A novel by Ugo Attardi that traces the violent, drawn-out coming-of-age of a young protagonist. Attardi's eye as an artist layers a personal fate over the pressures and violence of the twentieth century.

A coming-of-age story that emerges amid the tension between beauty and violence.

A poetry collection gathering poems written between 1956 and 1970, linking layers of memory, the passage of time, and a sense of loss through condensed language and quiet tension. It is read as a late-career high point.

Memory and time are joined in language that feels at once heated and spare.

A biographical study of Giovanni Giolitti, a central figure in modern Italian political history. It follows parliamentary politics, social reform, and the transformation of liberal Italy while revisiting a statesman whose legacy has long been debated.

A portrait of modern Italian politics seen through Giolitti himself.