“And if no one tells me a story tonight, I know that one day, when I have all the words I need, I’ll tell them to myself.” Finalist of the XXVI edition of the Edoardo Kihlgren Opera Prima Literary Prize, the title does not lie: in the book there are fables and it talks about communism. We are in Albania, between the 80s and 90s, under the communist regime of Hoxa. Said like that, one...
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, in collaboration with Assolombarda, the meeting in Milan on 3 July 2024, at Palazzo...
“What do you think I am, am I your good or am I your bad?” If you want to be tested by a book, here is the right reading for you. Dear readers, take this as a test to really be defined as such. We ask you explicitly: are you ready to enter Mario’s thoughts? In his obsessions, in his obsessive and repetitive thoughts? And what if you discover that you could be like Mario?...
