Pietro Consolandi
Amalia Rossi
I diritti dell’acqua
Publication year: 2026
Synopsis:
From the Dolomites to the Lagoon, the bodies of water in north-eastern Italy are at the center of a silent crisis that environmental law, fragmented and anthropocentric, is unable to address.
What does it mean, then, to think of nature as a subject rather than a mere resource, recognizing that a river or a lagoon has the right to exist, regenerate, and…
Benjamin Balint
Kafka in Italia
Translation by: Fabio Pedone
Year of publication: 2026
Synopsis:
There is only one photograph showing Franz Kafka smiling, and it was taken on the beach of the Lido of Venice. In this book, Benjamin Balint accompanies us to discover a little-known aspect of the life of the celebrated writer: his relationship with Italy. Through letters and autograph texts, Balint retraces the itin…
Ryoko Sekiguchi
Venezia, millefiori
Translation by: Giampiero Massano
Year of publication: 2026
Synopsis:
Venezia, millefiori by Ryoko Sekiguchi is the first contemporary fiction novel to enter the wetlands catalog.
And what if the spirit of a place revealed itself not so much in its historic monuments, but in more ephemeral aspects, in its flowers, its scents, the sounds that traverse it?
Starting from Ilaria's her…
il Giornale
Nei suoi viaggi scoprì di essere uno scrittore e amò una donna ancora misteriosa
Un libro ricostruisce gli spostamenti dell'autore. Da Brescia, dove sfiorò Gabriele d'Annunzio, al sanatorio dove conobbe una signorina...
la Repubblica
Libri da leggere, 10 consigli da Robinson
"Kafka in Italia" di Benjamin Balint tra i dieci consigli di Robinson.
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Afterwords is the series dedicated to the most innovative voices of Africa and Afro-descendence, unique in the Italian publishing panorama.
It moves between creative residencies in the Lagoon, new essayistic perspectives and hybrid narratives that intertwine with the city and the imagination of Venice. Its goal is to trigger a cultural exchange with the African literary world to bring out non-Western perspectives on the most important contemporary social and environmental issues.
The series of books is edited by Maaza Mengiste.
The new series of Ecocritical Guides explores key sites of Venetian and Italian culture from an entirely new perspective—one that goes beyond traditional interpretations to focus on cultural, ecological, environmental, and gender-related themes that often remain overlooked in the reading of artworks. Compiled by artists, writers, and scholars from around the world, the Ecocritical Guides are an essential tool for reinterpreting cultural heritage and updating the lenses through which it is understood. Edited by Shaul Bassi and Cristina Baldacci.