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Saturday, 15:00 - 17:00 at Salon Internazionale Del Libro, Torino

10/15/2021

Domani sarò al Salon Internazionale del Libro di Torino,
a firmare copie de Il Primitivo.
Ecco i dettagli:
sabato, 16 ottobre
Padiglione 2
Stan G38
15:00 - 17:00

Tomorrow, I will be at the Salon Internazionale del Libro in Torino,
signing copies of Il Primitivo.
Here are the details:
Saturday, October 16
Hall 2
Stand G38
15:00 - 17:00

15 Best Italian Movies to Watch on Netflix

9/25/2021

Coming in at numero uno, according to Australian Christina Pfeiffer, is Security. Read on to see what else makes the cut.

Above are three of the movie's stars, Fabrizio Bentivoglio, Maya Sansa, and Marco D'Amore, photographed by the film's director, Peter Chelsom. You can see more of his fabulous photos here.

Il Capitale Umano in Very Good Company

8/23/2021

Il capitale umano, Paolo Virzì's brilliant adaptation of Human Capital, is still going strong eight years after its release.

Compiled by Antonella Pinelli, here is City Life Anteo's list of the 10 best films about finance. The list includes gems such as Adam McKay's The Big Short and J. C. Candor's Margin Call. In fact, you should check out any you haven't seen.

Watch Il capital umano on Amazon Prime. If you haven't read Human Capital, what are you waiting for?

Richard Yates: Supreme Chronicler of American Solitude

8/16/2021

Twenty years after it was first published, here is an essay I wrote in The Atlantic about one of my favorite writers-- Richard Yates.

If you haven't read his work, check out his harrowing Revolutionary Road. Or if you would rather start with a shorter piece, try the story "Liars in Love" from the collection of the same name.

As I stated back in 2001, "at the heart of Yates's work [lies] the beauty that can arise from the rendering of sadness and desolation. It is a beauty that derives not from writing-school mannerisms or precious prose but from the sense that truth—absolute, unadulterated, almost unbearable—is being communicated."

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