by Michael F. Moore Martina Franca, in Puglia, is the hometown of the writer Mario Desiati, and the setting of almost all of his novels. The town, and indeed the region as a whole, is so ubiquitous in his latest, the Strega Prize-winning Spatriati, as to become one of the book’s main characters, alongside the … Continue reading #ItalianLitMonth n.47: Reclaiming Puglia in Mario Desiati’s Spatriati
by Leah Janeczko They say you shouldn’t judge a book by its cover, but if the cover boasts one of these six awards, it means that judges somewhere in the world have deemed the book shelfworthy. Though there are many other national and international literary and translation prizes celebrating Italian works, this is a good … Continue reading #ItalianLitMonth n.45: Six Italian Literary and Translation Awards You Should Know About
by Gregory Conti In this latest book by Italy’s best-known botanist, Stefano Mancuso speaks to his readers where the vast majority of them live, in cities. More and more, and the summer of 2024 is only the most recent and to date most extreme example, that means cities that are so overheated they are at … Continue reading #ItalianLitMonth n. 9: Plants Are Us: Stefano Mancuso’s Phytopolis
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