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The Eight Mountains (Le otto montagne) is a book written by Paolo Cognetti and published in 2016. He was born in Milan in 1978. He studied mathematics and later earned a diploma in screenplay at the Cinema School in Milan. After that, he founded an independent film studio, called Cameracar, and worked on documentaries focusing on social, political...

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In Italy, time with family and friends isn’t reserved for special occasions. It is a daily priority, often cultivated through aperitivo. On the surface, aperitivo is a pre-dinner ritual centered around small bites and a sensible amount of booze. It’s a fabulous excuse to show off your cooking skills with unexpected stuzzichini and wine pairings, or...

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Truth: Stories of Sicilian Women, the English translation of the original “Virità, femminile singolare-plurale” (Edizioni Kalòs, 2021), written by Sicilian writer Giusy Sciacca, translated by Maria Teresa Maenza and Anna Monardo and published by Edizioni Kalòs, is now available. From Sicily, the very heart of the Mediterranean Sea, where many immig...

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Like many people, Lucy Laucht felt her life shift the first time she went to southern Italy. The photographer — originally from the UK but by then living in New York — had been to Milan once for work, but in 2016 she had what she calls her “first proper trip”: Capri and the Amalfi Coast. “I so clearly remember that first experience,” she says. “Lan...

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Italy is a place that has ignited literary inspiration in foreigners for thousands of years. Since the time of Homer, who set big portions of The Odyssey in what is today Calabria and Sicily, the narrative of the expatriate wandering through the landscape-, art-, and food-rich Italian countryside has developed into a classic form. These expats’ adv...

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Elena Ferrante is one of the most acclaimed authors in the world. Yet, interviews with her are nearly impossible to find, as she (or he or they) maintains an extremely low-key profile to keep her identity secret. To this day, readers do not know who Ferrante truly is. What they do know, however, is that she is making history.  “In the area where na...

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Have you ever wondered if you could adopt the Italian lifestyle? Three recent books suggest not only that it is possible but also offer practical advice on how to do it. The newest book, Il Dolce Far Niente: The Italian Way Of Summer (Hachette Book Group, 2024), is a photographic celebration of summer in southern Italy. The phrase “dolce far niente...

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In 1882, a group of men left Roseto Valfortore (Valley of Roses), a town of 1,300 near the province of Foggia in the region of Puglia, to set sail for New York. The men spent their first night in America sleeping on the floor of a tavern on Mulberry Street in Manhattan’s Italian neighborhood. They eventually found work in the slate mines of Bangor,...

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Giancarlo Esposito has a story to tell and will take fans on a candid life journey in his new memoir. The Breaking Bad star has sold his untitled life story following a bidding war won by The Crown Publishing Group in partnership with Sugar23 Books. The book will follow Esposito’s life from his birth in Europe to a Black American mother and Italian...

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I was born and raised in a tiny village of 500 people in the Venetian countryside, surrounded by miles and miles of flatlands dotted with sleepy villages like mine–a place with no apparent rhyme or reason outside of its rural vocation. It hasn’t always been this way, or so I am told. The land was diversified, fertile, and, more importantly, populat...

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