Il FiglioThe Two Mozarts. The difficult relationship between father and son: the clash between art and lifeEric-Emmanuel Schmitt’s latest novel should be read as a thoroughly enjoyable long short story. This is because there is only one central theme: the bond between Leopold and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. All the other characters are merely supporting figures and barely sketched out, sometimes reduced to caricatures.bySandra Petrignani24 OCT 26
Prayer Journals“Will I ever understand anything?”. The greatness of Flannery O’ConnorThe writer from Savannah is someone who wants no intermediaries between herself and God and, indeed, addresses him directly. Her diariesbySandra Petrignani17 OCT 26
in bookshopsClara Sereni and the transition of a ‘last-minute’ figure“Casalinghitudine” returns from La Tartaruga with an illuminating afterword by Benedetta Centovalli, which explains its significance and the painful background to its creation. Courageous and determined from start to finish, the author will be honoured at two conferencesbySandra Petrignani3 OCT 26
In bookshopsEveryone’s still here. Hard-hitting, unflinching Irish stories by a young, unforgiving writerIn her debut collection, Liadan Ní Chuinn brings to life a long-standing conflict that now rarely makes the headlines: that between Catholic Dublin and Anglican BelfastbySandra Petrignani3 OCT 26
magazineThe Ladies’ CommandmentsThe Laws given to Moses were written for men. Ten female writers reinterpret them in their novelsbySandra Petrignani28 SEP 26
SOMETHING TO READSundayA review of Georges Simenon’s book, published by Adelphi, 159 pp., 18 eurosbySandra Petrignani12 AUG 26
A healthy dose of unhappinessA calendar of sleepless nights, when everything cries out for existence and a little loveIn the silence and solitude, where she seeks to be moved only by the music she chooses, she sees things she did not see before and hears things she did not hear before, but is that enough? The book by Elvira SeminarabySandra Petrignani1 AUG 26
a stack of booksGiulio Einaudi, the man in whiteAlways understated and elegant, even when he was joking and teasing you, even after having had several glasses of wine, which must have been of the finest quality. The book by Paolo Di StefanobySandra Petrignani25 JUL 26