Titoli in Italiana

Una splendida raccolta poetica dedicata al mondo delle farfalle, alla loro bellezza, alla magia dei loro colori e all’armonia del loro volo. Una vivida, delicatissima celebrazione della meraviglia della natura. A wonderful collection of poems dedicated to the world of butterflies, their beauty, the magic of their colors and harmony of their flight. A vivid, delicate celebration of the wonder of nature.

"Quando scrivo poesia mi sento simile alle stelle che vagabondano nel cielo con la loro luce intermittente. La mia poesia vive di segni e di simboli, con la mia parola poetica annuncio eventi. Abito l’immaginazione, vi soggiorno, amo sedurre con le parole e i simboli per rendere sopportabile il mondo che incatena le nostre vite. Mi inabisso fino ai fondali del mondo e più in là nell’infinito, per scrutarne il mistero. Io scrivo poesia per salvarmi dalla mia dannazione, dal mio destino."

Sulla riviera romagnola, a due passi da un Adriatico di piombo, nel silenzio di gennaio, si trova il Condominio Oltremare. Le “seconde case” fuori stagione – allegoria lancinante di un presente assiderato, spoglio, eppure infinitamente enigmatico – attendono quiete, in solitudine, il ritorno dei loro proprietari.

... mi sarebbe piaciuto incontrare un tipo come Samuel Johnson. Ambire all’altezza di quel formidabile biografo che fu James Boswell. I miracoli purtroppo non ammettono repliche... G.M.

El exitoso retorno a la novela de la autora de Donde el corazón te lleve con una inolvidable historia de amor entre dos polos opuestos. Edith y Andrea, una joven transgresora y un capitán de barco serio y disciplinado, se encuentran por casualidad en un ferry entre Venecia y Grecia, una coincidencia mínima de las muchas que componen la vida. Pero en su caso, este hecho cambia el rumbo de ambos para siempre: no se enamoran de inmediato, tampoco pueden olvidarse.

In old Bari, everyone knows Maria De Santis as “Malacarne,” the bad seed. Nicknamed for her dark features, volcanic temperament, and resistance to rules, the headstrong girl can only imagine the possibilities that lie outside her poverty-stricken neighborhood. Growing up with her mother, two brothers, and a tyrannical father, Maria must abide. She does - amid the squalid life to which she was born, the cruelties of her small-minded neighbors, and violence in a constant threat of eruption.

Luigi Pirandello (1867-1936): Nacido en Agrigento, Italia, en 1867. Hijo de un rico comerciante, estudió en las universidades de Palermo, Roma y Bonn. Tras graduarse en ésta última en 1891, regresó a Italia. En 1894, una vez hubo concluido su primera novela, Lesclusa, contrajo matrimonio y publicó su primer libro de relatos, Amores sin amor.

Since the death of his father by a drunk driver, Giulio Rodari has touched alcohol only twice—and the second time was the night his ex-girlfriend, Patrizia, was murdered. The morning after, the celebrated children’s author awoke to a black hole in his memory—and to accusations of the crime. He had been known to stalk her. He had confronted her in an intoxicated rage on her last night alive. Beyond that, Giulio doesn’t remember a thing.

Alice was a hopeful young graduate student when, on a beautiful August night, her body was found in the woods. She'll always remember the night she was murdered. And she still suffers the grief and rage that destroyed her family. But what Alice regrets most is the last fight she had with her boyfriend, Enrico - and the fact that she never had the chance to tell him something that would have changed everything. A decade later, Enrico has returned to the provincial town where Alice lived and died, to sell his family home.