A review of Tove Jansson’s book, published by Iperborea, 32 pp., ill., €16.50

A review of Geoffrey Cain’s book, published by Egea, 376 pp., 26 euros

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A review of Gabriel Zuchtriegel’s book, published by Feltrinelli, 250 pp., 24 euros

A review of Julian Barnes’s book, published by Einaudi, 230 pp., 12 euros

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Balance is all the more necessary at a time when fervour and excessive enthusiasm for any political cause, however noble it may be, seem to make us forget how easily they can lead to fanaticism and fundamentalism. Aurelian Craiutu’s book

In one of his lesser-known works, Italo Calvino wrote: “After the Second World War, democracy arrived, that is to say, the whole population going to the public baths.” A reality that has not changed

A review of Gabriel Zuchtriegel’s book, published by Feltrinelli, 250 pp., 24 euros

A review of Alberto Coretti’s book, published by Sirene Edizioni, 180 pp., 20 euros