“It’s that there are seven billion people in the world. But basically they are divided into two categories. There are those we love. And then there are all the others.” Live the moment. Be aware of that single moment in life, when everything is going to change in a way that we dare not imagine. It doesn’t matter if it happens against our will or caused by us. That moment is Now. The two main...
“What makes a man a man? If not dreams, manual labour, the right sweat of the forehead, the desperation of life, then what?” What was to be a novel with a captivating title, has proved to be a travel diary with a precise old-style banner. The book tells a faithful story about the three weeks of travel spent by the writer in Laos. We immediately understand how the author is accustomed to taking trips...
Written by Valentino De Bernardis This novel is available only in the original language. “Buonasera.” dice pentendosi di aver parlato per primo. Decide di attendere che venga fatta luce prima di dire altro. “Sei in ritardo.” prova sollievo a riconoscere la voce tranquilla di Primo, ma è bene non farlo notare. Viene accesa una candela, la fiamma coperta da una mano per mitigarne la luce. “Quanto tempo ci vuole per aprire una porta?!” tira...
“At the head of all is God, the master of heaven. This everyone knows. Then comes the prince of Torlonia, owner of the land. Then the prince’s guards come. Then come the prince’s guard dogs. Then nothing. Then, still nothing. Then, still nothing. Then come the peasants. And we can say that it is finished.” If we were forced to describe the book with a single adjective, there is only one: evergreen. We read Fontamara...
Porto Seguro was born in 2012 with the publication of his first book, Maledetta Primavera, which became a national case with the sale of over 200,000 copies. Prismatic publishing house, stands out in the national scene for its propensity to publish books of all kinds, resulting today the most prolific publishing reality in Tuscany and among the first in Italy. Despite being a very young business, Porto Seguro has already been able to collect...
FaLvision Editore was born in Bari on February 23rd 2009, winning the first Regional Call “Active Principles – Young Ideas for a Better Puglia”. Since then its mission is to produce unpublished paper publishing in the Braille language and give the possibility to blind readers to read, like sighted readers, the same editorial works under the FaLvision brand, in whatever language of origin they are produced. Beyond this, FaLvision is also involved in producing tactile...
“So early in my life, I had learned that if you want something, you had better make some noise.” To define this book as a simple autobiography would be an understatement. In fact, it represents a political, social, economic, religious and historical treaty that is essential for those who want to understand the United States’ yesterday and today. Through the story of the life of a single man we understand what it meant to be...
Written by Valentino De Bernardis This novel is available only in the original language. Due colpi leggeri, seguiti da altri tre, e poi uno finale più netto. Né troppo distanziati tra di loro, né a intervalli troppo ravvicinati. Seguire la velocità del battito cardiaco è un trucco che aiuta a non sbagliare. Artemio conosce a memoria il segnale convenzionale per farsi aprire la porta, e con esso l’accorgimento per tenere il tempo. Fino alla...
“A stranger is recognized at a glance, anyone can see him and memorize his appearance. There is no need to read books, reflect, discuss: is enough to look.” To start talking about “The Shadow of the Sun”, in an accurate and comprehensive way, we must refer to what is contained in the premise written by the author. This is not a book about Africa, but on the people who live there. Never has a recommendation...
“The nostalgia of servitude is so rooted in humanity that it makes him regret his condition despite himself.” A book of other times in substance and narrative form. Consider a wounded and divided Milan during the last winter of World War II. On one hand those who fight for freedom, on the other those who try to postpone an announced defeat, in the middle the common people committed to earn an additional day of life...
