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Il senso della natura. Sette sentieri per la terra
Looking an orangutan, an octopus or a whale shark in the eye. Setting out to understand a desert, a forest or a mountain range by way of the traditions of human thought. Travelling from New York to the Galápagos, from Iceland to Borneo, from Rwanda to Tibet, to immerse ourselves in our home, the planet we are called to look after. A planet whose future has yet to be written: in recent years we have come to recognise the destructive impact of human civilisation on nature, made evident by climate catastrophes, the extinction of entire animal species, desertification and the disappearance of landscapes. The discovery of a way of caring for the world and a new definition of ecology, that “magnificent science that has become sad”, call for a vision of the future that imagines other ways of perceiving nature, and for a recovery of our biological memory that lets us feel the indissoluble, living, organic and inorganic unity of everything that exists on Earth.
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El sentido de la naturaleza. Siete sendas por la tierra
An invitation to rediscover and rethink our bond with nature, to learn once again to feel and contemplate it with respect and wonder, and to seek a new definition of ecology.
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Il dio che danza
Il dio che danza (The Dancing God) recounts the author's journeys in search of an ancient and universal phenomenon: the possession trance induced by dance and music. In ancient Greece it was practised in the name of Dionysus, Homer's “mad god”. But Dionysus was also the “giver of joy”: the god “who loosens”, “who sets free”, letting life break through the fragile boundaries of the self and of social norms.
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Risorgere
“In the year of the Tiananmen anniversary, a novel that questions us about that tragic past and about the future of Europe, between betrayed ideals and the search for redemption. From Rome to the Himalayan mountains, from Berlin to Hong Kong, two generations follow the traces of violence and love, in search of a new beginning.”
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La vita lontana
“La vita lontana” (The Distant Life) follows the years in which the twins Marzio and Livio grow up; after their birth their father Elio, the husband of Dora (the narrating voice), leaves the family to move to a Jain monastery in India…
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LITaly, a Sampler of New Italian Writing in Translation
A selection of excerpts from novels by Italian authors. Including fifteen pages of "La vita lontana/The Distant Life", translated by Olivia E. Sears.
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