The winners of the ITAS Mountain Book Award have been announced at the 70th Trento Film Festival. Down among men won the 48th edition of the literary competition that celebrates the mountain in all its forms. The Life and Death of Guido Rossa by Sergio Lozzato. Other award winning books: Cervino. The legendary mountain by … Read more
SACHA NASPINI, “OUR AbsENCES” (E/O, pp. 174 – 16.00 euro) – I think that discontent is the main character in the books, of the characters of Sacha Naspini, and it is represented in his most important novels, specifically “Houses of the Discontented”. That feeling of resentment, of a desired, emotional, or physical invasion that has … Read more
DENTELLO CRUCIFIX, ‘TUAMORE’ (they ship, p. 124 – 17.00 EUR) He called her from the beginning, from the first line, Carmella, by the name she could not bear and that he was provoking her and getting her out of her mind, as every child does when he plays with his mother. The character of this … Read more
Massimo Franco, abbey. Benedict XVI, Nine Years of the Pope of Darkness (Soliferino, p. 288, €18.00) Two popes, one governor and one emeritus, two oddities in the history of the Vatican, two “circles” of friends and supporters. Thus became the Convent of the Ecclesiastical Mother, where Benedict XVI lived, and Santa Marta, where Pope Francis … Read more
Dear AldoOccupying seats for 25 disabled people on a GenovaMilano train is as horrific as the fact that they couldn’t free them. Franco Sarto When organizing trips with the disabled, you must make sure in advance that everything is going as agreed. The opposite does not exist. The train was not supposed to leave Genoa … Read more