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Set in the near future, the novel depicts a once fertile and lively southern province that is now desolate. The landscape, stretching from sunburnt coastlines to the wild mountains of the Apennines, is unrecognisable, but fragments of language, names and places survive. Against this backdrop, the novel reflects on the legacy that humanity will leave […]

This anthology contains solarpunk short stories set in the same fictional universe as The Walkers. Each story explores ecological solutions and innovations that work with nature rather than against it. Stories include an android weaving sea silk in Sardinia, experiments in phosphor-vegetal lighting and terraforming projects to accommodate climate migrants. The narrative offers new ways […]

Jonas Lyrer is an introverted 20-year-old who loves plants. He feels more at home among his green companions than he does among humans. With his strange, woodland-Dionysus-like appearance, he has always been ostracised, by both his peers and his own family. Growing up in the decadent Drys mansion with a semi-alcoholic father and an eccentric […]

Set in the summer of 2022, during an unprecedented drought that exposes the riverbed of the Po, the novel begins with the death of Ilario Nevi, a former partisan, artist, and public intellectual. As his granddaughter Antonia investigates a long-buried family secret, she uncovers a story that spans nearly a century, linking the Italian Resistance, […]

Graphic novel that tells the story of a community affected by a devastating flood. In a landscape suspended between reality and allegory, the protagonists try to rebuild their lives while dealing with loss, change and the precariousness of the environment. The narrative intertwines the personal and collective dimensions, restoring the sense of bewilderment in the […]

La grande rimozione by Roberto Grossi tackles, with narrative and visual force, the crucial theme of climate change — the most urgent yet most denied threat of our time. Through images, personal memories, and scientific data, the author weaves a story that intertwines history, politics, ecology, and intimate recollection, showing how global warming is radically […]

In Rome, during an unusual heatwave in January, the lives of various troubled characters become intertwined: Gianna, obsessed with faith and revenge; Pupa, a fading former porn star; Caterina, an alcoholic mother seeking redemption; Father Bill, a priest and former drug addict grappling with grief; Mila, a young woman battling an eating disorder. The oppressive […]