“The truth of the facts is useless and in any case it does not define that of people?” Flaiano, Rome, summer. Three evocative words that perfectly describe the book. Memories, walks, reflections that are able to make Ennio Flaiano known as an old friend, what he represented, indeed he represents, for the Italian cultural panorama. Ennio was none other than an Abruzzese transplanted to Rome at a young age, and which makes him the eternal...
The Premio Campiello, with the aim of promoting Italian fiction to an increasingly vast audience of readers, it organizes a cycle of public meetings with the finalist authors in each edition. The events take place between June and July at cultural bodies or institutions, in the most important Italian cities or in renowned tourist resorts. BooktoMi has been selected to organize, exclusively, the meeting in Milan on 29 June 2023, at Lampo – Ex Scalo Farini. ...
“The fact of having to give explanations to people wears you out. Also because you have to invent them because you don’t even have them.” We have to be honest, we started reading this book by accident. Zero expectation, with the prejudice of being faced with the umpteenth posthumous biography of John Lennon, seasoned perhaps with second-hand gossip about the most popular musical band in the world. We were happy to think again. Julia Baird,...
