“Well, one comes into the world and is shaped by one’s environment, by parents, by misfortunes, by education, by chance experiences. At a certain point it seems obvious to be able to say: “I am made like this and like this”, but with this we take into consideration only the…
Having continued on the line of noir that has as protagonists the commissioner Andrea Pagani and the university researcher Lorenzo Marino, Alessio Piras, in this second novel of his entitled “Born in via Madre di Dio”, he finds himself caged. He has to continue the “story within the story”, because…
I discovered that only by feeling useful, and having so many commitments to mark the week, can you appreciate the rare free moments. Always being able to do what you want is the best way to not do it.
I try to enjoy the patana evenings, the swallows’ nest in…
Once the empire was defeated, the municipalities were free to expand as they pleased. From the seafaring cities, trade passed through the peninsula, so wealth grew. Large banks were founded, in Milan and Florence, and huge productions of fabrics were created, such as wool from Florence and silk from Lucca…
Poetry seems to belong to a world that already exists, here is the meaning of that lowercase letter at the beginning of each lyric in the series “Piccoli forse” by Angela Caccia. …
The noir of Fratelli Frilli editori are characterized by their being almost tourist guides of the Italian province. Whether we are talking about the Genoa of Alessio Piras or the Livorno of Diego Collaveri, we enter the meanders of cities little known to most, or, in any case, in unfamiliar…
A collection of discursive lyrics, even conversational at times, which tell moments of life, especially married, or in any case a difficult relationship with oneself and the women of today and yesterday. …
Yet another poet, yet another collection, “The Diaspora of Time”, by Stefano Colli, written with extreme fluidity and simplicity. Non-hermetic poems, divided into three sections, the first dedicated to writing verses, the second to the horrors of today’s history, the third more intimate and personal.
Colli’s lyrics never give up…
The city people, in the end, were tired of struggles. It happened then that a merchant — or a banker or a nobleman — richer and more powerful than the others, allied himself with the small people, after promising better conditions of life, and became master of the city. In…
Aldo Dalla Vecchia, more than a writer or television author, is mainly a journalist, the job he wanted to do from an early age. And with “Abracadabra” he goes back to his origins: twenty interviews with well-known personalities from the world of entertainment. The questions have to do with the…
