What you need to know about Giuseppe Berto’s book, published by Edizioni Settecolori, 350 pp., 24 euros

What you need to know about Elizabeth Strout’s book, published by Einaudi, 208 pp., 19 euros

A review of the book by Dino Baldi, published by Quodlibet, 260 pp., 20 euros

What you need to know about Barbara W. Tuchman’s book, published by Neri Pozza, 573 pp., 30 euros

There may well be more authors writing by hand, but fewer writing with their feet, and they will do so the old-fashioned way – albeit more labour-intensive – because they will be writing for fun. Ideas

Thirty years after the ‘Great-Great War’, the planet lies devastated and is dominated by two totalitarian superpowers, rivals yet united in their determination to erase every trace of the past from the public consciousness. The narrative debut of the university lecturer

A review of Thomas Pynchon’s book, published by Einaudi, 400 pp., 21 euros

A review of Alberto Rollo’s book, published by Neri Pozza, 300 pp., 20 euros

A review of Jean Echenoz’s book, published by Adelphi, 156 pp., 18 euros

A review of Yiyun Li’s book, published by NN Editore, 144 pp., 18 euros