Titti’s class‘Liberi tutti’ is a drama that unfolds in broad daylightChiara Gamberale’s thriller explores the anthropology of families and the dynamics between parents and children. At times very tender, at others heartless, the story delves into the human psyche, laying bare its contradictions.byGiacomo Giossi26 SEP 26
postlinguisticsBooks that are no longer read by anyone cease to exist. AI is their grave.The fundamental difference between the transmission of knowledge and the accumulation of data: as Steiner wrote, we are moving away from the dominance of the word and entering a phase of increasing silencebyAlfonso Berardinelli26 SEP 26
the bookWars, communism, ruin: the long century of the Lázár family is racing byThe novel by Nelio Biedermann, a 23-year-old student at the University of Zurich, has topped the German bestseller lists. It is hoped that the book will achieve similar success in Italy.byMariarosa Mancuso23 SEP 26
something to readLost SheepA review of Madeline Cash’s book, published by Gramma Feltrinelli, 304 pp., 19 eurosbyFederica Bassignana23 SEP 26
something to readOlbiaA review of Jean-Baptiste Say’s book, published by IBL Libri, 110 pp., 16 eurosbyCarlo Marsonet23 SEP 26
something to readThe History of TruthA review of Michel Foucault’s book, published by Einaudi, 380 pp., 25 eurosbyMatteo Moca23 SEP 26
something to readThe librarian’s missionA review of the book by José Ortega y Gasset, published by Elliot, 62 pp., 10 eurosbyMaurizio Schoepflin23 SEP 26
something to readThe story of a deceitful friendshipA review of Dominic Amerena’s book, published by Heloola Books, 300 pp., €19.50byRaffaella Silvestri23 SEP 26
in bookshopsThe Black Saint Maurice of Magdeburg, the perfect symbol for today’s EuropeA mysterious statue and an interesting book exploring history and ideas. One wonders whether the AfD, between one remigration programme and the next, have realised they have an African patron saint.byMaurizio Crippa22 SEP 26
Family affairThe fierce struggle between loving and not loving, and letting go. Children includedOne loves with the fear of losing, protects with the risk of suffocating, stays with the fear of being imprisoned, and leaves whilst taking with one what one would prefer to leave behind. Family tensions taken to their extreme in Alessandra Carati’s novelbyFabrizio Floris19 SEP 26
