Shangai rules

Shangai rules

Author: Erri De Luca Publishing house:FeltrinelliDate of publication:16-05-2023 She is a young gypsy woman on the run from her family to escape an arranged marriage to an older man; he is a watchmaker who is camping on the border and welcomes her into his tent. The...
Moving the moon out of orbit

Moving the moon out of orbit

Author: Andrea Marcolongo Publishing house:EinaudiDate of publication:16-05-2023 In the last week of May, at a store in Paris specializing in mountaineering supplies, Andrea Marcolongo bought a camp bed, a sleeping bag and a flashlight. The next evening he opened his...
The other bet

The other bet

Author: Antonio Pascale Publishing house:MarsilioDate of publication:09-05-2023 The wager of Blaise Pascal, whose 400th birth anniversary falls in June 2023, was about God. Man is a tragic, hopeless being,” argued the pessimist Pascal, “so it is worth...
The face of evil

The face of evil

Author: Stephen Nazzi Publishing house:MondadoriDate of publication:09-05-2023 “Why did he do that?” We often wonder this in the face of particularly vicious crimes, especially when they are unmotivated and therefore appear even more incomprehensible to...
Mirabilis

Mirabilis

Author: Ersilia VaudoPublishing house: Einaudi Stile LiberoDate of publication: 18-04-2023 The hand that drops the apple from a tree is the same hand that moves celestial gears: gravity. This one ofNewton is one of the great insights that changed the way we read the...
The secret papers of the Serenissima

The secret papers of the Serenissima

Author: Paul Lanzotti Publishing house:TRE60Date of publication:14-04-2023 Venice, June 1753. On the evening of his birthday, after a few too many drinks, Dr. Augusto Florian, a former doctor in the service of the Inquisition, finds the body of a dying man and catches...