FICTION A brief but powerful story. A gripping reflection on exile and revenge. — François Busnel, France 5 La Grande Librairie A fantastic tale written in a style that manages to capture the heat of the desert in which it is set. — Anna Cuxac, Causette As the novel pays tribute to the burning heat of the sun, Gaudé confirms […]
FICTION Autumn 1946. Seven-year-old Amerigo Speranza trudges through the streets of war-torn Naples on the heels of his mother Antonietta. From their conversation the little boy understands that he is going to have to leave his home town, but he can’t imagine why, or where he will go. Amerigo is frightened. The women in their narrow street […]
FICTION Jews of necessity, Jews on the run, or half-Jews: the three central characters pursue each other from Jaffa to Djerba, from Alexandria to Basel, and from Miami to Rome, among secrets and deceptions, over a period of half a century. Everyone, at least once, has wanted to change their destiny, to escape from themselves and their mistakes. […]
THRILLER Two years have gone by and nothing remains of what there once was. Lena was brilliant, determined, everyone said how great she was – she looked after herself, she was kind-hearted. Then Saverio came into her life and everything was turned upside down. The younger man, who opposed all rules, prejudice and conformity, changed […]
FICTION A shop that collects abandoned objects. Two antique watches with a story to tell. Only one girl can reveal the truth. Daphne is only a child when she finds a silver brush in an old trunk at home. It’s so bright that she can’t take her eyes off it. When she picks it up, […]
FICTION Success after success, Cristina Caboni has become one of the most beloved Italian women writers by the press and by readers. Following The Secret Ways of Perfume, The Secret Language of Honey, The Garden of Secret Flowers and The Binder of Lost Stories, bestsellers that continue to remain in the lists, here is a […]
FICTION Love can always find a way back into our hearts; all we have to do is know where to look. It’s Tuesday evening and the cobblestones are glowing red in the sunset along the banks of the Arno in Florence. Florinda, known as Flò, is walking along beside the parapets but neither the city’s […]
FICTION An independent and highly determined heroine, whose dream is to become a journalist. She immediately wins the heart of the reader, just like Alice Allevi, the coroner brought to life by Alessia Gazzola’s refreshing pen. A cross-section of readership: this is a story that appeals in particular to younger readers but will also find […]
FICTION After the huge success of his debut book Mio fratello rincorre i dinosauri, with 200.000 copies sold, and two years at the top of the bestseller list, Giacomo Mazzariol comes back with a powerful new novel. The tale about a generation obliged to keep constantly on the move, because, like sharks, if they stop […]
PSYCHOLOGICAL THRILLER A dark and twisty serial killer thriller Can you ever really know someone? When Deborah, an unpopular seventeen-year-old, meets the charming and handsome Larry, he sweeps her off her feet. The trouble is Larry has a secret. Then a series of grisly murders cast a shadow over everything. As Deborah’s world starts to […]