2023-11-24 20:59:13
by IDA BOZZI
In the new issue, on Saturday 25 November on the App and on Sunday 26 on newsstands, there is also an interview with the master of the thriller Michael Connelly. Digital extra: cats and writers
A focus on our Moon and the conquest of space, in view of the launch of a new automatic probe towards the satellite, opens the new issue of «la Lettura», #626, on Saturday 25 November in the App and on Sunday 26 on newsstands. A place of exploration, space is also a terrain of diplomacy, where astronauts and countries can find a way to coexist (as in the ISS orbital station), but it is also the subject of a race for precious materials, on asteroids and other space rocks: geopolitics of space, the hunt for gold and precious metals, ancient myths and great books inspired by the Moon are the themes dealt with in the supplement by the astrophysicists Simonetta Di Pippo and Alessandro De Angelis, the historian Livia Capponi and the novelist Vanni Santoni .
In addition to the most recent issue of the supplement previewed on Saturdays, the «la Lettura» App for smartphones and tablets also offers the archive of all the issues released since 2011 and the Topic of the Day, a digital-only extra-daily in-depth analysis. Subscribing to the App costs 3.99 euros per month or 39.99 per year, with one week free. The subscription can also be subscribed from desktop starting from this page. For subscribers, the contents are also visible from PC and Mac from their Profile page.
Many authors in the new issue, #626: the great Michael Connelly, master of thrillers and legal thrillers, brings together two of his “serial” heroes, detective Harry Bosch and lawyer Mickey Haller, in the new bestseller already in the rankings , The day of innocence (Piemme); in Annachiara Sacchi’s interview, the writer talks about his characters, his writing, but also current issues, such as racism, the 2024 elections and the infatuation of a part of America with Trump (“I don’t know where this country will end up”, comments the writer).
To be rediscovered, a nineteenth-century author who is on a par with the greats, especially for his ability to chisel characters, inherited from Nikolaj Gogol’: released on November 28th Whose fault is it? (edited by Mirco Gallenzi for Mondadori) by Alexandr Herzen (1812-1870), a great fresco in which a great love passion is narrated against the backdrop of the injustices and meanness of the society of the time. Alessandro Piperno writes about it, who again for Mondadori, without alluding to Herzen’s debut novel, published a book in 2021 entitled Who is to blame.
Much space also for poetry, with the mystery revealed of a “ghost” translation of the Spoon River Anthology, by Edgar Lee Masters, which was published anonymously in 1986 by Euroclub and today can be attributed to the great Anglicist and poet Roberto Sanesi: in writes Daniele Piccini. Poetic and lunar is also the cat protagonist of the new short film directed by Elisabetta Sgarbi, Cat and the House of Ghosts, which will be presented at the Turin Film Festival (until 2 December): in the issue, the text written by Edward Carey for the film ( in which it is read by Tony Laudadio) accompanied by the writer’s drawings and some stills from the work. On Saturday 25 November in the App, the Topic of the Day is an overview of novels, often absolute masterpieces, in which cats roam.
And the series of maps of the cities of writers continues with Turin. In the map created by Antonio Monteverdi and in the article by Paolo Morelli, you can discover the places inhabited by authors and philosophers in the Piedmontese capital: the house where Friedrich Nietzsche lived, the gardens dedicated to Natalia and Leone Ginzburg, the Murazzi point of Po from which Mario Soldati threw himself into the river to save a boy, the house where Eugenia Barruero lived, who inspired Edmondo De Amicis to be the “teacher with the red pen” of Cuore…
The special edition
«La Lettura» returns to newsstands on Tuesday 28 November in a special collector’s version: for one month it will be possible to purchase a version of the supplement with a «multimedia» cover marked with the wording «special collector’s edition» for the price of 10 euros. In this edition, the cover designed by Franco Mussida (above) will come to life: by framing the QR code you will be able to access the work of art in digital format; in addition to the work, with the purchase collectors will be able to listen to an unreleased song by Mussida.
November 24, 2023 (modified November 24, 2023 | 6:26 pm)
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