SEEN FROM ELSEWHERE – The famous Neapolitan author publishes an essay on the complicated relationship between father and son, even if he himself has no descendants.
By Daniel Verdú (El País)
The kitchen of Erri De Luca (Naples, 72 years old) is a real museum where the labels of the bottles of wine are displayed, which he tastes on the table where he writes or shares with his friends. There is also a collection of magnets brought back from the places he has traveled, hanging on the fridge, as well as a corner where he stores all kinds of objects that he uses to cut wood and maintain the country house in which he receives The countryas the coffee heats up on an old stove.
Giorgia Meloni’s victory in the elections, and the war in Ukraine, where he has already traveled six times with a friend and his van to bring humanitarian supplies, are part of the buzz of information that has gripped the whole world. ‘Italy. But in his house, there is a silence of master. De Luca is one of Europe’s great writers, as well as being an insurgent – he has been accused of incitement to violence for advocating the sabotage of the line at…
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