained in the shadows, and a hardworking, sisters in the family shop in Rome and contributed to its international
authoritative matriarch who was feared by her children and success. The company was sold to LMVH in 2001. She has three
respected by all. children and lives in Rome.FICTION FICTION
Chiara Francini Chiara Francini
A HAPPY YEAR DON’T TALK WITH YOUR MOUTH FULL
ITALY: A formidable novel ITALY:
Rizzoli Libri CHIARA set between Italy Rizzoli Libri
April 2019 FR A N C I N I and Sweden April 2017/2018
288 Pages UN ANNO
FELICE Reprinted 7 times
ROMANZO
50,000 copies sold
Film rights:
Bestseller
optioned by
reprinted five
Effe TV srl times
Melania viveva
in una felice, perpetua
coltellata.
This romantic comedy series is set into motion when a heartbroken
Chiara shows up on her parents’ doorstep. Finding a partner isn’t
easy when your role models are still madly in love after thirty years
together. Then again, not everyone is lucky enough to have two
Most girls spend their lives looking for love, the kind that dazzles and fabulous fathers, like Angelo and Giancarlo.
makes your heads spin, turning your life upside down. But often it As an incurable romantic, Chiara knows that her Prince Charming is
comes at a price. Melania, with her long wavy hair and manicured somewhere out there with her name tattooed all over his heart.
eyebrows, makes heads turn wherever she goes. She lives with her Meanwhile, tragedy lies just around the corner to remind her of how
friend Franca in the center of Florence where they search for Prince brief and precious life is. She is about to learn that once the fireworks
Charming. Everything changes one day when she sees Axel, a have stopped, sometimes true love looks like your best friend.
strong and silent Swedish man. Under the brazen beauty of
Tuscany, Melania falls in love, like she has always dreamed about.
She decides to follow him home, to Sweden, where she soon finds
herself living in a very cold country she knows nothing about. And
with a man she knows even less. Chiara Francini (1979) was born in
Blinded by emotion, Melania must find the strength to ask herself if Florence. She is an actress for television,
she was ever really in love. And if so, why does it hurt so much? film, and theater.FICTION FICTION
Pedro Chagas Freitas I did the math yesterday and we’ve been falling asleep and waking
I PROMISE TO LOVE up together for over thirty thousand days now, in this same bed
where I am now writing to you.
PORTUGAL: Thirty thousand days watching you while you sleep, knowing the
Particular
cold or the heat of your body, understanding what hurts inside,
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loving each new wrinkle on your skin.
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Thirty thousand days of you and me, of this house we once said
Rights sold: would be ours (what will be of a house that knows us so well once
Italy (Garzanti) we’re gone?), of struggles and yearnings, of the sensation that we’re
Brazil (Verus) always on the path to becoming just us.
Thirty thousand days when everything changed but nothing changed
Option:
Albania (Bota Shqiptare)
us, and life once forced us to be apart.
Brazil (Verus) Thirty thousand days, my old, grumpy and adorable girl. Me, you
Bulgaria (Soft Press) and the world; everyone we know is now elderly. But we’re still
Turkey (Pegasus) here, even after thirty thousand days- together and for eternity.
UK/US: (Oneworld)
English translation #1 Bestselling author from Portugal, who
Thirty thousand days, and I unlearned so many things. Except how
available has fundamentally changed the way we
think about love. to love you.
Pedro Chagas Freitas has invented a new genre that unites poetry Pedro Chagas Freitas (1979) teaches
with epistolary in these chapters that accompany us on an intimate creative writing in Porto and is the
voyage of raw emotion. author of numerous bestsellers.
Promise to make mistakes. Promise to fail. Promise that you will
never be the same, exactly the same, every time life presents itself.
Promise you will risk, promise you will feel. Promise that you will
chase what you want, every day, and like a madman. Chase what
makes you dance, laugh at what what makes you cry. The important
thing is to remain alive.FICTION FICTION
Diego Galdino Diego Galdino
THE LAST COFFEE OF THE DAY THE FIRST COFFEE OF THE MORNING
ITALY: A hopelessly ITALY: It is easy to fall in
Il primo caffè del mattino
Sperling & romantic love story Sperling & romanzo love over a cup of
Kupfer set in Rome, the Kupfer espresso...
April 2018 most romantic April 2013
300 Pages cities in the world 300 Pages Film righs
DIEGO GALDINO
optioned
Rights sold: Rights sold:
Bulgaria (Klagozzor)
Bulgaria (Kragozor)
Germany (Thiele)
Germany (Thiele)
Poland (Rebis)
Poland (Rebis)
Spain (Espasa Calpe) “Dolce come un caffè bevuto insieme
Serbia (Vulkan) alle prime luci dell’alba, magico come una passeggiata
per le vie di Roma quando tutti dormono.”
Spain (Ediciones B) Catena Fiorello
Two years have passed since Massimo, the owner of a small but Massimo is a waiter at a coffee bar in the center of
legendary coffee shop in Rome, last fell in love. Much has changed Rome. His life suddenly changes one rainy day
in his life, but not the delicious coffee he serves, nor the good cheer when a mysterious, green-eyed woman enters his
his clients find when they stop in for company. Then one day, the coffee bar. Geneviève is the distant relative and
chiming bells of his shop announce the arrival of a blue-eyed girl sole heir of a much loved client of Massimo’s shop.
named Mina, looking to try his famous Nutella espresso. Mina is She has comes from France to claim the inheritance
from Verona, so she is delighted when Massimo offers to show her of her estranged aunt, and speaks not a single word
the charms of Rome. of Italian.
Just when their relationship is about to blossom into Love-stricken, Massimo tries to win her over by sho-
something more than just friendship, Massimo’s wing her Rome and his magical selection of coffee.
French ex-girlfriend arrives, forcing him to make the But she speaks only French, and drinks tea...
most difficult choice of his life. Will love overcome all these obstacles before
Geneviève must return home to her fianceé?
Diego Galdino (1971) runs a coffee bar in Rome.FICTION FICTION
Andrea Galli Julian Sinanaj is part of a long tradition of brutal hired assassins. He
HITMAN: the true story of Europe’s was ultimately charged with 34 murders and 3 dynamite attacks, but
most dangerous killer police suspect his victims range in the double digits.
This narrative covers the story behind his ruthless trail of blood,
ITALY: An incredible story beginning with a violent and impoverished childhood and taking the
Rizzoli spanning Europe reader through his most formative years as a genius criminal.
April 2020 and the Balcans Biografie criminali Albanese, 35 anni, è accusato di 34 delitti. La storia sembra un film: per arruolamento, His nemesis, a
capacità esecutive e inquinamento delle prove. I prezzi? Tra i 10 mila e i 40 mila euro per un omicidio
300 Pages for readers of True police officer
Crime
Vita (e morti) di Julian miraculously
above suspicion,
Rights sold:
Poland (Foksal) il killer più letale d’Europa ultimately turned
Serbia (Laguna) out to be his
greatest ally in
an extremely
corrupt country
No one embodies this new era of crime like Julius Sinanaj. He was where no one
di ANDREA GALLI
so extraordinarily adept at losing his trace, that the authorities didn’t can be trusted,
I
l killer ambidestro ha ucciso spa- che indagano su dieci delitti tra Atene e simo diventato semplicemente una meta tracce provvisorie non sono mai state
rando invariabilmente con entram- Salonicco, compresi attacchi con bombe perfino routinaria, l’assenza di sentimen- fondamentali: ha agito anche alla luce, di
be le mani. Ha modificato pistole, artigianali. La geografia di sangue di Ju- ti, l’espletamento di un lavoro, il massi- giorno, all’improvviso, non curandosi di
even know they were looking for the deadliest assassin in Europe, costruito silenziatori, fabbricato
esplosivi. Durante la lunga ma inde-
terminata sequenza temporale degli
lian lo collegherebbe anche a omicidi av-
venuti in Italia a danno di connazionali
scappati dopo faide e attentati falliti, e in-
including the
mo e puntuale soddisfacimento delle esi-
genze del cliente-committente che via via
passanti eventuali testimoni, indifferente
nel camuffare gli orari dei decessi, abile
com’era a dileguarsi. Il modus operandi
è stato un familiare ossessionato da dissi-
omicidi è rimasto un cittadino modello. seguiti dalla promessa di morte sicura. Si di «interni», un imprenditore esasperato del sicario si è mantenuto «estraneo» ri-
according to Interpol, until he confessed.
Non un reato e nemmeno una multa in
macchina (si spostava unicamente con
bus, treni e traghetti). Il trentacinquenne
possono cambiare città e nascondigli, ot-
tenere false identità e ricevere protezioni:
ma la malavita albanese non dimentica e
judge.Today,
dai guadagni di un concorrente, un mala-
vitoso inchiodato da un giudice. E poi
spaventano, come riferisce nei dettagli a
spetto alle tracce-oggetti e a quelle occu-
pazionali: Sinanaj non ha perso pezzi dei
vestiti (bottoni, fibre) e nelle fasi di preli-
Julian Sinanaj, albanese di Elbasan, cen- non soltanto perché spinta dalle regole «la Lettura» una qualificata fonte, la pre- minare monitoraggio delle vittime non
Captured in Albania at the end of a manhunt in 2018, Sinanaj led a
tomila abitanti nel centro del Paese, è co-
me se non avesse vissuto per oltre metà
della sua esistenza. Accertate le origini e
del Kanun, l’ancestrale codice di compor-
tamento che prevede il «dovere» della
vendetta di sangue, ammazzando dopo
Sinanaj is in an
parazione e la conoscenza dei mezzi (ar-
mi e ordigni), delle tecniche di pedina-
mento (mai nessuna vittima s’era accorta
ha commesso l’errore di lasciare variazio-
ni di assetti (segni di effrazioni sulle por-
te e le finestre) non direttamente collega-
l’infanzia entrambe anonime, accertato l’uccisione di un proprio consanguineo d’essere seguita), delle capacità di analisi ti per contemporaneità ai delitti. Allo
un trasferimento da ragazzino in Grecia l’assassino oppure i suoi parenti maschi sull’«obiettivo» e soprattutto della ge- stesso tempo ha potuto «giocare» con le
hermit’s existence, far from prying eyes. Not a single traffic ticket or insieme ai genitori (dai quali più avanti si
è allontanato) lungo tradizionali canali
fino al terzo grado di parentela.
Dei delitti, Sinanaj dice e non dice. Da
u n k n o w n
stione della scena del crimine. Se fosse
stato uno sbirro della Scientifica, Sinanaj
tracce morfologiche date dalle forme de-
gli aloni del fumo degli spari e dalle tra-
migratori del popolo albanese, accertato una parte è attratto dal profondo interes- avrebbe sempre fiutato l’errore dell’as- iettorie dei proiettili. Julian aveva modifi-
infine l’arresto della polizia nel 2014. se suscitato oltre che negli investigatori sassino. Sempre. cato pistole e pallottole e quindi alterato
arrest. And yet, the 36 year old Albanian who grew up in the slums
Nient’altro. Gli investigatori non sanno
perché, come e quando Sinanaj sia diven-
tato un sicario. Il sicario più letale d’Euro-
in psicologi, criminologi e antropologi
che vogliono studiarlo, mossi dalla curio-
sità per un caso forse unico; dall’altra par-
Albanian prison.
Le tracce e il trucco dei capelli
Sulla scena del crimine ci sono cinque
le condizioni di partenza.
Sembra il ritratto di una macchina da
guerra creata in laboratorio, «esempla-
pa: i magistrati di Tirana ipotizzano tren- te Julian ha vissuto così tanto solo con se tipologie di tracce cercate dagli investiga- re» nello stare lontano anche dalle tracce
of Elbasan and later immigrated illegally with his family to Greece
taquattro delitti.
Il «dovere» della vendetta
stesso che l’isolamento in carcere, dove
starà per sempre salvo agguati commis-
sionati ai detenuti per eliminarlo oppure
His only compa-
tori e una sesta tipologia traditrice. Le
tracce dette temporanee sono appunto
provvisorie, hanno una scadenza: la tem-
di situazione, le conseguenze dell’omici-
dio sul suo ambiente (cassetti spostati,
mobili rovistati). Possibile questa man-
Da quand’è in cella, Sinanaj ha ammes- il suo stesso suicidio, non lo spaventa. peratura corporea del cadavere che varia canza assoluta di sbagli? Nessuno è infal-
so una piccolissima parte delle esecuzio- Semmai è lui che spaventa. Ancora ades- libile, alla lunga. E infatti sulle scene del
where he learned the trade of explosive making from local anar- ni che gli attribuiscono in Albania e s’è ri-
fiutato di rispondere agli inquirenti greci
so. La quantità impressionante di cadave-
ri, l’estrema disumanizzazione del pros-
nions are
con il progredire delle ore e il grado di
fluidità del sangue fuoriuscito dal corpo.
Nelle vittime di Julian Sinanaj queste
crimine Sinanaj ha dimenticato dei resi-
dui. Appartengono alla categoria delle
chists, was a professional. Upon his return to Albania, he continued Russian clas-
to kill, hired by criminals, politicians, common citizens, and the sics.
Russian Secret Services who not only paid him to execute but most
likely taught him the trade and inspired his love of Dostoevskij, which Andrea Galli writes for the crime section of Italy’s
he avidly reads in his isolation cell. daily Corriere Della Sera.FICTION FICTION
Rossana Balduzzi Gastini Born in 1834 to a humble family in the province of the northern Italian
THE MAN WHO CONQUERED THE city of Alessandria, Giuseppe Borsalino escaped a life of poverty by
WORLD WITH A HAT learning the craft of a hatter from a local artisan. Hungry, ambitious
and curious, he ventured across the border to France, where he
ITALY: redefined his hat-making technique before returning home to open a
Sperling & principle-led business, one of a kind. Early in his career, he decided
Kupfer to put workers’ rights at the forefront of what became an empire.
June 2018 Little did he know, Borsalino would revolutionize hat-making forever,
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associating his name with the style and elegance of his hat.
In nineteenth century Italy, which was struggling with unification and
on the cusp of the modern era, Borsalino was both the first to export
“Made in Italy” and the only entrepreneur, for decades to come, to
support the syndicate.
This documented historical novel is an intense and engaging journey
that follows the illustrious and illuminating life of an extraordinary
man who followed his dream with tenacity and passion.
The iconic Borsalino hat became a distinctive characteristic of gang-
sters, policemen and private investigators, starting with Humprey
Bogart in Casablanca. Marcello Mastroianni wore one in 81/2,
Robert Redford in The Great Gatsby, Harrison Ford in Indiana
Jones, Leonardo Di Caprio in Shutter Island... and of course Al
Pacino in The Godfather.
While most people recognize the hat, they know little of its history Rossana Balduzzi Gastini (1963) was born
and even less of Giuseppe Borsalino, who created an empire in Alessandria, where she currently lives and
around his hat making. works as an architect.FICTION FICTION
Evita Greco Evita Greco
A RAY OF LIGHT THE SOUND OF THINGS BEGINNING
ITALY: A novel about being a ITALY: A love story
Garzanti mother and a child, Rizzoli Libri of deafening
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Every morning, Filomena takes the regional train to the middle of Serbia (Vulkan)
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of her life, the man who would become her husband and the father
The only parent Ada has ever known is her elegant Grandma
of Carlo, her only child. Carlo is on that train too, with her; but she
Teresa, who taught her everything she needs to know, like how to
never sees him, or if she does, she doesn’t acknowledge it. He is
observe olive trees grow always the same, but just a little taller, and
there to protect her.
to recognize the sound of things beginning.
Filomena has been this way for as long as Carlo can remember.
Carlo’s love for his mother is a full time job, preventing him from
living… until he meets Cara. She and her baby share a unique lan- As her grandmother’s illness precipitates, Ada finds herself tottering.
guage made up of simple gesture. Just watching them awakens Thanks to a new friend, she will ultimately learn that even when it
something in Carlo: the desire to be part of that love, to receive even seems like things are ending, somewhere in the
a small piece of it. world they are also beginning.
As Carlo uncovers his parents’ secrets, long-forgotten memories
reemerge and his soul cracks like a faulty diamond. He must disco-
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tively. children.FICTION CHILDREN FICTION CHILDREN
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The French 26 year old Antoine Griezmann, a favourite athlete for
the 9+ age group of both girls and boys, is one of the most popular
and talented football players in the world. As father, he understands
the need to nurture young readers, and provide fans with a positive
role model. Griezmann himself was rejected for being too small, so
he knows what means to struggle with rejection. Antoine Griezmann (1991) is a professional footballer who plays for
Inspired by events in his own life, the plot of these novels follows the the Spanish Club Barcelona and for the French national team.
life and adventures of Tony Grizi, a puny boy whose ascent as a Griezmann won the 2016 UEFA European Championship Golden
football player is full of pitfalls and disappointments. Through young Boot award and took third place for the Ballon d’Or 2016 award, after
Tony, this series highlights team spirit, tolerance, mutual aid and Ronaldo and Messi. He has been featured in advertisements for
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Viola Di Grado The lovers grow weaker by the day and fight to survive amongst the
FIRE THE SKIES ruins of apartment buildings and abandoned warehouses. They ques-
tion whether it is even worth it, until a prodigious event changes
ITALY: everything for them.
La Nave di Teseo
One day, as they scrounge for food among the garbage, they find a
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living being, a child who so deformed, he is hardly recognizable as
250 Pages
such. And yet in the vulnerability of that monstrous newborn, victim of
an environmental disaster, Tamara finds a reason to survive.
Trapped and forbidden to communicate outside the boundaries of this
sinister city, they consume the crumbs that remain of their lives, seek-
ing contact with a world beyond that might care.
Viola di Grado is an incredibly powerful novelist.
-Michael Cunningham
Viola Di Grado the youngest winner of
the Premio Campiello for first novels
and the youngest finalist for the Strega
A raging love story set in the most radioactive place on this Prize, is the author of three novels:
planet. Inspired by a true story that shocked the world. 70% Acrylic 30% Wool (finalist for the
IMPAC) e Hollow Heart (Europa edi-
Tamara and Vladimir live in the Muslyumovo, a remote Siberian vil- tions, E/O). Her previous novel, Iron
lage which has produced the plutonium responsible for three nuclear Children (Bambini di Ferro) was pub-
disasters in the 1950’s and 1960’s. The most radioactive place on the lished by La Nave di Teseo. She was
planet has ceased to exist on any map. chosen as the only Italian to attend the
There are no visitors, and the few remaining inhabitants are prohibit- Sydney Writer’s Festival and the
ed from leaving, which means they are trapped in a place resembling Auckland Festival. She speaks Italian,
hell. English and Japanese.FICTION FICTION
Marina Mander Marina Mander
INTIMATE STRANGERS THE FIRST TRUE LIE
ITALY: Two boys at the ITALY:
Marsilio Editore mercy of a violent, Marsilio Editore
March 2019 adult world. April 2018
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Leo doesn’t study much, but he's good at school. He does smoke
much either, unless marijuana counts. His mother, Margherita, works
as a social worker and his father a mathematician who Leo last saw
walking into the sea, wearing pajamas and bedroom slippers. That
was just before the waves gobbled him up and now he is trapped
within an imaginary courtroom that holds him responsible for his
father’s death. Now Leo hates everyone and everything, including I know you shouldn’t tell lies, but without lies I’’d already be in
pajamas; and he avoids the sea like the plague. an orphanage. This, in any case, is my first true lie.
His outlook changes when he meets Florin, a Romanian boy who
never studies, has no mother or father, and doesn’t know where his Luca and his mum are like two peas in a pod in their special, fragile
next meal is coming from. Florin is a prostitute and Leo's mother has world. Then, one winter morning, his mother doesn’t wake up and
taken him into their small apartment because “maybe you can help Luca suddenly finds himself alone. Terrified of what telling the truth
each other”. Both boys are fragile and navigating an awkward age; might bring, he decides to keep the biggest secret of his life, even if
and they soon discover that they have more in common than they it means returning home from school every night to a cold, dark
think. house, and the truth on the other side of the bedroom door.FICTION FICTION
Marco Martani Although Orso knows that that Red will never let him go, he leaves
LIKE A FATHER anyway for a brief trip south, along the Riviera to Italy, where he last
left his family four decades ago. But as the train nears Genova, some-
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them to catch up with him and when they did, he was given a choice:
return to the fold and continue to kill as he was told, or he, his wife Marco Martani (1968) is one of Italy’s most
and his daughter would live in perpetual fear for their lives. The one talented screenwriters whose successes include
binding condition is that he never again contact them. The Mafia Kills Only in Summer, winner of the
Forty years have gone by and Orso has made good on his promise. David di Donatello Award and the European
His loyalty has taken more lives than he cares to remember, and his Film Academy for Best Comedy. He is the co-
eyes have seen more violence than the angel of death. Now, with a founder of Wildside, the producer of Sorrentino’s
weakened heart, the sixty-year-old Orso has one last dying wish: to The Young Pope, Ammaniti’s The Miracle and
see them again, and not just in a photograph. Elena Ferrante’s My Brilliant Friend.FICTION FICTION
Anna Martellato Born the daughter of an Italian high commander on the Greek island
THE EARLY HOUR OF THE MORNING of Rhodes, with its hidden courtyards filled with hibiscus flowers, its
paved medieval alleys and Ottoman walls, Anna’s life changed the
ITALY: day the Italian-occupied island suddenly became German and the
Giunti Racial Laws came into effect. Anna and her twin sister were young
February 2018 at the time, but not too young to remember their mother, the smell of
300 Pages her skin and the color of her hair...and to know that they were being
lied to: the woman raising them is someone else.
Partial English
The story of what happened to their true mother and how history
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changed this beautiful, occupied Greek island will take the reader on
available
an emotionally charged journey through the Dodecanese islands and
back to Italy where a young woman and her grandmother face a dif-
ficult decision.
The deportation of the Jews of Rhodes is one of the least explored
events in history. At the end of her grandmother’s confession, Zoe
will mourn her grandmother as her grandmother mourns her own
mother. And they will both understand more about the complications
An emotionally-charged novel based on true events surrounding of motherhood.
the deportation of Jews from the Italian-occupied Greek Island of
Rhodes during the end of WW2. For readers of Sarah’s Key.
Zoe has just been appointed to her dream job in an important adver-
tising agency. She has sacrificed everything for her career. Now,
when timing could not be worse, life throws her a curve ball: an Anna Martellato (1981) lives in Verona,
unwanted pregnancy. The only person Zoe can turn to for advice is where she works as a “Project Generator
her bedridden grandmother Anna whose days are numbered. Journalist”.
Zoe’s dilemma gives her widowed grandmother a perfect reason to This first novel is based on her family’s true
share a family secret she has suppressed for far too long. story.FICTION FICTION
Antonio joins many of his generation in the student protests of the
1970’s. He is attracted to a lifestyle that is closer to his mother’s than
Giovanni Mastrangelo
he can imagine. When a second family secret involving his grandfa-
THE VANQUISHED
ther and a Jewish neighbor threatens to blow his world apart, he
ITALY: finds solace in a mysterious man called Gordon who has come from
La Nave di Teseo California to Italy to claim the fortune that is rightly his. But Gordon,
March 2020 it turns out, is not the man he claims to be.
400 Pages
Giovanni Mastrangelo
English
translation
THE SYSTEM
available I love it! Pure passion - David Gilmour
Epic and emotionally satisfying. The System has
bewitched me - Bernardo Bertolucci
Heroin, Rock n Roll, philosophy, Gourdjieff &
A family divided by ideology during the Second World War is
Jung, meditation and sex. The 80’s: a decade of
later reunited by love, death and forgiveness, only to be rip-
vision tottering on damnation, and Californian
ped apart by an unfathomable secret.
cults are springing up like psychedelic mush-
The Cristaldi family is Fascist, or so Alberto has ruled, never ima-
rooms. Gordon, a charismatic idealist is attract-
gining that his daughter Vera would join the resistance. When bro-
ing a bizarre group of wierdos. to a plot of land.
ther and sister find themselves on separate sides of the war, it
It takes little time for The Viners Brotherhood to
looks as though their irreconcilable differences might tear the world
evolve into a wealthy non-profit religion. Gordon
apart. After an unexpected accident leaving him paralyzed, their
leads his followers through an unusual path of
fraternal bond reveals itself stronger than history. Brother and
mysticism to redemption, preaching self-remem-
sister are reunited, but his eventual suicide leaves Vera the sole
bering and divided attention: the System
testimony to their secret. In a post-war craving normality, Vera
remains vehemently Communist. She gives birth as a single
mother to a son whom she names for her brother, Antonio. She
makes peace with her father who helps her raise the child. After Giovanni Mastrangelo worked in Africa as a
her father’s death, she marries Hans, a man who offers the child photographer before he began writing novels,
unconditioned love and stability. essays, and screenplays.NON FICTION NON FICTION
Paola Maugeri This is what I wanted to gain from my experiment: a revolution
TREADING SOFTLY: in my life and in my heart. Slowing down to live in sync with the
my impact zero life rhythm of nature, using my bicycle to get around, growing my
own food and buying only what was truly necessary, and spen-
ITALY: ding months and months without electricity. Living by the three
Mondadori R’s: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle was a huge challenge in a city
January 2020
like Milan. There were difficult months, seriously difficultbut
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in that solitude, in that darkness and in those months all I could
Full English do was think, and finally I had loads of time to do it. And so one
translation morning, I wrote this down in my diary:
available If you are not part of the solution, you are
part of the problem.
Conscious of the diminishing resources on our suffering planet,
ROCK & RESILIENCE: rock musicians who have
Paola Maugeri embarked on an exceptional adventure with a
resisted the test of time, thanks to their capacity to
single intention: to lighten her ecological footprint.
withstand life’s violent blows and shocks, transform-
Climate change, the reduction of biodiversity, the massive problems Alla ing that pain into positive energy. Through their sto-
caused by pollution: Paola Maugeri was one of the first to raise these Saaollaute! ries, d.j. and author Paola Maugeri reflects upon the
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issues and publicly insist that the planet’s health become the center Maugeri source of resilience.
our political, cultural and economic lives.
Ten years ago, the author, together with her infant child and her aging 109 SUCCHI,
SMOOTHIES e SFIZI
made in
father, spent an entire year "treading lightly" on the environment. LAS VEGANS
One of the original MTV presenters, Sicilian born
They lived with no gas or electricity in the center of Milan. Dining by Paola Maugeri is the most prominent TV music jour-
candle light, on produce from the nearest organic farm, and moving nalist in Italy. “The Lady of Rock” (as referred to by
by bicycle, she realized the quantity of her consumption, how much fan) has interviewed over 1,300 of the world’s great-
waste she had been producing, and just how little it takes to be est musicians. She has also served as Italian
happy. ambassador at the Copenhagen summit for protocol
An inspirational book that will change the way you live forever. on climate.FICTION FICTION
Silvio Muccino In his cryptic letter, he writes that “Life”, as he knows it, will soon
THE LAST BEAUTIFUL LOSER cease to exist. Then again, Alex has always been particularly odd. He
is, they all agree, the last beautiful loser.
ITALY: BESTSELLER For Eva, he was her great love; for Rodolfo, the rival who stole his girl-
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friend and then gave her back, damaged, an ever-present shadow in
March 2018
their marriage. For Melzi, Alex was everything, his idol. Torquemada
254 Pages
was too rational to ever truly understand Alex, but loved him all the
Film rights sold to same with a mixture of admiration and cynicism.
Jean Vigo None of them were ever able to successfully move on after their
friendship quietly dissolved, like salt in water. So the highly charged
Partial English weekend together is fifteen years overdue.
translation
available
The five beautiful losers are about to discover the shocking truth
about Alex and each other during a weekend of revelation and con-
I love you so much that having you is not enough. fession, laughter and tears. By Monday morning, nothing will ever be
I want to be you. the same.
As everyone knows, strength lies in numbers, especially during ado-
lescence, when the last thing you want to be is different. Every high
school has its cool kids, its bullies, its freaks and its outcasts. Alex,
Rodolfo, Eva, Torquemada and Melzi were the losers. To their class-
mates, they were “aliens”, but to one another, they were beautiful. Silvio Muccino (1982) is a writer, an
Their friendship was that fragile, safe space, in which they could actor, and film director who made his
shine, each in a unique way. But as everyone knows, life has a way acting debut at 17 yeras of age, in 1999.
of separating even the best of friends and lovers. That day arrived at His first novel, PARLAMI D’AMORE,
the end of high school, when Alex abruptly disappeared. written with Carla Vangelista and adap-
After fifteen years of silence, Alex invites his old gang to a weekend ted into a film, was an international best-
reunion in the Umbrian countryside. A sort of Big Chill. seller.FICTION FICTION
Enzo Gianmaria Napolillo Enzo Gianmaria Napolillo
CARLO WENT OUT BY HIMSELF TURTLES ALWAYS COME HOME
ITALY: ITALY: Finalist of:
Sometimes the
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road to adult-
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Carlo never leaves his house alone or speaks to strangers; his atten- A coming of age love story set on the Italian island of Lampedusa,
tion is focused on counting: crumbs on the table, drops of rain on the just miles from Africa. Salvatore is shy and intense, the son of a fish-
windowpane, stars in the sky. Years ago, in middle school, his erman and his wife who live all year round on the island. Giulia is the
teacher told him that “a straight line is an infinite series of dots”. She daughter of a wealthy businessman who has moved to Milan.
failed to add that some lines end abruptly and can’t be fixed- like him. Salvatore and Giulia have spent every summer together since they
The day his life fell apart, he was just a child, an underdog, in the were children, first as best friends, then as a couple. But one day,
school courtyard. Now, at 33 years old, Carlo has built a wall while they are on the beach, the corpse of a black boy washes
between himself and the outside world. The only people he trusts are ashore, followed by others: men, women and children who died dur-
his parents and his sister Jade who know why he refuses to leave the ing the long journey to Europe.
house alone. Just when Carlo’s parents have given up hope, he The memory of tragedy remains indelibly connected to their time
meets Leda at the coffee bar where he and his father always have together. Love and destiny take them
breakfast. New in town, Leda likes his peculiar ways. And because around the world before they can meet
she too is damaged, they make a tacit alliance. Together, they seek again.
to make peace with the past and find a pathway towards the future. Enzo Gianmaria Napolillo (1977) lives
Of their mutual pain a ray of hope is born. Ultimately, Carlo will learn between Como and Milan). He is married
to leave the house alone in order not to be alone. with a child.You can also read
