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Edizioni Polistampa
Chiamami ancora amore
by Luca Nannipieri
Luca Nannipieri offers a manifesto against the
‘throwaway love’ of our modern society. He
speaks out against the individualism and emotional
precariousness that augur the worst for the
21st century. Writing from Srebrenica, Nannipieri
proposes a work of strong civil and moral values.
Italian text.
128p, paperback, 9788856400137, $15.00(s),
Edizioni Polistampa, December 2008, Le ragioni dell’Occidente 2.
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Conversione
by Rodolfo Doni
Rodolfo Doni explores the problematic condition of contemporary man. His novel portrays a man
torn between his Christian ideals and his consistent falls into moral disgrace. The novel’s characters
are unable to rebel against a capitalism that alienates both the working and managing
classes while faced with their own internal guilt, to which Doni proposes conversion and his
Christian-inspired views. Italian text.
336p, paperback, 9788856400120, $20.00(s), Edizioni Polistampa, December 2008,
Le ragioni dell’Occidente 1.
Prima stazione
Poesie scelte 1990–2005
by José María Micó, edited and translated by Francesco Luti
This collection of poems by José María Micó, translated from the Spanish into
Italian, brings forward some of Micó dearest themes, notably death and the passing
of time. The author’s crystalline and serene writing provides an appropriate
vehicle for pain and all other things that belong to life. Italian text.
112p, paperback, 9788856400526, $25.00(s), Edizioni Polistampa, December 2008,
Biblioteca del Caffè / La Fiamma e il Cristallo 22.
Poesie scelte (1969–2008)
by Antonio Colinas, edited and translated by Francesco Luti
Antonio Colinas’ poems show his love for life’s shining light and rejection of the
fear of death, between the drunkenness of time, the fire of reality, the hot coals of
dreams, or the exorcism of the dead, but also the pain and mystery of the tempting
and dangerous sweetness that accompanies life's journey. Italian text.
128p, paperback, 9788856400519, $15.00(s), Edizioni Polistampa, December 2008,
Biblioteca del Caffè / La Fiamma e il Cristallo 21.
literary studies
Con te nella resurrezione
Memoriale per un figlio
by Rodolfo Doni
This profound work delves into painful dialogue
between a father and his son, who died in a car
accident. An autobiographical piece that brings to
light a relationship of pain and love that continues
after death, Con te nella resurrezione confronts
questions of life and faith, and the divine truth in
which the soul can find shelter. Italian text.
240p, paperback, 9788856400410, $20.00(s),
Edizioni Polistampa, December 2008, Le ragioni dell’Occidente 4.
Scritti giornalistici
Raccolta 3, Volume 5: Corriere della Sera, 1968–1972
edited by Giovanni Spadolini and Paolo Bagnoli
Giovanni Spadolini, the editor of the Corriere della Sera from 1968–72, fought to
elevate the quality of the daily press as the only means for its survival against other
mass media, underlining the important dignity of free journalistic expression, a
message that has lost none of its prophetic significance. Italian text.
2 vols, 736p, hardback, 9788859604921, $99.00(s), Edizioni Polistampa,
December 2008, Polistampa Grandi Opere 3.
“La certezza della poesia”
Lettere (1942–1970)
by Piero Bigongiari, Giuseppe Ungaretti and Teresa Spignoli
The correspondence between Piero Bigongiari and Giuseppe Ungaretti spans a
central period in Italian literature (1942–1970), revealing its principal themes and
debates. Mixing public and private, these letters help reconstruct literary history as
well as the writers’ artistic tensions and development. Italian text.
368p, b/w illus, paperback, 9788859604303, $39.50(s), Edizioni Polistampa,
December 2008, Il Diaspro 11.
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