Books, music and the like – my likes
I libri sono scudi, più resistenti e duraturi degli esseri umani. Lo sono perlomeno dall’inizio del secolo scorso, dai tempi del modernismo e dell’età dell’ansia; ancora di più oggi, nella società globale del neo-liberismo, dell’hi-tech, del pensiero unico. I regimi bruciano i libri, nei romanzi distopici sono sempre proibiti, nella società contemporanea anche la scuola…
My top ten non-fiction books about today’s Italy (in English) – and a modest picture of the country
My top ten books are a virtual guided tour that wants to take you to the heart and the soul of what may seem like the most European of countries. It’s a voyage, sometimes dark and sometimes funny, throughout “Good Italy” and “Bad Italy”, an attempt to let the reader scratch at the reassuring surface…
The book "Silvio Berlusconi's Italy" is finalist at the London Book Fair's International Literary Competition 'The write stuff'.Vittorio Vandelli’s prize winner book: “Silvio Berlusconi’s Italy”
