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Rights sold manca bio manca manca bio manca manca bio manca manca bio manca manca bio manca manca bio manca manca bio manca Gemelli Aloia 4. Ernesto FICTION 14. ShayCharka Un interminabileinverno 12. AlexBoschetti La ragazzacheandòall’inferno 10. StefanoBon The Circle 8. DimitarBaševski Letters from aKurd 6. KaeBahar 30. AbdullahKhan At theMercy ofMadness 26. IvanD.Kafallo TheirOwnLake Each With 24. NenadJoldeski derMüllgeordnet wirdWie 22. IrisHanika Treffen sichzwei 20. IrisHanika Die Königinschweigt 18. LauraFreudenthaler Bibbia pagana 16. Giorgio Dell’Arti Judissea Goes withtheWind What ComeswiththeDust 44. GharbiM.Mustafa Alice senzameraviglie 42. EmanuelaMascherini Una vitaqualunque 40. Yigal Leykin Ija Mia! 38. OshratKotler Erbsenzählen 36. GertraudKlemm Aberland 34. GertraudKlemm Patna Blues The LastSoldier 52. Yinon Nir ANTHROPOLOGY|ADVENTURE(Non) sipuòavere tutto Canarutto 50. GheulaNemni Le casedelmalcontento 48. SachaNaspini LITERARY bio manca bio bio manca bio bio manca bio bio manca bio bio manca bio bio manca bio bio manca bio Tunué, 2006 manca bio NON-FICTIONFICTION Baio Ivan Italy New New New New New New New New New New New New reality.” it’s paintings, like looks It Renaissance. the of Masters the by field, by field painted, been has it like looks Tuscan countryside “The fields.” the of rectangles lavender gold, green, the on hills, the on roads, white the on woods, the on silk, dark of veils like fall shadows evening “The immortal. to be crave and shadows of land the through travel can who beasts, other and wolves into turn can who men of side dark the about spirits; actually are that beasts wild the and trees the about woods, the of religions the about Atale again. once told is story old an Twilight, In Volterra. of city ancient the about to write Seattle rainy from writer ayoung brought that reasons mysterious and deep the through and Twilight, of the Tuscany, through through atrip on us takes author The Tuscany. itinerary through theevocative sceneries ofancient Etruscan mysteriesfortheveryfirsttime.Asuggestive The Twilight sagatiedtothefascinatingtheme Baio Ivan New New I SEGRETI DI TWILIGHT DI I SEGRETI THE SECRETS OF TWILIGHT NON-FICTION Apocalypse Welcome 78. Georgij Zotov Eins imAndern 76. MoniqueSchwitter La guerrieradagliocchiverdi 74. Marco Rovelli Io, Caterina 72. FrancescaRiarioSforza The IslandThatIsNoMore 70. IdannaPucci The Trials ofMariaBarbella 68. IdannaPucci Homunculus 66. AleksandarProkopiev Trotula 64. PaolaPresciuttini La mannaia 62. PaolaPresciuttini Les Italiens 60. EnricoPandiani Troppo Piombo 58. EnricoPandiani Lezioni ditenebra 56. EnricoPandiani Mordenti Bestselling seriesfeat.Chief 54. EnricoPandiani In OtherWords 89. GoenawanMohamad Tramonto libico 88. RaphaelLuzon d’Israël Les surprisesdel’economie 84. DanielHaber filosofico perilpopoloeuropeo Filosofia pertutti.Manifesto 83. Marco De Angelis Davvero? 50 quadri.Chetutticonoscono. 82. Lauretta Colonnelli Il circolo elettricodellesirene 81. EmanueleCoco Angela Merkel 80. RobertoBrunelli New New New New New New New New

Turning aBlindEye 98. Terence Ward Perfidi ebrei, fratellimaggiori 96. ElioToaff Change Dark Words of PlusWinds 92. Wolf Schäfer Tra itagliatoriditeste Vanni Puccioni 91. ElioModigliani/ The Guardian ofMercy 104. Terence Ward Searching forHassan 100. Terence Ward of the New settings pp. 220 pp. CONTENTS Rights IL GIOCO DELLO SPECCHIO F|5 Rightssold sold IO & DAVIDE ItalyItaly MIRROR PLAY sold DAVID & I ItalyPiemmeBompiani Rizzoli Rise and fall of a king of the tv screen. Film A cyber-age thrilling novel about the Internet, capitalism,Orlando is beautiful cyber-security and desirable. and Sincecollective he was behaviours an adolescent, that

standshe has always between used Mr.Robot his perfect and body 13 for Reasons money and Why for diggingambition inwithout the shadows any principle, of our till he era finally with reaches a literary the touch “throne” and of a reflectingfamous tv programme. on the quest for identity in our contemporary, Accompaniedalways connected by an ambiguous world. companion, his friend Davide, the new King will ride success following a script written for him. OneBut themorning path thatin mid-September Orlando will have of 2008, to follow the 50-year-oldis full of obstacles Marcoand temptations: Limo, watching fleeting TV reportone night on thestands, resounding alcohol bankruptcy and drug ofabuse, Lehman moving Brothers’ in a corrupt business world, bank, grotesque recognizes and the absurd Italian- Americansituations, Greg existential Lamberti conflicts among and his newly-dismisseda dreadful and unspeakable employees. Fortypast that years returns earlier, to in haunt that uncertain him. phase in childhood dissolving Atinto the adolescence, end of his journey, Greg lived Orlando in Italy will and witness, the two in were live the broadcasting,protagonists of the an fallobscure of all hisand delusive incoherent certainties episode, and, and inhave ansince ending lost touch. permeated But when with Gregself-destructive is framed by raving, the cameras, he will be it’s Ernesto Aloia consumedfor Marco as just if forty like oneyears of had the notproducts passed. he The advertises. temptation to look for the friend is irresistible. When they finally meet, for him it is as was born in Belluno pp. 156 in 1965, but has if the bubble of caution, mental reserves and hypocrisy in which always lived and he almost unconsciously found himself living, breaks into pieces. worked in Turin. For Prior to Lehman Brothers, Greg was among the founders Minimum Fax he has “…cleverof Numenor, under a every software aspect…his house style that leaves after you9/11 with developed your publishedMauro Marcialis two short mouthcounterterrorism open” surveillance programs for the US government; storyborn anthologies:in Rome in 1972, Marco is a former bank employee who has justAltervista founded Kleos, Chiis a si senior ricorda internal di Peter an agency that deals with laundering its clients web reputation. Szoke?revenue (2003) officer and in Greg has a dream, Marco has long since no dreams anymore, and SacraReggio fame Emilia, dell’oro his maybe that’s why he can not resist to the proposal of his friend: (2006). For Rizzoli, using the structure of Numenor’s old software, Kleos to develop Ernesto adoptive home town. Aloia heThis has is publishedhis second I the embryonic version of a new “deep-action” social network.

LITERARY compagninovel, after di La fuoco The launch of Twins, the new platform, is a planetary success: andStrada for Minimumdella Violenza having a profile, or rather a “projection”, becomes a major obligation Fax(Street Paesaggio of Violence con among the younger ones. Twins quickly modifies collective Incendio.– Colorado noir, behaviors and lifestyles. Marco and Greg have succeeded, they TheMondadori, disenchanted 2006). managed to achieve a common dream. But when, on a summer mood of some morning, the corpse of twenty-four-year-old Milena is found, after descriptions and the she jumped from the sixth floor, the entire scenario begins to widespread sense change rapidly. of disillusion could pp. 291 evoke the name of the French Michel FICTION Houellebecq, as well as Jonathan Franzen’s and Don DeLillo’s works. All Rights F|7 Rights sold LETTERSIO & DAVIDE FROM A KURD Italyavailable Piemme DAVID & I On September 25th a independence referendum for Iraqi Kurdistan waRises held and hifalls ha ofs beena kinga mile ofs thetone tvin screen.urdish history and its echo Film . T K will resonate internationally for a long time. Orlando is beautiful and desirable. Since he was an adolescent, he has always used his perfect body for money and for ambition Letterswithout fromany principle,a Kurd is tilla remarkablehe finally reaches book about the “throne” a young ofKurdish a boyfamous growing tv programme. up in Kurdistan in Iraq in the 1980s. Confused by an indistinctivenessAccompanied by inan his ambiguous gender in companion, a country and his timefriend with Davide, a very repressedthe new King sexual will ridepolitics, success young following Marywan a script struggles written to for find him. his way through a society in conflict with his personal identity, Kurdish But the path that Orlando will have to follow is full of obstacles Kae Bahar, identity as it relates to Greater Kurdistan, and Kurdish identity as and temptations: fleeting one night stands, alcohol and drug after working as an actor, Kae left Italy for England in an oppressed Iraqi minority. Through escapism in his enjoyment abuse, moving in a corrupt world, grotesque and absurd 1993. With a multilingual background, (Italian, English, of foreign films, notably those of Clint Eastwood, he tries to find situations, existential conflicts and a dreadful and unspeakable Kurdish, Arabic, Turkish) he immediately started working some semblance of life and love. War is ongoing between Iran past that returns to haunt him. in London, appearing in many stage productions, diverse and Iraq, and regime paranoia strikes repeatedly and tragically TV dramas and several films. His favourite stage work to asAt theMarywan end of growshis journey, up. A Orlando captivating will witness,and memorable in live read: The date is The House of the Spirits, by Isabel Allende. rawbroadcasting, energy and the passion fall of allin Kae’shis delusive writing certainties is utterly enthralling, and, in and Kae’s love for writing resulted in completing three feature bringsan ending the permeatedcharacters towith life self-destructive so vividly it is as raving, though he they will arebe real. consumed just like one of the products he advertises. film screenplays, entitled Safe Haven, Song Of Freedom and Blindfold Shoes as well as many treatments. pp. 156 In 2005. after living in exile for 25 years, Kae travelled back to Kirkuk three times and as a result he produced and directed his 90 minutes feature length documentary film; Return To Kirkuk/ A Year In The Fire. He has also reported “…clever under every aspect…his style leaves you with your and produced several films for Channel 4, BBC, More 4 mouth open” News and Al Jazeera International. Altervista Kae I Am Sami, his first professional fiction short film, was completed at the end of May 2014, and to this date the

Mauro film had over 150 screenings, winning 53 awards in various International Film Festivals, including 28 times for Best Film and Audience Choice Awards and twice as Best Bahar

LITERARY Director. Kae’s next film, A Special Guest was shot in February 2016, ahead of his directorial debut with the feature film, Blindfold Shoes, to be the first Kurdish film in English Marcialis Language targeting the mainstream cinema. No Friends But The Mountains, is his latest feature length documentary film distributed by Journeyman Pictures in 2017. Kae divides his time between Bath and London. He is married with three children. Letters from a Kurd is his first novel. FICTION Rights sold F|9 RightsMacedonia sold КРУГIO & DAVIDE ItalySlovo THE CIRCLE Piemme DAVID & I Rise and fall of a king of the tv screen. Film For his works, he has received the highest Macedonian LiteratureOrlando is Awards:beautiful and desirable. Since he was an adolescent, Racinhe has alwaysAward used his perfect body for money and for ambition without any principle, till he finally reaches the “throne” of a Pechalbarskafamous tv programme. povelba Award VanchoAccompanied Nikoleski by an ambiguous Award companion, his friend Davide, Novelthe new of King the will Year ride Awardsuccess forfollowing the novel a script The written Well for him. ShortBut the listedpath that for Orlando the International will have to follow Balkanika is full of obstaclesAward and temptations: fleeting one night stands, alcohol and drug abuse, moving in a corrupt world, grotesque and absurd Translation Grants for Macedoniain authors are given by the situations, existential conflicts and a dreadful and unspeakable Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Macedonia past that returns to haunt him. Dimitar Baševski (click here for further information) was Director and At the end of his journey, Orlando will witness, in live Editor-in-chief of broadcasting, the fall of all his delusive certainties and, in Kultura Publishing Thean ending Circle permeatedby Dimitar Bashevskiwith self-destructive is a novel aboutraving, life’s he willsetting. be As House in Skopje. anyconsumed good novel, just like the one critics of the say, products The Circle he advertises. has more entrances Currently he is and more exits. All of them lead outside and turn back.pp. They 156 Editor-in-chief of open during the youth and close during the old age… This Slovo Publishing novel-dream by Bashevski is in search of a sense, of a reason, a House. From 2001 search of a person’s inner order which will translate the confusion to 2006 he was into“…clever a consciousness, under every aspect…his the chaos style and leaves nightmare you with into your a logic President and now story…Bashevskimouth open” has created a novel which has all necessary is Hon. President of predispositions to become a bestseller. This Altervista novel is readable. the Macedonian PEN interesting, dramatic, rich with contents, styl is unusual, in a Centre. harmonious language, psychologically shaded… Mauro

Dimitar Author of several books, among others: The

LITERARY Sarajanovo Carnation

(novel, 1990), The Brother (novel, 2007), The Windows (novel, Baševski Marcialis 2010-2013) and The Master (short stories, 2013). His books have been translated and published in English, Czech,

FICTION Romanian, Greek, Serbian, Albanian, Turkish and Montenegreen. Rights sold F|11 RightsItaly sold LAIO &RAGAZZA DAVIDE CHE ANDÒ ItalyCastelvecchi Piemme ALL’INFERNO DAVID & I Rise THEand fall GIRL of a kingWHO of theWENT tv screen. TO HELL Film Orlando is beautiful and desirable. Since he was an adolescent, Ahe m hasagic always and brut usedal his novel perfect about body fem forale money redemption and for ambition Annawithout is anya young principle, woman till he who finally leads reaches a serene the and“throne” satisfying of a life untilfamous her tv partner,programme. Andrea, dies. Abandoned by relatives and friendsAccompanied and with by an two ambiguous little children companion, to care his for, friend her Davide, existence soonthe new turns King into will a ride nightmare. success In following a short atime script she written must formanage him. a difficult economic situation that leads to further tightening and inBut a thecrescendo path that of Orlando misery willand have violence to follow Anna is fullfaces of obstacles a situation atand the temptations: limit of madness. fleeting Toone save night herself, stands, she alcohol has toand make drug an extremeabuse, moving choice, in buta corrupt to persuade world, grotesqueher definitely, and isabsurd the discovery ofsituations, a new terrible existential truth conflicts about Andrea’s and a dreadfuldeath. Theand nextunspeakable - and for past that returns to haunt him. Stefano Bon her inevitable descent into hell - becomes an unexpected step has played in a rock towardsAt the end heaven. of his journey,Not only Orlando does she will reinvent witness, her in livelife discovering a band as a singer thingsbroadcasting, she did thenot fallknow, of all but his gaining delusive an certainties unexpected and, wealth, in she for several years, canan ending now afford permeated to astonish with self-destructive those who previously raving, heconsidered will be her then he worked as littleconsumed more thanjust likean insipidone of thelittle products girl with heneither advertises. skills nor talents. a Music Editor for But the bitterness does not end, other terrible truths surface,pp. 156 local and national and only when open ends are closed once and for all, a new newspapers and happiness can start. magazines. He is a cinema and theatre “…clever under every aspect…his style leaves you with your playwright, he mouth open” directed two short Altervista

movies and several theatrical pièce and Mauro Bon he also organises Stefano cultural and literary events. In 2006 Elliot

LITERARY published his first novel Il giorno in cui sono stata uccisa é stato il più bello della Marcialis mia vita. FICTION Rights sold F|13 RightsItaly sold UNIO & INTERMINABILE DAVIDE INVERNO ItalyAlfphaBeta Verlag AN ENDLESS WINTER Piemme DAVID & I Rise and fall of a king of the tv screen. Film A clever and unsettling noir, An Endless Winter, is playing withOrlando psychologic is beautifula land twists desirable. and une Sincearthed he wastruths an adolescent,. he has always used his perfect body for money and for ambition without any principle, till he finally reaches the “throne” of a A university professor at the height of his career. Then the Shadow famous tv programme. of Evil suddenly falls on his bright star. A reckoning without fuss starts,Accompanied first of byall anwith ambiguous himself. companion, his friend Davide, the new King will ride success following a script written for him. But the path that Orlando will have to follow is full of obstacles Albert Kleim lives between Bologna and New York. His life is and temptations: fleeting one night stands, alcohol and drug apparently perfect and full of success, far from his native land abuse, moving in a corrupt world, grotesque and absurd South Tyrol. He is an academic and a well-known opinionist in situations, existential conflicts and a dreadful and unspeakable the most important TV shows. All of a sudden his youngest son past that returns to haunt him. Alex Boschetti disappears into nothing, without leaving any traces. A long and (1977) has written painfulAt the end descent of his tojourney, the underworld Orlando will will witness, bring him in live into a parallel, scripts for graphic turbulentbroadcasting, and cruelthe fall world. of all his delusive certainties and, in novels, La strage an ending permeated with self-destructive raving, he will be di Bologna (Becco consumed just like one of the products he advertises. Life has reserved him with stripping him of all of his affections. Giallo, 2006) e pp. 156 La scomparsa di Albert pushes his life forward with the same desperation as Emanuela Orlandi Sisyphus, and he is more often overwhelmed than he would like. (Becco Giallo/ Without any identity - that of a father, a husband, even a son Fandango 2013), as“…clever his mother under ill every with aspect…hisAlzheimer no style longer leaves recognizes you with himyour – he Mani Pulite (Becco wouldmouth seemopen” to be the ideal candidate for the reader’s empathy. Giallo, 2017). He But his being unhappy, aggressive and irritating Altervista is not a natural

Alex has written also consequence of all of this, but - as he himself admits - something several short that has always been like this. Mauro stories published in anthologies. Albert is thus the ideal candidate to drag himself ever further Un interminabile down. Unable to get hold / have a grip on his existence, to LITERARY inverno is his first develop new relationships, he gets to the limit of mixing with the novel. scum for a pure feeling of vengeance. Albert is a concentrate of egoisms, the demonstration of how such a feeling generates the most complete inability to understand one’s neighbor and to Marcialis

Boschetti realize that certain feelings and despair are not just ours.

The tale accompanies you in the descent to the underworld of a marked man who is no longer able to react. He has a lot in common with other “losers” in literature: they let themselves win by life because they no longer find a motivation. Albert fights in FICTION search of it: we are spectators and see him debating between his choices and reactions and we cannot help but attend. And his friends, indeed, they will prove to be advocates of his destruction in a way that will leave the reader speechless.

In the background, South Tyrol enchanted but stern, guardian of timeless memories and unmentionable secrets. An ancient land attached to his skin and destiny with the same silent obstinacy of an endless winter.

All Rights F|15 Rights sold JUDISSEAIO & DAVIDE Italyavailable Piemme DAVID & I except Judissea is a story that mingles between humour and sadness, Riseistory anda ndfall ofresent a kingtimes of thea tvstory screen.for as well as for FilmFrench and H P , YA adults in any language Hebrew Orlando, is beautiful and desirable.. Since he was an adolescent, he has always used his perfect body for money and for ambition Judisseawithout any is principle,a black andtill he white finally graphic reaches novel the “throne” about aof younga professor,famous tv programme.Leon Judkowsky, who specializes in Ancient Cultures atAccompanied The University by ofan Cracow. ambiguous While companion, Germany invades his friend Poland, Davide, and mostthe new of theKing Jews will ridein Cracow success are following encircled a inscript the Ghetto,written forone him. day, when returning from University, he discovers that his beloved But the path that Orlando will have to follow is full of obstacles wife and son were taken away by the Nazis. and temptations: fleeting one night stands, alcohol and drug Beforeabuse, hemoving even instarts a corrupt to mourne world, his grotesque beloved ones,and absurd Leon is called bysituations, his uncle, existential a very known conflicts and andestimated a dreadful Rabbi and who unspeakable decides to Shay Charka sendpast thathis nephewreturns toto hauntthe forest him. as the leader of a group of Yeshiva boys ( i.e. young disciples who devote their lives to the learning is an Israeli At the end of his journey, Orlando will witness, in live of the Torah). The Rabbi wants Leon to take them with him and cartoonist. His work broadcasting, the fall of all his delusive certainties and, in to save their lives and he doesn’t care whether they come back appears every week an ending permeated with self-destructive raving, he will be religious or not. He just want them to come back alive and this is in Israeli magazines, consumed just like one of the products he advertises. he has published the task he assigns to the secular Leon. pp. 156 17 graphic novels During their journey in the forest, Leon and the young disciples (two of which have meet their contemporary analogs: the Lotus-Eaters, a gang of been translated partisans completely stoned with forest mushrooms; Cyclope, a into English and “…clever under every aspect…his style leaves you with your one-eyed colossus SS officer; Circe, who lives in an isolated published abroad). mouth open” He is a regular domain and is involved in witchcraft; the Sirens, Altervista a Klezmer band participant in the UN whose music attracts the Jews in order to lead them to a pub full

Shay project Cartooning of Nazi officers; Scylla and Carybdis, represented as bombs and

Mauro for Peace. explosives; Calypso, a noble Austrian countess who lives alone in a castle on the peak of an Alpine rock and the Phaenicians, a colorful Italian Mafiosi Family with a beautiful Mamma as the Boss. The third part takes us to Italy where the Mamma and her sons help Leon find his way to his future life. Charka

WORLD INK (led by Liza Donnelly) Marcialis http://worldink.org/author/shayworldink/ GRAPHIC NOVEL

The BBC World (Carol Hills) http://www.theworld.org/category/topics/ cartoons/

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and the French magazine LE MONDE http://www.cartooningforpeace.org/dessinateurs/ charka/

Rights sold F|17 RightsItaly sold BIBBIAIO & DAVIDE PAGANA ItalyClichy Piemme PAGAN DAVID BIBLE & I Rise and fall of a king of the tv screen. Film An intelligent synthesis, so much needed nowadays more Orlando is beautiful and desirable. Since he was an adolescent, than ever - think of Sapiens by Yuval Noah Harari and the he has always used his perfect body for money and for ambition international success it had. without any principle, till he finally reaches the “throne” of a famous tv programme. GiorgioAccompanied Dell’Arti’s by lastan ambiguous work is called companion, Pagan Bible his and friend retells Davide, Greek mythology in the form of a novel. It begins with the Giorgio Dell’Arti the new King will ride success following a script written for him. is a columnist for La lightningBut the path given that to ZeusOrlando by thewill Cyclopshave to followand ends is full with of obstaclesthe escape Stampa and was the ofand Helen temptations: and Paris fleeting from Sparta. one Anight tale stands,full of lights alcohol and colorsand drug came finalist (shortlisted) out,abuse, describing moving ain primitive,a corrupt wild world, and grotesque bellicose societyand absurd in of the Viareggio Prize whichsituations, gods existential and men conflictsmingle with and each a dreadful other, fighting and unspeakable and making with The day before love.past thatIt begins returns in toa hauntvery distant him. epoch, where neither grain nor 68. He currently also wineAt the has end been of his discovered journey, Orlando and where will witness, human in sacrifices live are still writes for Vanity Fair, practicedbroadcasting, in the the belief fall ofthat all the his victims’delusive blood certainties is useful and, for in fertilizing Il Sole 24 Ore, he thean endingfields. permeatedAnd it ends withwith self-destructivethe greatest and raving, most tragiche will love be story conducts the (andconsumed adultery). just It’slike oneone ofof thosethe products books thathe advertises. can’t help but make online magazine you feel smarter for having read it. The idea is that nowadayspp. ever156 Voce Arancio and more we need intelligent synthesis, think of Sapiens by Yuval Noah Cinquantamila, Harari and the international success it had. the Italian History website linked to Il «Giorgio“…clever Dell’Arti under overthrows every aspect…his every scheme style and leaves bans every you with your Corriere della Sera. respect,mouth open”which in his Pagan Bible shatters the elegiac or heroic enchantment of so many fables and gives us his own Genealogy He is the auhor of Altervista The Catalogue of of the gentle gods, to use the title of the manual written by the Living, Marsilio Boccaccio. A difficult navigation in an immense and prominent sea of deities and their innumerable descendants, as the

Mauro Editore. novelist acknowledged, also apologizing for the delay in the

Giorgio investigation and for trying to give meaning to those narratives. So in Dell’Arti’s novel, the descendants of Chronos

LITERARY andr Zeus are so plenty and radiate sideways at every pleasant occasion, at any strange or possible bizarre fact, provoking and delighting the reader not only with gimmicks and stunts but also with his peculiar style.» Dell’Arti - Il Sole 24 Ore Marcialis FICTION Rights sold F|19 Rights sold DIEIO & KÖNIGIN DAVIDE SCHWEIGT Italy PiemmeGermany THE DAVID QUEEN & I REMAINS SILENT Droschl Rise and fall of a king of the tv screen. Film This novel retraces, in a remarkable manner, a lifetime in the German Paperback secludedOrlando is cosmos beautiful of and a village desirable. from Since the fragments he was an of adolescent, memory of btb/Random House anhe oldhas woman.always used This life’shis perfect story is body tragic. for However, money and never for doesambition this womanwithout anyperceive principle, it as tillsuch he –finally she rather reaches carries the “throne”its weight of ona her shouldersfamous tv proudly,programme. like a »queen«. Fanny,Accompanied the «queen», by an ambiguousis a woman companion, worn out by his fate friend who Davide, spends herthe newremaining King will years ride bysuccess herself, following keeping a scriptsilent writtenabout thefor him.past. RatherBut the thanpath fillingthat Orlando the journal will have her togranddaughter follow is full ofgave obstacles her page byand pagetemptations: with the fleeting tragedies one ofnight her stands, experience alcohol she and leavesdrug it untouchedabuse, moving on herin a nightstand.corrupt world, But grotesque in daydreams and absurd and sleepless nightssituations, she existentialcannot escape conflicts the andmemories, a dreadful and and so unspeakableshe sees her Laura entirepast that life returnsflash before to haunt her him.eyes in disturbing images. We witness Freudenthaler FannyAt the endthroughout of his journey, all her life’sOrlando phases, will witness, from her in childhood live at her was born in 1984 parents’broadcasting, farm inthe the fall 1930’s of all hisalmost delusive until certaintiesher death. and, in in Salzburg. She Thesean ending fragments permeated of memory with self-destructive tell in dense, raving, clear heand will touching be studied German stillsconsumed how Fanny just like turned one ofinto the an products unapproachable, he advertises. proud woman. language and This novel is a character painting that bears witness to thepp. young 156 literature studies, author’s profound insight into human nature, her high degree of Philosophy and sensibility, and ultimately her considerable literary talent. Gender Studies. She Laura Freudenthaler’s fine sense for atmosphere and emotions lives in Vienna. Her is“…clever impressive. under Her every carefully aspect…his chosen style language leaves and you narrativewith your style stories Der Schädel createmouth aopen” stunning mix of perception, memory and re-living. der Madeleine were Altervista published in 2014. «Rarely I have read a first novel which impressed me that much!»

Laura - Anna Jeller, Buchhandlung Jeller, Wien Mauro «A very special book, I could hardly leave it!!» - Gudrun Suchanek, Buch&Boot, Altaussee LITERARY «This is really a surprising novel – an important topic, an unusual point of view, a very clear language!» - Ute Pukropski, Buchhandlung Libretto, Oldenburg

«What a wonderful voice!» Marcialis - Susanne Barnsteiner-Bosch, Buchhandlung Lesbar, Weilheim Freudenthaler FICTION F|21 RightsRights sold sold IOTREFFEN & DAVIDE SICH ZWEI Italy GermanPiemme DAVID & I Droschl Verlag Rise and fall of a king of the tv screen. Film TWO PEOPLE MEETING German Orlando is beautiful and desirable. Since he was an adolescent, Paperback heOver has always 150.000 used hiscopies perfect sold body forin moneyGerman and foralone! ambition btb/Random House without any principle, till he finally reaches the “throne” of a famousShortlisted tv programme. for the German Bookprize German Accompanied by an ambiguous companion, his friend Davide, Audiobook You don’t know where, you don’t know when — but at some Der Audio Verlag the new King will ride success following a script written for him. point love will strike, that’s for sure. In this novel, two people, But the path that Orlando will have to follow is full of obstacles already well accustomed to single life, are struck completely out German and temptations: fleeting one night stands, alcohol and drug of the blue. He has the most fascinating eyes in the world, and Radioplay abuse, moving in a corrupt world, grotesque and absurd NDR her beauty sweeps him off his feet. situations, existential conflicts and a dreadful and unspeakable Film Adaption past that returns to haunt him. TAM TAM FILM AtTreffen the end Sichof his zwei journey, (lit.: Two Orlando People will Meeting)witness, is in a liveromantic novel for broadcasting,adults, a heimat the fallnovel of allset his in Berlin’sdelusive Kreuzberg certainties district. and, in It’s about French andesires ending andpermeated anxiety, with about self-destructive the professional raving, life he ofwill a be systems Les Allusifs consumedcoach and just the like fits one of ofa giftedthe products hysteric, he about advertises. self-help sex books, music, lyrics, classic passages about love, and with a good deal Iris Hanika, born pp. 156 in Wurzburg in 1962, Serbian of alcohol and urine therapy thrown in for good measure. Mono&Manjana has lived in Berlin since 1979. She was Lithuanian Iris Hanika is a sensitive and unerring observer of the emotional a staff writer for Gimtasis Zodis “…clevercondition under of herevery contemporaries. aspect…his style The leaves wittiness, you with accuracy your and the Berlin section Mauro Marcialis mouthelegance open” in her writing demonstrate why this eternal theme in

Iris of the Frankfurter Altervista born in Rome in 1972, Spanish literature continues to touch every one of us to this day. Allgemeine Zeitung. Salamandra is a senior internal In 2006, she was revenue officer in Mauro awarded the Hans Ukrainian pp. 320 Reggio Emilia, his Dnipro Fallada Prize, in adoptive home town. 2008 she was This is his second Bulgarian

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Hanika German Book Prize, Strada della Violenza in 2010 she won the (Street of Violence Danish European Union Turbine “ And finally I can have fun reading about a successful love, for once, and – Colorado noir, not beneath my level. This has done to me, with her prose, Iris Hanika.” Marcialis Prize for Literature Mondadori, 2006). and in 2011 the prize Romanian Jörg Drews, Süddeutsche Zeitung of LiteraTourNord. Vivaldi

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Iris of the Frankfurter Altervista born in Rome in 1972, orderly. Also, Antonius only played a supporting role then. Others Allgemeine Zeitung. is a senior internal have been more active: They fought to occupy a space in their In 2006, she was revenue officer in world or in their business; they chased a missing book that Mauro awarded the Hans Reggio Emilia, his seemed to have reappeared; they were in love or not; parents Fallada Prize, in adoptive home town. had been murdered, empires crumbled. A lot was going on at 2008 she was This is his second that time. What became of all that? By now, the past is already

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Hanika German Book Prize, Strada della Violenza in 2010 she won the (Street of Violence European Union Wie der Müll geordnet wird is set in today’s capitalistic world, at – Colorado noir, Marcialis Prize for Literature the interface of times and regimes (Berlin 1990). Mondadori, 2006). and in 2011 the prize Just as her novel Treffen sich zwei, we are intrigued by the of LiteraTourNord. serene, and sometimes less serene, interplay of relationships and pairings that Hanika portrays with skill and wit. pp. 304 FICTION F|25 Rights sold IO & DAVIDE Italy RightsPiemme Sold СЕКОЈ DAVID СО &СВОЕТО I ЕЗЕРО Rise and fall of a king of the tv screen. FilmMacedonia EACH WITH THEIR OWN LAKE Templum, Ili-Ili Orlando is beautiful and desirable. Since he was an adolescent, he has always used his perfect body for money and for ambition Bulgaria withoutWINNER any OF principle, THE 2016 till heEUROPEAN finally reaches PRIZE the FOR “throne” of a LITERATURE Perseus famous tv programme. Accompanied by an ambiguous companion, his friend Davide, Hungary theEach new with King Their will Own ride Lakesuccess is a following short story a script collection written composed for him. Metropolis Media Group of 14 stories that oscillate thematically around the imperilled urbanBut the landscapes path that Orlando of the city, will havearound to followgrief and is full ageing, of obstacles and love Serbia and sadness,temptations: set fleetingby a restless one inkynight lake.stands, alcohol and drug Clio Publishing Group abuse, moving in a corrupt world, grotesque and absurd situations,The short existential story Fire conflicts is an example and a ofdreadful the instability and unspeakable of identity Croatia pastand thethat need returns to shareto haunt the him. identity of narratives and real events; Sanford where fiction brings balance to the disproportionate relationship betweenAt the end truth of his and journey, lies, and Orlando reality will and witness, fantasy. in liveIn this circle of Italia storiesbroadcasting, we can thealso fall include of all histhe delusiveshort fictions certainties My Father, and, inthe Clock Mimesis andan ending the Short permeated Story andwith Myself-destructive Mother, the raving, Flood andhe will the be Short Story.consumed just like one of the products he advertises. These are tense, dramatic, melancholic, and ironic stories inpp. which 156 the existential abyss and the abyss of identity is compensated by the silent text of the writer, carefully retaining the mystery by protecting the right of mystery as the right of creative freedom “…clever under every aspect…his style leaves you with your and the right of free absence or existence. Mauro Marcialis mouth open” bornNenad in Rome Joldeski in 1972, pp. 93 Altervista iswas a senior born in internal 1986 in revenueStruga, Macedonia. officer in …The author evokes the themes of identity and alienation, love and Mauro ReggioHe graduated Emilia, in his sadness, existence and death, while merging the borders of the real and the imaginary, the subject and the Other, and constantly linking the existential Nenad adoptive2010 in Economy home town. with the metaphysical. Thisand thenis his he second received The atmosphere of intimacy is a characteristic of the short stories of LITERARY novel,a Master after Degree La Joldeski, while his sensitive minimalistic approach recomposes the elements Stradain Comparative della Violenza of everyday life in such a manner that he creates relationships between the (Literature.Street of Violence He is realm of reality and the realm of art. Thus, in the short stories in Each with their own Lake, the realm of reality links the dialogue of the poetry of William –the Colorado author of noir, two

Joldeski Carlos Williams with the paintings of Pieter Bruegel the Elder; and the music Marcialis Mondadori,collections of 2006). short of the contemporary composer Max Richter with the poetry of Czesław stories and in 2016 Miłosz… SHORT STORIES SHORT he has been awarded Goce Smilevski with the European Union Prize for Literature.

FICTION His stories have been translated into several languages and published on different literary magazines, journals and online portals. F|27 Rights sold IO & DAVIDE RightsItaly Sold NorthPiemme America AT THE DAVID MERCY & I OF MADNESS Rise and fall of a king of the tv screen. Film Celebrated Hollywood director Ted Kotcheff with a joint Orlando is beautiful and desirable. Since he was an adolescent, Canadian, German, Bulgarian production will start filming next he has always used his perfect body for money and for ambition year in Europe. without any principle, till he finally reaches the “throne” of a famous tv programme. AccompaniedWWII historica byl thriller an ambiguous based on companion, true events his never friend told Davide, before . theIt is new the Kingquintessenti will ridea lsuccess Europea followingn story, echoinga script inwritten scope for D octorhim. Zhivago, especially with its tempestuous love story. But the path that Orlando will have to follow is full of obstacles and temptations: fleeting one night stands, alcohol and drug Moreover,abuse, moving it is thein a lastcorrupt great world, untold grotesque chapter in and the absurd chronology of WWII,situations, of how existential ALL 50,000 conflicts Bulgarian and Jewsa dreadful escaped and theunspeakable Nazi death camps.past that Was returns it by to happenstance haunt him. or was it by some miracle? Or Atwas the it end engineered of his journey, by a brilliantOrlando mastermind will witness, who in live outfoxed and broadcasting,outmanoeuvered the Hitler fall of and all his his delusive cronies and,certainties at the and,end, inwhen his ancard ending was calledpermeated he paid with with self-destructive his life—death raving, from he a slow-actingwill be consumedcobra poison just from like oneIndia! of The the productslist of suspects he advertises. includes of course Hitler and Stalin but also, not surprisingly, Churchill. Running pp. 156 parallel to each other are the true sagas of two families: the Royals and the family of the 11-year old Rico whose father Avram Asa while serving in WW I had saved the life of the future King Boris. “Rico” who was until very recently still with us, was the “…clever under every aspect…his style leaves you with your much-admired Rabbi Haim “Rico” Asa of Fullerton, California! Mauro Marcialis mouth open” Against this tableau of turbulence and impending Altervista doom unfolds bornIvan inDemitrius Rome in 1972, the torrid love story of Rico’s cousin, the ravishingly beautiful who is isKafallo a senior internal Rebeka, a promising concert pianist, and Lazar, a fierce and revenuea Bulgarian-born officer in

Mauro uncompromising revolutionary on the lam. Rebeka is a woman writing exclusively in Reggio Emilia, his who is all hot, ardent and unashamed in her exulting desire for English, is also the adoptive home town. life and love. She is instantly swept by the passion and poetry of author of the critically This is his second Lazar’s vision. To her Lazar looms larger than life, a comet that LITERARY acclaimed novels novel, after La illuminates the night sky. But to Lazar, love is a petty bourgeois Profane Chronicles Strada della Violenza sentiment and, in time of oppression, an indulgence. If love (andStreet The of Darkly Violence

LITERARY becomes opium, like religion, he contends, then it’s better to –Glamorous Colorado noir,Menace . Marcialis hate, for hatred empowers and love weakens. Years later, with His other works Mondadori, 2006). his hands soaked in the blood of many, Lazar comes to realize Kafallo include two novellas, that love proffered is the greatest gift a man can receive from a stage play, short a woman, and that revolution and ideals don't mix with Ivan Dimitrius story collection, a love in the pallet of life. The novel is pulsing with rich and yeasty book of essays, and characters ranging from simple peasants whose common sense a volume of poetry. tells them that sheltering one of their brethren, be he a Jew or

FICTION He has also written not, is only the right thing to do; to Parliament representatives for the film industry. like Peshev who, against all odds, plunges headlong into the He resides in Los struggle to stop the deportation of the Jews; to pro-Nazi cabinet Angeles. ministers like Filov and Gabrovsky purposely installed by the King, in a deadly game of chess, to “reassure” Hitler of Boris’s “true” intentions; to clerics like Archbishop Kyril who lies across the tracks preventing a trainload of Jews to leave the station; to Liliana Panitza whose hatred for what Commissar Belev plots for the Jews proves deeper than her love for him, and decides to betray him; to Vanga, the blind seeress who forewarns Boris of assassins laying in wait to gun him down.. F|29 Rights sold IO & DAVIDE Italy RightsPiemme Sold AT THE DAVID MERCY & I OF MADNESS North America Rise and fall of a king of the tv screen. Film COrlandoelebrated is beautiful Hollyw and oodesirable.d direct Sinceor heTed was K oantcheff adolescent, with ahe jhasoint always Canadian used his, perfectGerman body, B forulgarian money and pr foro ductiambitionon willwithout start any principle, filming tillnext he finally year reachesin Eur othepe .“throne” of a famous tv programme. TedAccompanied Kotcheff by is an a ambiguousBulgarian-Canadian companion, film his friend and televisionDavide, directorthe new Kingand will producer, ride success known following primarily a script writtenfor his for workhim. onBut the several path that high-profile Orlando will Britishhave to andfollow Americanis full of obstacles television productionsand temptations: such fleeting as Armchair one night Theatre stands, andalcohol Law and & drugOrder: Specialabuse, moving Victims in a Unitcorrupt. He world, has grotesque also directed and absurd numerous successfulsituations, existential films includingconflicts and the a seminaldreadful and Australian unspeakable classic Wakepast that in returns Fright, to haunt action him. films such as First Blood and AtUncommon the end of hisValor journey,, and comediesOrlando will like witness, Weekend in live at Bernie’s, broadcasting,Fun with Dick the andfall of Janeall his, delusiveand North certainties Dallas and, Forty in . He ancurrently ending residespermeated in Beverlywith self-destructive Hills, California. raving, he will be consumed just like one of the products he advertises. pp. 156 Praise for his previous novel Profane Chronicles

«A“…clever metaphor under for every an extended aspect…his meditation style leaves on freedom you with as youra Mauro Marcialis geographicalmouth open” location, and eros its best expression.» Altervista bornIvan inDemitrius Rome in 1972, —Brooke Horvath, The Washington Post isKafallo a senior who internal is revenuea Bulgarian-born officer in Mauro Reggiowriting Emilia, his «A literary love affair… (its prose) graced by an elegance adoptiveexclusively home in English, town. worthy of an Elizabethan sonnet.» Thisis also is thehis secondauthor of —Publishers Weekly LITERARY novel,the critically after La Stradaacclaimed della novels Violenza (ProfaneStreet of Chronicles Violence «…(Kafallo) rewards the precipient reader with an LITERARY –and Colorado The Darkly noir,

Marcialis awarness of nuance that lends profundity to the banal, Mondadori,Glamorous 2006). Kafallo Menace. His other elegance to the coarse, precision to the crude, originality works include two to the quotidian.« Ivan Dimitrius novellas, a stage play, —Douglas Stoughton (Western Voices) short story collection, a book of essays, and «Kafallo grabs the baton from Nabokov’s Lolita and runs

FICTION a volume of poetry. He has also written the last leg of literary erotica. He tears into the language for the film industry. and stretches its guts to the breaking point.» He resides in Los Angeles. —Cork University Review, Ireland F|31 Rights sold IO & DAVIDE RightsItaly Sold IndiaPiemme & South PATNA DAVID BLUES & I East Asia Rise and fall of a king of the tv screen. JuggernautFilm Books Patna Blues will be liked by the readers who loved A Suitable BOrlandooy, The isK itbeautifule Runne rand, A desirable.Fine Balanc Sincee, Th ehe W washite anTig adolescent,er, Slumdog Mheillion has aalwaysire…and used the hislik eperfect. body for money and for ambition without any principle, till he finally reaches the “throne” of a famous tv programme. Culturally insightful with political undertones (tensions between MuslimsAccompanied and Hindu), by an ambiguousPatna Blues companion, is actually three his friend stories Davide, in one. the new King will ride success following a script written for him. One is simply the story of a boy – Arif, the central character, whoBut thedeals path with that love, Orlando lust and will haveambitions to follow as heis fullgoes of obstaclesthrough the painfuland temptations: process of fleeting growing oneup. Thenight second stands, is alcohol Arif’s story and too,drug but itabuse, is also moving the story in a ofcorrupt a Muslim world, boy grotesque in particular, and absurdand this flows Abdullah Khan intosituations, a larger existential narrative conflictsof being aand Muslim a dreadful in post-Babri and unspeakable India, with was born in a village itspast own that challenges returns to andhaunt anxieties. him. The third is the story of India near Motihari, Bihar, itself,At the not end the of Indiahis journey, that exists Orlando in the will cities, witness, but the in liveIndia of villages India, and he was andbroadcasting, small towns the about fall of whichall his notdelusive much certainties has been and,written in by the initially educated in Indianan ending writers permeated writing in with English. self-destructive raving, he will be Madarsa (Islamic consumed just like one of the products he advertises. Seminary) and Urdu pp. 156 medium schools. Set in the 1980s and 1990s in Bihar, an East Indian province, His writings (Short famous for its delicious mangoes, criminal politicians and stories, essays, crushing poverty and long ago a citadel of culture, literature and religion and home of Buddhism, this novel follows the life of Arif, a memoir, book reviews “…clever under every aspect…his style leaves you with your etc.) have also boy born in a segregated poor Muslim neighbourhood. He works Mauro Marcialis mouth open” appeared in Brooklyn hard to realize his dream of joining Indian Administrative Service born in Rome in 1972, Altervista Rail (New York), until a middle-aged married Hindu woman, Sumitra, crosses his is a senior internal Wasafiri (London), path and changes the course of his life forever. Arif falls in love revenue officer in Mauro The Hindu (India), with Sumitra, but is guilt stricken for having an affair with a married Reggio Emilia, his Friday Times woman. As he is consumed by his own uncertain and unfulfilled adoptive home town. (Pakistan) and desires, the country is witnessing the greatest socio-political This is his second The Daily Star upheaval of the 20th century since the partition of 1947. In 1992, LITERARY novel, after La (Bangladesh) among the Hindu right wing groups demolish a disputed mosque, the Strada della Violenza others. Patna Blues Babri Mosque, in the city of Ayodhaya, throwing India into the

Khan (Street of Violence throes of communal frenzy. Like India, Arif’s life is in turmoil. LITERARY is his first novel. He Abdullah – Colorado noir, Marcialis is also a screenwriter Distracted by his obsession with Sumitra, he fails to achieve his Mondadori, 2006). and his first movie ultimate goal of joining the coveted Indian Administrative Service in Hindi, Viraam, (IAS). A political conspiracy makes his father opt for premature premiered at Cannes retirement. His beautiful sister is married off to a man twice her Film Festival this year. age because his father, with his meagre retirement benefits, can’t afford the dowry for a suitable boy. In order to help his father to arrange a dowry for his youngest sister’s marriage, his brother,

FICTION Zakir, goes to Delhi in search of a job. Police illegally pick up Zakir along with three of his friends from their Shaheen Bagh residence, a Muslim ghetto in Delhi, after a terrorist attack on the parliament building. Later, Zakir’s friends’ bullet-ridden bodies are found on the outskirts of Delhi. Everybody believes that Zakir too has been killed by police in a fake encounter, and his body has been dumped somewhere else. Arif’s grief-stricken Grandmother, a great source of strength to both Arif and his father, dies. The sudden loss of his son and mother makes his father permanently ill. Unable to overcome these disasters, Arif drifts into the cobweb of depression. F|33 Rights sold IO & DAVIDE Italy Years later, we meet an older Arif. He has already broken RightsPiemme Sold DAVID & I off with Sumitra. His IAS dream has died a gradual death. India & South Rise and fall of a king of the tv screen. FilmEast Asia Like thousands of other boys who go to a ‘practical’ job that Juggernaut Books Orlandothey had isnever beautiful dreamed and desirable.of, Arif prepares Since hehimself was anto dropadolescent, the headolescent has always yearnings used his of perfect his boyhood body forand money take on and the for role ambition of withoutthe family any breadwinner. principle, till He he isfinally ready reaches to marry the his “throne” first cousin, of a famousShabnam, tv programme.to make his ailing father happy. He also decides to forget his miserable past, and is ready to embark on a new Accompanied by an ambiguous companion, his friend Davide, journey. the new King will ride success following a script written for him.

But the path that Orlando will have to follow is full of obstacles andThen temptations: Arif accidentally fleeting discovers one night that stands, Shabnam, alcohol who and he drug thinks abuse,he is doing moving a favour in a corrupt by marrying, world, grotesqueloves somebody and absurd else. She is Abdullah Khan situations,marrying him existential under conflicts parental pressure.and a dreadful Once and again, unspeakable Arif faces was born in a village pastan emotional that returns dilemma. to haunt Should him. he tell his father? Or for the sake of his father’s happiness marry Shabnam pretending he knows near Motihari, Bihar, At the end of his journey, Orlando will witness, in live nothing? Later, Sumitra comes back into Arif’s life adding to his India, and he was broadcasting, the fall of all his delusive certainties and, in confusion. Arif remains undecided till the end. The novel ends initially educated in an ending permeated with self-destructive raving, he will be with the unexpected return of Arif’s brother almost six years after Madarsa (Islamic consumed just like one of the products he advertises. Seminary) and Urdu his disappearance. pp. 156 medium schools. His writings (Short stories, essays, memoir, book reviews “…clever under every aspect…his style leaves you with your etc.) have also Mauro Marcialis mouth open” appeared in Brooklyn Altervista Railborn (New in Rome York), in 1972, Wasafiriis a senior (London), internal revenue officer in

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At the end of his journey, Orlando will witness, in live Three tangled monologues, three generations of women in Tel broadcasting, the fall of all his delusive certainties and, in Aviv of old times, whose life has made them into energetic women, an ending permeated with self-destructive raving, he will be full of sadness, ephemeral joys and a strong, firm, invincible love consumed just like one of the products he advertises. for their children. And between the chapters, this man, Nissim, pp. 156 Oshrat Kotler is an Beka’s husband who left everything for her, the father of Gueoula Israeli journalist, top the rebel and the grandfather of the beautiful pianist, Mia ... news anchor and Under the realistic but dull glance of adoration for his wife , this card player of life, who draws the vagaries of his wife’s life, finds author. His latest “…clever under every aspect…his style leaves you with your novel Ija Mia was a himself in solitude in old age, drowned in melancholy. 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FICTION culture to everybody. She is a blogger It ‘s a book that is read in one breath, that followed by taught me a lot, first ofall respect for the woman who wrote it and who shares with thousands of people us her life hard to live on one hand, but and she writes for rich, very rich in emotions …. Nemni Canarutto Jewish and non Jewish magazines. D di Repubblica You Can(‘t) Have it All was published by Mondadori in 2015. F|53 Rights sold IOTHE & LASTDAVIDE SOLDIER ItalyIsrael PiemmeModan Publishing DAVID & I House / Aryeh Nir TheRise Last and Soldier fall of hasa king been of compared the tv screen. by critics with anti-war FilmPublishers works such as Catch-22, All Quiet on the Western Front, Orlando is beautiful and desirable. Since he was an adolescent, Johnny Got His Gun, Full Metal Jacket and The Deer Hunter. he has always used his perfect body for money and for ambition without any principle, till he finally reaches the “throne” of a famousEliav Kadosh tv programme. grew up in an unprivileged, peripheral community Accompaniedin Israel in the by1990s. an ambiguous After excelling companion, at the academic his friend screeningDavide, theexam, new the King principal will ride of success the Regional following School a script invites written Kadosh for him. to study at the elitist high school. On his first day of tenth grade, the But the path that Orlando will have to follow is full of obstacles principal takes Kadosh under his charge, persuading him that and temptations: fleeting one night stands, alcohol and drug just like the students from the region’s affluent towns, he too can abuse, moving in a corrupt world, grotesque and absurd be a pilot, a paratrooper or a fighter in the Israeli Special Forces. situations, existential conflicts and a dreadful and unspeakable The exhilarated Kadosh commences his service with pilot past that returns to haunt him. Yinon Nir training – the most prestigious and well regarded at the IDF – but was born in Kefar heAt thequickly end resigns,of his journey, despite Orlando passing will the witness, flight stage. in live He volunteers Saba in 1975; author tobroadcasting, the paratroopers the fall and of isall sent his delusive to undertake certainties basic and,training in for the of three novels and a infantryan ending at apermeated remote military with self-destructivebase. Kadosh’s raving,service he in willthe beinfantry short story collection, formsconsumed the heartjust like of onethe ofnovel. the productsDuring a he period advertises. of nine months, all highly praised. In he undergoes basic and advanced training, participatespp. in156 a addition Yinon has paratroopers’ course and is sent to the front in Lebanon. an extensive and In the second part of the novel, reality is mixed with illusion, diverse professional leading up to the unexpected end. background having “…clever under every aspect…his style leaves you with your Mauroworked Marcialis as a senior mouth open” borninvestment in Rome manager, in 1972, Altervista

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Enrico won the Premio the one referred to in the penal code (Mordenti isn’t one of Giallo Belgioioso. those moralizing policemen in American movies), but a sense With Instar Libri of what is right that comes from a profound ethical conviction. he published the next two books in His team is like him: Italian origins – hence the name – and not this series, Troppo always rule-abiding, they were put together because of their non- piombo and Lezioni conventional, creative, way of solving cases. Each member of Pandiani di tenebra. the team adds something to or balances the traits of their leader. CRIME|THRILLER|NOIR FICTION F|57 RightsRights Soldsold IOLEZIONI & DAVIDE DI TENEBRA ItalyItaly InstarPiemme Libri LESSONSDAVID &ON I DARKNESS Rise and fall of a king of the tv screen. Film A Les Italiens novel Film Rights sold Orlando is beautiful and desirable. Since he was an adolescent, to IIF he has always used his perfect body for money and for ambition withoutIt’s a bad any evening principle, for till hechief finally Mordenti: reaches hethe feels “throne” sick of at a the famousrestaurant tv programme. and a few hours later his girlfriend, Martine, Accompanieda photographer, by an is ambiguous killed in front companion, of him byhis anfriend assassin Davide, thewith new her King face will covered ride success with followinga silk scarf. a script written for him. ButFor thethe path policeman that Orlando and willhis haveitaliens to follow it is theis full beginning of obstacles andof a temptations:fierce hunt, fleeting in search one nightof a stands,mysterious alcohol and and cruel drug abuse,woman moving who leavesin a corrupt a trail world, of corpses grotesque behind and absurd her. situations,Mordenti, existential who is being conflicts taken and over a dreadful by an andinsane unspeakable pastdesire that for returns revenge, to haunt is assisted him. in this investigation by Atlieutenant the end of Maëlis his journey, Deslandes, Orlando capablewill witness, and in intriguinglive broadcasting,policewoman, the who fall of tries all his to delusive control certaintiesthe darkness and, inthat is Selected Backlist antormenting ending permeated the chief. with self-destructive raving, he will be consumedFrom the artjust world like one to of the the Shibari, products an he eroticadvertises. bondage technique that appears on all the crime scenes, thepp. 156 investigation moves from Paris to Turin. Having set up a not so easy cooperation with the Italian police, Mordenti and Deslandes arrive in Italy on the heels of a famous “…cleverart forger, under determined every aspect…his to foil the style plans leaves of youa criminal with your Enrico Pandiani Mauro Marcialis mouthorganization open” of art thieves and capture the chief’s lives in Turin and is a enemy number one, Madame Satin. Altervista bornbook indesigner. Rome in 1972, isHis a novelsenior Les internal Italiens revenue officer in pp. 368 Enrico Mauro won the Premio ReggioGiallo Belgioioso. Emilia, his “A valuable noir, written with the impertinent tone of a classic.” adoptiveWith Instar home Libri town. Thishe published is his second the La Stampa LITERARY novel,next two after books La in Stradathis series, della T roppoViolenza “A powerful noir, that flows and skillfully measures out twists in the plot, (Street of Violence investigating piombo and Lezioni di routine and irony. Rough and involving, genre but with style.” Pandiani – Colorado noir,

Marcialis tenebra. Mondadori, 2006). Io donna - La Repubblica CRIME|THRILLER|NOIR FICTION F|59 RightsRights Soldsold IO & DAVIDE Italy TROPPO PIOMBO ItalyPiemme TOO DAVID MUCH & ILEAD Instar Libri Rise and fall of a king of the tv screen. Film France OrlandoIt seems isthat beautiful someone and has desirable. decided Since to violently he was kill an off adolescent, all the Èditions Télémaque hefemale has journalistsalways used of hisa famous perfect newspaper body for money in Paris. and There for ambition are withoutvery few any clues, principle, no suspects, till he finally and too reaches much thegossip. “throne” This isof a job Film Rights sold famousfor Les Italiens.tv programme. to IIF AccompaniedAmongst fashion by shows,an ambiguous suburban companion, fighting andhis friendprinted Davide, paper, the newItalian-French King will ridepolice success brigade following starts its a scriptinvestigation. written forThey him. soon discover that to catch the assassin they will have to But the path that Orlando will have to follow is full of obstacles reconstruct his story and find out what torments him, without and temptations: fleeting one night stands, alcohol and drug knowing anything about him. They will have to search for him, abuse, moving in a corrupt world, grotesque and absurd flush him out, use all their cunning and their best methods. situations, existential conflicts and a dreadful and unspeakable pastThe settingthat returns is Paris to inhaunt winter, him. when everything is slowly but surely covered in an endless snowfall. Everything is different At the end of his journey, Orlando will witness, in live from how it appears and Chief Mordenti finds himself involved broadcasting, the fall of all his delusive certainties and, in in a complicated investigation, distracted by the presence of an ending permeated with self-destructive raving, he will be Nadège, a beautiful black journalist who possibly has something consumed just like one of the products he advertises. Selected Backlist to hide. pp. 156 Les Italiens are back, with their surly, but romantic, cynical, but soft hearted Chief. And Enrico Pandiani, revelation of Italian noir, is back, too. “…clever under every aspect…his style leaves you with your Enrico Pandiani pp. 320 mouth open” Maurolives in MarcialisTurin and is a born in Rome in 1972, “At number 36 of Quai des Orfèvres there’s a group Altervista of policemen of Italian book designer. origins known as les italiens, chosen for their humanity and their fantasy.” isHis a seniornovel Les internal Italiens - Il Venerdì di Repubblica revenue officer in “A powerful noir, that flows and skillfully measures out twists in the plot,

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Enrico routine and irony. Rough and involving, genre but with style.” adoptiveWith Instar home Libri town. Thishe published is his second the Io donna - La Repubblica LITERARY novel,next two after books La in Stradathis series, della Troppo Violenza (piomboStreet of and Violence Lezioni di – Colorado noir,

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pp.230 “…clever under every aspect…his style leaves you with your PaolaMauro MarcialisPresciuttini mouth open” Altervista hasborn written in Rome several in 1972, novels:is a senior Occhi internal di Paola grano,revenue with officer a forward in Mauro byReggio Dacia Emilia, Maraini, his To homage Trotula, Paola Presciuttini publishedadoptive home in Germany town. concentrated on creating credible byThis Fischer is his secondVerlag, backdrops, actions and thoughts, on novel, after La plausibility. Without being pedantic, Non dire il mio nome, she filters everything through the ComparseStrada della (winner Violenza underlying passion that is her powerful of(Street the San of Violence Pellegrino trademark. As always the presence Award)– Colorado and noir,Il ragazzo of the body is very strong. Not only Marcialis Mondadori, 2006). in a physical form, but above all as a orchidea. Trotula is threshold between being and reality, her latest novel, also an often impassable boundary that published in Germany Trotula determinedly stretches or Presciuttini by btb/Random House breaks down, in the name of equality and respect. Deutschland.

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La Repubblica F|67 Rights sold IOCOVECULEC & DAVIDE Italy PiemmeSerbia HOMUNCULUSDAVID & I - FAIRYTALES FROM THE Coveculjak, Rise andLEFT fall of POCKET a king of the tv screen. FilmGeopoetika Poland Orlando is beautiful and desirable. Since he was an adolescent, Maly czlowiek, he has always used his perfect body for money and for ambition Toczka 2012 Winner of the prestigious Balkanika Prize UK without any principle, till he finally reaches the “throne” of a famous tv programme. Istros Books A postmodern novel made up of fairy tales for Croatia Accompanied by an ambiguous companion, his friend grownups.Davide, Fraktura the new King will ride success following a script written for him. Turkey Pinhan But the path that Orlando will have to follow is full of obstacles and“This temptations: fairy tale fleeting should one notnight be stands, told alcoholto bashful and druglovers” abuse, moving in a corrupt world, grotesque and absurd situations,Homunculus existential is a collectionconflicts andof sixteen a dreadful fairy andtales unspeakable for adults. The past thatauthor returns has to largelyhaunt him.retained the classical fairy-tale structure At the withend itsof hiselements journey, of Orlandosurprise willand witness, the constant in live intertwining of broadcasting,the real andthe fallunreal, of all but his transcendsdelusive certainties the sugar-sweet and, in endings Author an endingwe are permeated familiar with. with Along self-destructive with typical raving, fairy-tale he featureswill be such translated in: consumedas the just interplay like one of of humans the products and animals, he advertises. he presents us with a wide range of more “mature” themes – the erotic, the tragic, pp. 156 French feelings of alienation, etc. – set amidst dichotomies on an adult Italian wavelength: mythical vs urban, banality vs wisdom, as well as English issues of guilt and longing. “Tom Thumb” struggles with an Polish “…cleveroedipal under bond every with aspect…his his mother, “Thestyle Huntsman”leaves you with is told your from the Aleksandar perspective of the hunter sent out to kill Snow White. All of the Mauro Marcialis German mouth open” Prokopiev, stories have an interesting twist which makes them an exciting born in Rome in 1972, Bulgarian Altervista born in 1953 Serbian read. inis aSkopje, senior internalis a revenue officer in Croatian Rather than focussing on “the moral of the story”, each piece Mauro Macedonian writer, begins with a sometimes quirky recommendation, e.g. “This essayistReggio Emilia, and a his Slovenian adoptive home town. fairy tale is told to budding artists” or “This fairy tale should former member not be told to bashful lovers”, often with tongue-in-cheek. Wry ofThis the is eminenthis second LITERARY novel, after La humour is a hallmark of all these stories.pp. 158 Aleksandar Yugoslav rock bandStrada Idoli. della He Violenza has (Street of Violence «As a good vintage wine, with each short worked for several story Prokopiev’s collection unravels an – Colorado noir, Marcialis domestic and foreign array of flavors of his literary dish. Identifying magazinesMondadori, and2006). has with a postmodernist perception of culture Prokopiev written screenplays and literature, the lecturer from Skopje reaches for the most interesting pieces of for film, theatre, tv folk culture and transforms them to create a shows, radio dramas totally modern blend of myths tailored to the and comic books. human condition of the 21st century. Elusive He is author of and tangible, multi-textual and uniform, the stories balance on the boundary of two FICTION several short stories worlds—the common fantastic and the collections and unreal mundane. » two novels, The TURKISH EDITION Peeper (which won - Future Fire Reviews the Macedonian literature prize Prozni majstori) and Homunkulus, awarded with international award Balkanika. Rights sold THE TRIALS OF MARIA BARBELLAF|69 RightsItaly sold IO & DAVIDE ItalyLonganesi, LEF Idanna Pucci Piemme THE TRUE DAVID STORY OF& I A 19TH CENTURY CRIME OF PASSION Since leaving her Italian US+Northamerica FourWallsEight Rise and fall of a king of the tv screen. ancestral home in Florence, Film Windows The true story of Cora Slocomb, who shocked New York’s Gilded Age Idanna pursued her interest in Orlandoby launching is beautiful the first andnation-wide desirable. campaign Since againsthe was the an death adolescent, penalty in Vintage 1895 to save a twenty year-old Italian immigrant from execution--the first diverse cultures through far- womanhe has sentencedalways used to the his electric perfect chair. body for money and for ambition flung travels. First she worked without any principle, till he finally reaches the “throne” of a Spain When an Italian seamstress Maria Barbella, was tried, convicted, in New York for her uncle, famous tv programme. Lumen Editorial, and sentenced to die for the murder of her former lover, a man Emilio Pucci, when his designs rights reverted whoAccompanied had raped by and an ambiguousabandoned companion, her, she found his friend an unlikely Davide, ally ushered vibrant colors into thein Cora new King Slocomb, will ride Countess success following de Brazza, a script who written starts for the him. first fashion. France Butcampaign the path against that Orlando the death will penalty have to to follow save Mariais full offrom obstacles the newly She later settled in Indonesia Editions Intervalles, invented electric chair. Domenico Cataldo, an Italian immigrant rights reverted and temptations: fleeting one night stands, alcohol and drug and began her studies of and shoe shine boy sat playing cards in a bar on East 13th abuse, moving in a corrupt world, grotesque and absurd Balinese culture. Various writing Street with friend one bright spring morning in 1895. He was Optioned for situations, existential conflicts and a dreadful and unspeakable assignments for the Hong-Kong looking forward to boarding a ship leaving for Italy later that day, film past that returns to haunt him. based Asia Magazine enabled when his young lover, another Italian immigrant, Maria Barbella Blenheim entered. After a brief exchange “Only a pig can marry you!” Maria her to travel throughout the At the end of his journey, Orlando will witness, in live broadcasting,whipped out athe straight fall of allrazor his delusiveshe had certaintiesconcealed and, in her in sleeve Indonesian Archipelago, South and slit Cataldo’s throat - so quickly he didn’t even have time an ending permeated with self-destructive raving, he will be East Asia, Japan and across to scream. He staggered out the door, clutching his neck with the Soviet Union on the last bothconsumed hands, just spraying like one blood of the everywhere, products he only advertises. making it as far as steam engine of the Trans- the gutter, before dying. Thus began the trials of Maria Barbella,pp. 156 Siberian railway. who after a brief court case became the first woman in history She returned to New York to be sentenced to death in the electric chair, a controversial to pursue her degree in new invention promoted by an employee of Thomas Edison, and Comparative Literature at “…cleveradopted byunder the everyState aspect…hisof New York style during leaves what you has with come your to be known as the ‘War of Currents’. Columbia University. After mouth open” she obtained the International And so it would have been, if Maria’s dilemma Altervista had not been read Diploma in Humanitarian by a remarkable woman, Cora Slocomb, Countess di Brazza - an American by birth and activist by nature, who decided to take up Assistance in Geneva, she

Mauro the young woman’s cause. So moved by the case was she that Idanna served in the UN Mission to she returned to her homeland and began a campaign to try save East Timor as an electoral the girl.

Pucci officer during the referendum pp.296 for independence in 1999. Later, she collaborated with the Burma Project (Open “Evokes the full dimensions of the larger social issues...Pucci’s compelling, thoughtful account revives the stories of these long -invisible women.” Society Foundations) on a Marcialis special mission to Myanmar. Philadelphia Inquirer She is also a board member of La Scuola di Eco-Narrativa “A crackling page-turner...It has all the elements of a well crafted thriller...an eye -opening document.” in Anghiari, Tuscany. Aside San Francisco Chronicle from Italian, she speaks fluent English and French, and “The first crusade against the death penalty. The author, after years of work

TRUE CRIME in the archives of newspapers masterfully puts together the pieces of a

FICTION Bahasa Indonesia. She resides between Florence and New stunning and sprawling mosaic of pride, ignorance and misery that make up the pages of this book.” York. She is also the author Gianpaolo Pioli, Il Messaggero of: The Epic of Life: A Balinese Journey of the Soul; The Prince “The incredible account of a true story, rich in implications, meticulously and the Pauper: Two Balinese reconstructed ...” Portraits; Against All Odds: The Mirella Serri, La Stampa Strange Destiny of a Balinese Prince; Brazza in Congo: A Life “A fascinating novel, very well constructed, with great cinematic rhythm, in which the protagonists find the humanity that the arid papers yellowed by and Legacy. She produced also time could not possibly have.” many documentaries. Giovanni Nardi, La Nazione All Rights THE ISLAND THAT IS NO MORE F|71 availableRights sold IO & DAVIDE Italy THE WORLD ODYSSEY OF A BALINESE PRINCE Idanna Pucci Piemmeexcept DAVID & I Since leaving her Italian Italian Rise and fall of a king of the tv screen. ancestral home in Florence, Film These magical true stories are filled with the refreshing suspense and Idanna pursued her interest in wonderOrlando so is essential beautiful in andtimes desirable. of uncertainty Since and hefear. was This an collection adolescent, of life diverse cultures through far- headventures has always is the usedfruit of his the perfectlong-time body friendship for money between and storyteller, for ambition Idanna flung travels. First she worked withoutPucci - Florentineany principle, by birth till andhe finally Balinese reaches by adoption the “throne” — and her of mentor,a in New York for her uncle, famousAnak Agung tv programme. Madé Djelantik, one of Bali’s most beloved personalities. Emilio Pucci, when his designs AsAccompanied a child in the bylegendary an ambiguous palace of Karangasem,companion, younghis friend Madé Davide, absorbed ushered vibrant colors into the newmagic King of early will ride20th success century Bali,following steeped a script in ancient written tradition for him. and fashion. Butthe beliefthe path in invisible that Orlando forces. He will would have laterto follow witness is fullkey ofmoments obstacles in the She later settled in Indonesia andhistory temptations: of his country fleeting and farone beyond: night stands, the struggle alcohol for independenceand drug and began her studies of abuse,after four moving hundred in yearsa corrupt of Dutch world, rule, grotesque the Nazi occupationand absurd of Holland, Balinese culture. Various writing and the modern tsunami of globalization on his once mythical island. situations, existential conflicts and a dreadful and unspeakable assignments for the Hong-Kong past that returns to haunt him. based Asia Magazine enabled The stories begin in a now-vanished feudal epoch at the height of her to travel throughout the Atthe thecolonial end ofage. his Driven journey, by Orlandoan early willvocation witness, for medicine, in live the young Indonesian Archipelago, South broadcasting,prince set sail forthe Europefall of all to his study delusive at Amsterdam certainties University—the and, in first Balinese to do so. He went on to spend his entire life in service of East Asia, Japan and across an ending permeated with self-destructive raving, he will be consumedothers as a just doctor like in one the of most the products far-flung regions he advertises. of the planet. Finally, the Soviet Union on the last when he returned home, Dr. Djelantik started the first hospital in Bali. steam engine of the Trans- pp. 156 Siberian railway. In each setting, the physician-prince faced danger: an attack by an army of rats She returned to New York on the run, a pirate ambush in the South China Sea, an aerial bombardment, to pursue her degree in his arrest by Saddam Hussein’s secret police, a terrifying volcanic eruption, Comparative Literature at “…cleverand the teeth under of famished every aspect…his crocodiles, to stylename leavesonly a few. you Reactingwith your always Columbia University. After mouthwith serenity, open” composure, and a sublime sense of humor, he miraculously she obtained the International survived unscathed. In each case, he was left with a humbling Altervista sense of wonder.

Diploma in Humanitarian Just after his 80th birthday, Dr. Djelantik underwent a simple hernia Assistance in Geneva, she operation in the very hospital he had founded, but a strong infection Mauro Idanna served in the UN Mission to plunged him into a deep coma. A month later, to everyone’s surprise, East Timor as an electoral he regained consciousness. Again, his time had not yet come.

Pucci officer during the referendum for independence in 1999. Slowly, memories of moments, that he called “between death and life”, Later, she collaborated with began to vividly surface in his mind, until one day, he picked up a brush, the Burma Project (Open and started to paint for the first time in fifty years. Sitting for hours at an Society Foundations) on a easel, he transformed into watercolors those very scenes. His evocative

Marcialis paintings gave birth to the compelling narrative woven by Idanna Pucci. special mission to Myanmar.

She is also a board member These unusual modern-day fables where each episode opens a of La Scuola di Eco-Narrativa window onto another culture, offer a new perspective. In the end, in Anghiari, Tuscany. Aside these stories bear witness to the comic and the tragic, the wisdom from Italian, she speaks fluent and the enduring mystery of our rapidly vanishing traditional world. English and French, and TRUE CRIME

FICTION Bahasa Indonesia. She resides between Florence and New «With an insider’s touch, the author pays homage with her vivid storytelling to the prince’s extraordinary life that spans much of the 20th century - from York. She is also the author Bali’s feudal times to our global age. A must read…..» of: The Epic of Life: A Balinese Journey of the Soul; The Prince - Jane Perlez, Chief Correspondent in China, The New York Times and the Pauper: Two Balinese Portraits; Against All Odds: The «In the telling the her prince’s story, Idanna Pucci recalls without Strange Destiny of a Balinese sentimentalism the calm strength of a society still able to feel and express a Prince; Brazza in Congo: A Life sense of the sacred.» and Legacy. She produced also - Francesco Clemente, painter many documentaries. F|73 Rights sold IOIO, &CATERINA DAVIDE Italy PiemmeEditrice Nord I, CATERINADAVID & I (Maurispagnol) Rise and fall of a king of the tv screen. Film Orlando36.000 COPIESis beautiful SOLD and desirable. TO DATE Since he was an adolescent, he has always used his perfect body for money and for ambition Anwithout unprecedented any principle, portraittill he finally of Caterinareaches the Sforza “throne” unfolded of a byfamous a member tv programme. of the Sforza family. Accompanied by an ambiguous companion, his friend Davide, the new King will ride success following a script written for him. At the end of the 15th century, in Italy consciences are awakening.But the path that Popes, Orlando noblemen, will have tophilosophers, follow is full of inventors, obstacles and temptations:artists are bringingfleeting onethe nightRenaissance stands, alcohol to life. and drug abuse, moving in a corrupt world, grotesque and absurd situations, existential conflicts and a dreadful and unspeakable pastIn an thatexchange returns of to powers, haunt him. the Sforzas, the Medici, and the Borgias will have to deal with a woman: Caterina Sforza. At the end of his journey, Orlando will witness, in live Daughter of a Duke, niece of a Pope, she holds her ground in broadcasting, the fall of all his delusive certainties and, in war and love, keeping in check – the Queen chess piece was an ending permeated with self-destructive raving, he will be created in honor of her feats – Rome, Milan, and Florence. consumed just like one of the products he advertises. A fighter, an alchemist, a lover, fighting in the name of the love of her men and her children, she will leave history withpp. a 156 new generation of rulers. One man will above all prove to be a kindred spirit and loyal friend: Leonardo da Vinci. Together they will create a machine capable of capturing the world in an instant.“…clever under every aspect…his style leaves you with your FrancescaMauro Marcialis Riario mouth open” Altervista Sforzaborn in Rome in 1972, fromis a senior 1996 tointernal 2001 sherevenue was officerthe author in of Mauro manyReggio TV Emilia, programs. his Sinceadoptive 2000 home she town.has beenThis is working his second with «In her accurate description of Francesca TVnovel, and after film Lascripts as historical facts, Riario Sforza has shown scriptwriterStrada della and Violenza script us the real Catherine. director.(Street of She Violence teaches The Author has also infused new depth to the great men who met Scriptwriting– Colorado noir, at the Marcialis Caterina in her walk through life, artists MasterMondadori, LUISS 2006). Writing and politicians, popes and kings. School. With a dry and incisive style Francesca Riario Sforza reinforces the memory of a woman who was incredibly ahead of her time.» Riario Sforza

HISTORICAL NOVELS - Il Messaggero FICTION F|75 Rights sold IOLA &GUERRIERA DAVIDE DAGLI OCCHI VERDI Italy PiemmeGiunti THEDAVID GREEN-EYED & I WARRIOR Rise and fall of a king of the tv screen. Film OrlandoPossibly is the beautiful only novel and desirable. about a contemporSince he wasary an fem adolescent,ale hesoldier has always and w ausedrrior his perfect body for money and for ambition without any principle, till he finally reaches the “throne” of a Infamous September tv programme. 2014, the image of of Avesta Harun’s face , a Accompaniedfallen commander by an in ambiguousthe battle against companion, Isis, goes his friendaround Davide, the theworld. new In Kinghis new will ridebook, success Marco followingRovelli tells a scriptthe story written behind for him.that Butface, the mixing path individualthat Orlando and will collective have to events, follow isthe full epic of obstacles of the andKurdish temptations: people, the fleeting resistance one nightand thestands, exemplary alcohol struggle and drug of so abuse,many young moving women. in a corrupt world, grotesque and absurd situations,Avesta Harun existential is twenty-two conflicts years and old a dreadfulwhen she and climbs unspeakable up the pastmountains that returns in the tofootsteps haunt him. of Harun, her beloved brother. She Atleaves the endMezri, of hisleaves journey, Turgut Orlando Reis, the will Kurdish witness, villages in live where she broadcasting,grew up with her the family fall of andall his learned delusive to knowcertainties and love and, life. in She anembraces ending permeatedthe rifle to withmake self-destructive her contribution raving, to the hestruggle will be for consumeda free Kurdistan, just like and one her of strength the products and her he energyadvertises. are so great, that she is soon asked to join the Special Group, and rapidly becomes the commander of her team. pp. 156 So many girls, like her, chose life in the mountains of Qandil, among the forests, in the snow. Against“…clever Daesh, under Avestaevery aspect…his Harun will fight style leavesan exemplary you with battle. your In MarcoMauro Marcialis Ravelli hermouth battle open” she hears the cries of a whole people. Altervista hasborn written in Rome some in 1972, 10 books,is a senior novels internal and reportages.revenue officer He inis Marco Mauro «I’ve read it and I loved it !Thank you so much for having given me this alsoReggio a musician Emilia, his and a opportunity!» performer.adoptive home town. - Javier Cercas This is his second

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Marcialis R struggle are indelible in our news, even though the newspapers are no Mondadori,vesta 2006). A . longer talking about it, even though televisions broadcast more, even if (courtesy: Vanity Fair) we will hear about Kurds only when the PKK will be charged with new attacks. Rovelli has given voice to this story and so doing has destined it to become part of History. This is the extraordinary power of the “non-fiction novel” whose scope is not only literary but also and above all social.»

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«Many things that happen two steps from here are incomprehensible in our part of the world where everything seems to be due. That’s why the story the author tells is shocking and moving, because it’s the real life story of Filiz, a Kurdish girl with beautiful green eyes, who decides to fight against Isis and for the independence of her people. As a fighter, she chooses the name of Avesta, taken from sacred Kurdish texts: she takes a rifle and goes to the mountains to resist and defend the freedom and democracy of her people. It seems like a story of distant times, but Filiz died in battle just three years ago.» - Valeria Parrella F|77 Rights sold EINSIO & DAVIDE IM ANDERN ItalyGerman PiemmeDroschl Verlag ONE DAVID ANOTHER & I Rise and fall of a king of the tv screen. Film German PB DEUTSCHERBUCHPREISOrlando is beautiful and desirable. (GERMAN Since BOOKER) he was an SHORTLIST adolescent, DIE ZEIT: Fischer Verlag WINNERhe has always OF THE used SCHWEIZER his perfect body BUCHPREIS for money 2015and for ambition (German Paperback Rights) »The German Dutch WINNERwithout any OF principle, THE SCHWEIZER till he finally LITERATURPREIS reaches the “throne” 2016 of a language has famous tv programme. rarely seen Meridiaan a recount of Turkish TheAccompanied translation of by this an novel ambiguous is supported companion, by: his friend Davide, HECE the new King will ride success following a script written for him. love as relaxed »Twelve Swiss Books« (Pro Helvetia) CLICK HERE! MONIQUE SCHWITTER and artful, as Swedish entertaining and Norstedts But the path that Orlando will have to follow is full of obstacles was born in 1972 in intelligent, as Danish »Newand temptations: books in German« fleeting (Goethe-Institut) one night CLICKstands, HERE! alcohol and drug Zurich and lives and precise and, Rosinante abuse, moving in a corrupt world, grotesque and absurd works since 2005 in What is love? Why can love come and go? Where does love go when it above all, Croatian goes?situations, And what existential is happening conflicts to the andcurrent a dreadfullove? and unspeakable Hamburg. unsentimental« OceanMore past that returns to haunt him. She studied acting The main character in Monique Schwitter’s novel undertakes a love quest. - Alexander Russian At the end of his journey, Orlando will witness, in live and directing in TextPublishing It’s evening. The two children are in bed, and in the next room her husband Cammann, broadcasting, the fall of all his delusive certainties and, in Salzburg and went on Macedonian Philipp is going through the week’s e-mails. The narrator is sitting at her Die Zeit deskan ending – and suddenly permeated feels withcompelled self-destructive to look for Peter raving, on the he internet: will be Peter, to perform in Zurich, (Blesok) theconsumed name of herjust first like boyfriend. one of the What products had become he advertises. of him? In One Another, Frankfurt, Graz and DER SPIEGEL: Finnish the protagonist investigates her life. (Tammi) Having worked as a dramatist and theatre actress, she now attemptspp. to 156 lay Hamburg. »An amorous Hungarian In 2004 she was bare her own life story; in the process, twelve male characters appear, men bildungsroman (Athenaeum) she’s met over that lifetime. Some of them are still linked to her, and all are awarded the (…) A book cleverly English still around. They have names, which distantly recall those of the twelve Hermann-Lenz- (Persea Books Group) Apostles. This is still, though, a novel about the real world, and by the end, combining “…clever under every aspect…his style leaves you with your Stipendium. For her World Spanish past and present become almost indistinguishable. strong stimuli, mouth open” firstMauro volume Marcialis of short Edhasa »Love comes and love goes. One merges into the other, one love inside convincing a load the other.« Altervista stories,born in RomeWenn‘s in 1972, of critics and a Norwegian schneitis a senior beim internal Krokodil large Gyldendal Monique Schwitter describes this complex tangle of love in a way that is revenue officer in audience alike.« pacy, exciting and entertaining. This is an unconventional romance novel,

Mauro (When It Snows at theReggio Crocodile‘s), Emilia, his she - Wolfgang which does not focus on sex scenes or vulgarities but still shows its adoptive home town. Höbel, protagonists from up close. The relationships portrayed here are wild and Monique was awarded the 2006 intense, short and long but never predictable. RobertThis is hisWalser second Der Spiegel The narrator‘s husband, previously skulking in the background of the LITERARY Prizenovel, for after the La best DIE WELT: framework narrative, working late shifts and consulting his telephone literaryStrada delladebut Violenza of obsessively as husbands do, butts in rather rudely before his turn to be (Street of Violence described in the chronology of men. He‘s been doing something rather bad, the year and the »Razor-sharp which comes as rather a surprise and upsets family life. And from then on – Colorado noir, affection – in Marcialis promotional Monique this ostensibly orderly list of love stories becomes a glorious mess, jumbled Schwitter awardMondadori, of the 2006). Swiss Schwitter’s and chaotic and taking in other kinds of love Schillerstiftung. – friendship, a kind of asexual cohabitation, latest novel, an unsuitable infatuation, an affair strangely In 2008 she published the heroine googles herself sanctioned by the man‘s wife, a fantasy – and her novel Ohren haben through her past our picture of the perfect mother is skewed. keine Lider (Ears Have relationships Things she‘d left out of her official life story No Lids) and the play start coming out of the woodwork, jolted back (…). A superb to mind by events, making the narrator look FICTION Himmels-W, in 2011 novel!« less and less saintly. Goldfischgedächtnis, - Paul Jandl, a collection of short Die Welt Monique Schwitter’s poignantly poetic stories, published in treatment of love, desire and grief is admirable for its immediacy and English by authenticity. Parthian Books in 2015. This is her latest novel. F|79 RightsRights Soldsold IO & DAVIDE RussiaItaly AПОКАЛИПСИС WELCOME AstPiemme APOCALYPSE DAVID & I WELCOME Rise and fall of a king of the tv screen. Film BestsellingOrlando is beautiful author: and over desirable. 300.000 Since copies he was sold!an adolescent, he has always used his perfect body for money and for ambition without any principle, till he finally reaches the “throne” of a famousHumour, tv fantasyprogramme. and the end of the world all in one. Accompanied by an ambiguous companion, his friend Davide, theThe newApocalypse King will (asride in success apostle John`sfollowing Revelation) a script written started for on him. the streets of Moscow. Graveyards are crowded by those risen from But the path that Orlando will have to follow is full of obstacles the dead. The course of the Apocalypse may be changed only and temptations: fleeting one night stands, alcohol and drug by the Last Bride, killed in a car crash just after her wedding abuse, moving in a corrupt world, grotesque and absurd and risen from the dead. Satan sends his Duke demon Agares situations, existential conflicts and a dreadful and unspeakable to find the girl. Angel Abaddon is assigned by Heaven to protect past that returns to haunt him. her. The Last Bride, with her guardian angel and demon, is pursuedAt the end through of his journey,apocalyptic Orlando Moscow will witness, by a mysterious in live stranger whosebroadcasting, touch turns the fall everything of all his delusiveinto gold, certainties hired by three and, damnedin sinnersan ending looking permeated forward with to Judgmentself-destructive Day as raving, the end he ofwill their be penaltyconsumed – eternal just like life. one Meanwhile of the products Satan gets he advertises. ready for the final battle using advertising and multimedia. In Heaven angelspp. 156 and saints are getting ready for Judgment Day as well. After a thrilling fight the killer, who appears to be King Midas, is forced to touch himself and is turned into a golden statue. The Last Bride“…clever makes under love every with aspect…his the angel and style the leaves demon you meeting with your the Mauro Marcialis secretmouth conditionopen” of the Apocalypse cancellation. The angels bornGeorgij in Rome Zotov in 1972, discuss what has happened and apostle John Altervista tells them it was iswas a senior born in internal Moscow the beta testing of the so-called «Apocalypse lite», it failed, but revenue(then USSR) officer in in1971. the real Apocalypse starts in a month… Mauro ReggioHe studied Emilia, the hisBible pp. 264 adoptiveand Roman home and town. Byzantine history. As “Read “Apocalypse Welcome” very slowly, as if you were savouring a

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WITH DAN CATARIVAS Daniel Haber France Ph. D in Economics; Editions L’Harmattan MBA, Ecole How could a small country, living in a situation of permanent Supérieure de threats, rise to such a level of creative performance in all areas Commerce de Paris, of the economy? What is the secret? The major countries, Graduate from Americans and Europeans are wondering how this people could Institut d’Etudes find more effective, more refined ... but also more economical Politiques de Paris, ideas. And, recently, the Japanese and the Koreans who need President of France a “plus” of creativity. Finally, the Chinese and Indians, and even Pacific Consultants, the Russians, all launched in a race to catch up, come with the consulting company same question. specialized in assisting corporations Israel is therefore courted, sought out as a partner, looked in their international upon as a model. Its secrets are the surprises, revealed when development in questioning those who created the country (and many of whom Asia, since 1986 are still active) and their successors who are in charge of its He is Professor at future. SIMBA (Shanghai Little was known about this European and Eastern country at the International MBA) the crossroads of Europe, Asia and Africa. and Professor at the Daniel Haber teaches Asian economies and how to deal with MBA of the University them across differences in culture. of Haifa, Israel, as well as Professor at Interested in understanding the Israeli economy, he did not find the Global MBA of the proper, simple, clear and up-to-date book he was looking for, so he decided to write it. Daniel the Interdisciplinary Center in Herzlya, With the help of Dan Catarivas, the International Executive Israel. His research Director of the Israeli Manufacturers Association, he interviewed Haber ECONOMY efforts include co- the players themselves. writing the Report to He met those earlier entrepreneurs who made Israel’s industrial the Prime Minister by base, the politicians and civil servants who managed to change the French Economic the Israeli economic model and turn it into an effective machine and Social Council to create wealth. He met also those younger businessmen, on “The European scientists, financiers who are behind the “Start Up Nation”. and French Policies towards Japan” and research for pp.226 the “Institut du Pacifique”. He is the author of 12 books on the economy of Japan, China and Israel, most of which published by L’Harmattan. NON-FICTION F|87

First Surprise: that we talk economy about Ninth Surprise: Israel is a key High Tech world hub Israel The” Start Up Nation” is therefore attracting interest from all parts of the world. Israel is usually a subject of geopolitics , war and terrorism. Tenth Surprise: Israel is a space power Second Surprise: butter and guns Israel is among 9 countries in the world with a capacity to launch home-made satellites. Israel managed to give its people both a healthy and rich economy as well as a strong Eleventh Surprise: Israel is a nation of builders defense. Infrastructure, buildings and major facilities are designed and built by domestic builders Third Surprise: shifting smoothly from Socialism who also build overseas. to a Market economy Twelfth Surprise: Jews are no longer what they used to be Smart Israeli governments managed the They are better in farming, industry, technology than in banking, trade and services. transition from a protected, centralized economy to a full- fledged capitalist, open and Thirteenth Surprise : Negev did bloom competitive one. Ben Gurion ‘s dream became a reality but what is coming next will pass beyond that Fourth Surprise: Israeli Agriculture is a High dream. Tech sector Fourteenth Surprise: water is no longer a problem in Israel Constant innovation brought the Israeli Israel has demonstrated that all solutions are on-hand and it is willing to share its agriculture to the highest level of technologies and know-how with all other nations, including its Arab neighbors. sophistication and productivity. Fifteenth Surprise: Israel faces acute social problems…and confront them Fifth Surprise: Kibbutzim are still there Israel has a high index of social inequalities, due to two specific segments of society: Israeli Arabs and ultra-orthodox Jews who, together, make up one-third of the They have changed , they have adjusted to population. In this difficult context, Israel takes initiatives to change it. Daniel the new background, but they survived a major crisis. Sixteenth Surprise: Israel is an island

Haber Regional trade is almost nil. Israel trades with the whole world, especially with the most Sixth Surprise: factories are in the farms advanced nations.

Most Kibbutzim are engaged in industry and Seventeenth Surprise: present and tomorrow’s big powers are fond of Israel High tech. China and India lead the way to take advantage of Israel creative capacity to catch up with the West Seventh Surprise: Industry is powerful and diversified Last Surprise: we shall not conclude Israel, in spite of its small domestic base, Confucius warned us: to conclude is to close a door. Israel is an open door to the managed to manufacture a large part of future. its basic needs and is exporting high value products and equipment.

Eighth Surprise: Israel hosts big capitalist families

They own a large portion of the economy and are accused of monopolistic practices. NON-FICTION and Teland Aviv. Today Israel. He has lived lived has He Israel. he lives in London. in lives he in Bengasi, Rome, Rome, Bengasi, in Political Sciences Raphael Luzon newspapers and Bengasi in 1954. in Bengasi for several Israeli Israeli several for Italian TV (Rai) in in (Rai) TV Italian producer for the the for producer MEMOIR in graduated He LITERARY correspondent was a foreign aforeign was in Rome. He He Rome. in Rights Rights was born in in born was NON-FICTIONLa Giuntina FICTION sold Italy In this memoir, Raphael Luzon describes the end of the millennial millennial the of end the describes Luzon Raphael memoir, this In Jew Arab an of story The With apreface byRobertoSaviano LIBICO TRAMONTO Luzon Raphael sometimes findtheinspirationtosetoff ofpeaceandmemory.” onajourney can Luzon’swe in words for passages, some re-read and again pages its turn “I wouldinvitethereader topause,holdthebookinhishandsforawhile, account. balanced truthful, asincere, than more consciences moves nothing that aware reconciliation, of a desire for opposes he To hostility culprit. of search the down a hunting never is the justice him for resentment, without writes Luzon However, fanaticism. of surge destructive by a erased community, his memory, in least at back, to bring hope suffering, and nostalgia of changes of and new challenges facing which he neverfull loses the exile an begins Arab him the for by Thus Jews crowd. the against Bengasi unleashed abandon pogrom 1967 to the forced during was Luzon child, a still was he When Libya. in community Jewish the of history LYBIAN SUNSET With apreface byRobertoSaviano Roberto Saviano pp.167

IN OTHER WORDS F|90 All Rights A WIDE-RANGING AND BEAUTIFUL COLLECTION OF ESSAYS FROM available ONE OF WORLD LITERATURE’S MOST IMPORTANT WRITERS except Ba’hasa Indonesia and Goenawan Mohamad, activist, journalist, editor, essayist, poet, US + North commentator, theatre director and playwright, has been doing just that America for 40 years in his weekly column for Tempo, the Indonesian weekly (Arcade USA) magazine that he founded in 1971. His output of essays is staggering. Goenawan His vision is uniquely Indonesian, yet breathtakingly universal, setting his work apart from his contemporary South-Asian writers. As much Mohamad is an at home in Paris as in Java, Goenawan is the leading political thinker acclaimed Indonesian in Indonesia. But his reach is far deeper than mere politics. His writing writer and man is stirring and original – a sledgehammer of thought. Just as Orhan of letters. He has Pamuk offers his cosmopolitan view from Istanbul, Goenawan offers twice received the the same from his window in Jakarta. His writing is lucid, illuminating, International Editor urgent, timeless. Critics have called him the “Borges of Southeast of the Year Award Asia” and compared his best essays to Italo Calvino (whose Invisible from the World Press Cities, he often cites). His writing is lucid, illuminating, urgent, timeless. Review, and is also Critics have called him the “Borges of Southeast Asia” and compared the recipient of a CPJ his best essays to Italo Calvino (whose Invisible Cities, he often cites). International Press Goenawan is as much at home drawing lessons from Indonesia’s Freedom Award and a complex history as he is reflecting on world cultural figures, events and Dan David Prize. places (Martin Luther King, 9/11, or the Ka’aba). He enjoys engaging Mohamad is one of with philosophers (Aristotle, Kant or Confucius), writers (Goethe, Garcia the cofounders of the Marquez or Camus), and psychoanalysts (Jung, Freud, or Lacan). He Lontar Foundation, delights in exploring the ancient myths of the Mahabharata, the Arabian a cultural nonprofit Nights, Exodus, or the thoughts of Laozi, Maimonides, and Thomas tasked with preserving Aquinas, or even the mystic revelations of al-Hallaj, Meister Eckhart, and supporting and Rumi. Who else would insert in an essay on Jerusalem, a quote of Indonesian literary the poet William Blake, and then draw parallels with Oedipus, Hamlet, culture. He lives in and Arjuna of the Bhagavad Gita, before ending with the words of Jakarta, Indonesia. the guitarist John Lennon, ‘God is a concept by which we measure Mohamad’s early pain’? Who would begin an essay entitled Tso Wang, by comparing writings include Potret fundamentalism to digital technology and then suggest ‘both are Seorang Penyair Muda virtual. They don’t touch the soil,’ before citing the German philosopher Sebagai Si Malin

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This is a new and enlarged edition of Rabbi Toaff’s memoir who lived a 100 years and was Chief Rabbi in Italy for half of a century. Elio Toaff Historic was his encounter with John Paul II at the Synagogue of Rome on April 13, 1986. After graduated from Law School in Livorno, and in Law «Do you have anything to do?” Cardinal Meyìa asked me in front in Pisa. Elio Toaff of the canonical door. I answered no, breaking an old tradition. was named rabbi of But I was worried about what the European rabbis would think. I Ancona from 1941 to consulted them one by one, they all told me yes. And so it came, 1943. He took part on April 13, 1986, to John Paul II’s visit to the Great Temple, the in the Resistance Synagougue of Rome. It struck me that the Pope, embracing against Fascism and me, called us “older brothers” instead of “perfidious jews,” as in after Liberation he Peter’s times.» was named Rabbi of Venice but in 1951 he was called to Rome It was the first time in the 2000 years of variegated relations where he remained between the Church of Rome and the Jewish community that a the spiritual leader chief rabbi of the city had accepted an invitation to meet with a of his community Pope. Although Rome’s Jews never suffered pogroms or similar for 50 years, until persecutions, they have been, in past centuries, subjected 2001. Apart from to many levels of humiliation, including forced attendance at guiding the Roman sermons aimed at their conversion. Elio community, he had many national appointments: he Toaff MEMOIR was President of the Italian Rabbinical Consulate, the Director of the Italian Rabbinical College and the Higher Institute of Jewish Studies. As for Europe, he has long been a member of the Executive of the European Rabbis Conference. NON-FICTION F|99 Rights sold TURNING A BLIND EYE Italy LEF THE SAUDI IMPERIAL MISSION THE WEST SLEPT THROUGH

US+Northamerica To begin, I recount the origins of the austere Wahhabi sect founded in the Under Negotiation central desert of the Arabian Peninsula in the 18 th century—1,500 years after the birth of Islam. Its severe, ultra-conservative doctrine now serves as the official faith of Saudi Arabia. It is also the core ideology of ISIS, Al-Qaida, the Taliban and Boko Haram. I describe how the followers of this sect claim to represent "true Islam" while condemning all other Muslims as apostates. Their mission is to eliminate the great diversity of Islam and reject its millenary multicultural heritage. Their obsession to eradicate the past is symbolized by the wanton destruction of the classical ruins of Palmyra, the Terence Ward monumental Bamiyan Buddhas in Afghanistan, and most of the historic sites is a writer, in Mecca and Medina. Traditional Islam is now besieged by the Wahhabi documentary imperialist “mission” financed by Saudi public funds and private foundations from Morocco to Indonesia, from Kosovo to Brussels. Countless madrasa producer and cross- schools and mosques with Wahhabi teachers and imams threaten all other cultural consultant Muslims-- Shia, Sufis, Yazidis and Sunnis. The Saudi regime buys silence in who grew up in Saudi international media with its petro-dollars, and Western political leaders say Arabia, Iran and nothing as they bow lowly to secure lucrative arms purchases and their ever-important oil flow. So, the truth remains hidden to the average citizens. Egypt. Graduating Now, it is in all our interests to speak truth to power. By ending the silence, from UC Berkeley, the Saudi global colonial plans will be examined in the cold light of day; laws he worked for 10 can be enacted to prevent Saudi funding of madrases and mosques in the years for Middle West; innocent lives in both the Islamic World and the West may be saved from jihadis; and UNESCO cultural heritage sites may be protected for our East Industrial children, long after we are gone. Relations Counselors consulting with clients across the Gulf. Author of Searching for Hassan and The Guardian of Mercy, he serves as international trustee for World Conference of Terence Ward Religions for Peace. He is a member of the noted Middle Eastern Institute (ISMEO) in Rome and divides his time between Florence and New York. CURRENT AFFAIRS NON-FICTION F|101 Rights sold SEARCHING FOR HASSAN Italy Ponte alle Grazie A Journey to the Heart of Iran TEA Giunti Currently, Boshra Film in Tehran is producing a feature LEF film adapted from this book. It will be the first Iranian US+Northamerica American co-production to be shot in Iran since the Houghton Mifflin Revolution. The director will be Michael Mailer (son of Anchor Books norman and known for blood and bone, The Ledge, Empire..) with Taghi Amirani (We Are Many, latest documentary Germany shown in Berlin). Starring Annette Bening, script by Terence Ward Frederking und Thaler legendary Walter Murch who worked on masterpieces like is a writer, Piper Verlag Apoclaypse Now, The Godfather I-II-III, American graffiti, documentary The English Patient and won three Academy Awards. producer and cross- France cultural consultant Editions Intervalles, who grew up in Saudi rights reverted The unique culture of Iran and the sweep of history are revealed Arabia, Iran and in this evocative personal journey. Egypt. Graduating Indonesia Rajut Publishing Growing up in Iran in the 1960’s, Terence ward and his brothers from UC Berkeley, were watched over by Hassan, the family’s cook, housekeeper, he worked for 10 Iran and cultural guide. After an absence of thirty years, Ward years for Middle Ketabaaraya Tandis embarked on a pilgrimage with his family in search of Hassan. East Industrial Jayhoon Taking us across the landscape he plums in imaginably rich Relations Counselors past, explore his entrenched conflicts with its Arab neighbors, consulting with and anticipates the new “Great Game” now being played out in clients across the Central Asia. Insightful, informative, and moving. Searching for Gulf. Author of Hassan enhances our understanding for the Middle East with the Searching for Hassan story of a family who came to love and admire Iran through their and The Guardian deep affection for its people. of Mercy, he serves pp.322 as international trustee for World Conference of MEMOIR Terence Ward Religions for Peace. NOTE: He is a member of the noted Middle Eastern This title has been published already in some territories, but we Institute (ISMEO) in offer it again now due to the importance of the film based upon Rome and divides the novel. his time between Florence and New York. NON-FICTION F|103 “Who had a childhood like this? Other than Nabokov, that is, who wrote that the Russia of his youth was an SEARCHING FOR HASSAN enchanted Xanadu, a land to be gotten back to. Terence Ward’s Iran, where he grew up in the ‘60’s in a life of A Journey to the Heart of Iran “tropical nobility,” was a lush, splendid place made up of “teahouses under the stars, surrounded by honeycomb walls,” “silkworms in mulberry groves,” treasure-filled bazaars.”… This is a wonderfully tactile, rich book, written from the right place (the heart) and with the right kind of search in mind (the search for grace).” PRESS REVIEWS Adrienne Miller, literary editor, Esquire

“Astonishing and poignant, as flavorful as Hassan’s “This is an enlightening work, in culture and history--a true bridge-builder between East and West. In his memoir, pomegranate-walnut chicken Fessenjan, Searching Terence Ward offers an informative and artful description of the rich Iranian culture. His revealing account reflects for Hassan blends wide ranging literary allusions a profound understanding of Iranian traditions and ways of life through real human experiences. The publication with endearing family interactions. The book that of Searching for Hassan can only lead to a better understanding of this complex and often misunderstood part describes this quest easily could have been one of the world, promoting, at the same time, the noble art of conversation between peoples. This book could not more sentimental journey, a look at Islamic Iran come at a better time!” leavened with a dose of childhood memories. What makes it so much more is the compelling Prince Hassan bin Talal of Jordan story of two remarkable families, the Wards and the Ghasemis, each embodying the best of their “As an admirer of Iranian culture, I have taken immense pleasure reading this beautifully written tale of love and respective cultures. The trip back to Iran proves to hope and nostalgia. Thank you for this journey into the soul of a great people and removing the pest of the be a new beginning in the saga of the Wards and the ayatollahs. Bless you for having given us this book.” Ghasemis. For something very unusual happened in that Persian garden more than 30 years ago: Dominique Lapierre, City of Joy, Freedom at Midnight, Is Paris Burning the family of an American Christian oil company executive and the family of an Iranian Muslim cook “This is a lovely book--part memoir, part family odyssey, but most important: a wise and lyrical appreciation of became one. And if they could bridge the great one of the world’s great cultures. Terence Ward knows Iran and loves it in a way that transcends the politics of divide, Ward reasons, perhaps there is hope for us the moment. He points the way, through his insight and sensitivity, toward a reconciliation of two great nations-- all.” Iran and the United States--that may soon be a reality.”

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“For another view of Iran, the country President Bush has reduced to an “axis of evil,” along with Iraq and North Korea, Terence Ward refers you to his new book, Searching for Hassan. Just released by Houghton Mifflin, the “Equipped with little more than a garbled village book is part cultural history, part travel memoir, but most of all it is Ward’s impression of a country that shows is name, a photograph and their indomitable sense far more subtle than most Westerners know. Ward describes a more intricate image of a nation caught in a tug of adventure, the Ward family embarks on a quest of war with itself, he shows the country in all its complexity. Most Westerners would hardly recognize it.” to find Hassan, the Iranian man they had all grown to love during their expatriate life decades earlier. Mary Rourke, Los Angeles Times Swaying across the Islamic Republic in a rented bus, the four now-grown sons and their parents discover the new, the enduring and the comic in an enigmatic “There is a remarkable artifact tucked inside Searching for Hassan: a snapshot of a brood of children and

MEMOIR puppies sprawled on a lawn. Three of the boys, with their grins and freckles, just look as if they stepped of a

Terence country swept by some of the most startling events Ward of recent history. Readers prone to wanderlust Kennedy-era cereal box. Two others have dark hair and brown skin. On their left sits a Muslim woman, her head beware.” wrapped in a scarf, smiling too but more cautiously, as though she knows this happiness cannot last...When the Wards--Terence, his parents, and his three brothers--set out across Iran in search of the Ghasemis, all they Neil MacFarquhar, The New York Times, Middle East had to guide them were some old pictures and a vague recollection of the name of the village that Hassan and correspondent his wife Fatimeh had come from: Toodesht or Tadoosht, or possibly Quashtood. Somewhere among the more than 60 million citizens of the Islamic Republic of Iran, they hoped, their friends were still alive. The Ward’s quest was worthy of one of Hassan’s medieval sagas--a quixotic journey by minivan over the deserts of Central Asia, among the holy cities and spice-trading centers that lie between the Persian Gulf and the Caspian Sea... In “The publication of Searching for Hassan could not Ward’s telling, the journey becomes a search not just for Hassan but for the Iran he remembers and loves—a come at a more opportune time. No doubt it will take country not of black-robed mullahs but of cherry orchards, sitar music and saffron-flavored ice cream. For much more than 300 pages to dispel stereotypical thousands of years, he reminds us, the very word “Persia,” suggested a realm of pleasure, color and light, images of Middle Eastern mobs burning U.S. flags, inspiring Westerners as diverse as Goethe, Whitman and Emerson. For most Americans, all that history has and the 1980 hostage crisis still obstructs our been erased, and the ancient empire of Cyrus the Great and Xerxes is just another hostile wasteland. Ward is current attempt to understand Islam. Yet Ward’s intent on discovering how much of the old, aesthetic Persia remains beneath the surface of the new, ascetic sympathetic and humane portrayals of everyday Iran. The typical form of Hafez’s poetry is a ghazal, or song of praise. In a sense, Searching for Hassan, is itself a Iranians can help us transcend today’s policy papers kind of ghazal, an unexpected ode to Iran. Miraculously—in finding all the Ghasemis alive, safe and prosperous, and State Department briefings in order to find such optimism seems almost to have received a kind of divine blessing.” commonalities.” The New York Times Book Review Steve Lyons, USA Today NON-FICTION F|105 Rights sold THE GUARDIAN OF MERCY Italy LEF How an Extraordinary Painting by Caravaggio Changed an Ordinary Life Today US+Northamerica Arcade Tucked in a small church in Naples hangs one of the wonders of Italian art. This altarpiece by the painter Caravaggio offers a radical and fresh take on human solidarity, the cornerstone of every faith. The unusual true story told in this book unfolds through the eyes of Angelo, who guards the painting as if it were his own. The Seven Acts of Mercy was created four hundred Terence Ward years ago while Caravaggio was fleeing his murder conviction is a writer, and the dreaded Papal police. It carries a visionary message. documentary producer and cross- cultural consultant Brimming with suspense, color and contrast, the narrative who grew up in Saudi follows the painter through a succession of offerings: food for the Arabia, Iran and hungry, water to the thirsty, a roof for those without, clothes for Egypt. Graduating the naked, care for the sick and for those behind bars, and burial from UC Berkeley, for the dead. he worked for 10 years for Middle Ward’s personal journey merges with history, memoir, and East Industrial journalism. With great ease, he moves through the vertical social Relations Counselors layers of Naples, past and present, from the most exclusive consulting with aristocratic circles to the gritty, crime-ridden quarters of the clients across the guardian’s world. The arc of this dual narrative—the artist as he Gulf. Author of feverishly paints his vision, and the guardian’s bruised life as it Searching for Hassan breaks out of darkness into light—transports the reader on a path and The Guardian from estrangement to grace. of Mercy, he serves as international trustee for World This book is a great act of compassion, like the painting it celebrates. That is the power of a real Caravaggio. Sometimes, it simply changes your Conference of life. Terence Ward’s moving non-fiction The Guardian of Mercy tells the Terence Ward Religions for Peace. contemporary story of the man who was delegated to watch over The He is a member of the Seven Acts of Mercy in the early 1990s, when a new mayor tried to take noted Middle Eastern back the streets from the mafia and make the city appealing to tourists again. In many ways, for Angelo the guard, Caravaggio’s Naples differs little Institute (ISMEO) in from his own. The streets, the very same ancient Greek streets, can still be Rome and divides merciless: the Camorra (the Neapolitan Mafia) and drugs have replaced the his time between regime of the viceroys, and the gulf between wealth and poverty still gapes Florence and New wide. The Guardian of Mercy describes this complicated city with accuracy and empathy, including the colossal disappointments that followed on York. Naples’s brief resurgence in the 1990s…. In his preface, Ward responds to Caravaggio’s painting: “In a city that survives on a knife edge between cruelty and grace, the acts of mercy still resonate today with universal meaning, as relevant now as when the artist brushed his oils onto the canvas four NARRATIVE NON-FICTION NARRATIVE centuries ago.” The painting and its emphatic message of compassion at all costs eventually inspire Angelo to perform his own work of mercy when his life reaches a crisis point. Thus this unusual and poignant book insists that Caravaggio’s paintings still call upon us to think and act, not just to look on passively, and in laying down this challenge, as Ward argues, the artist extends a compassionate hand to his viewers across the centuries.

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