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A group of colleagues from Bomba Agency — seven adults, a child, and a cat — retreat to a countryside house to escape the grip of the city suffocated by the hottest summer in the past two centuries. Officially, it is a week of collective work to prepare an important presentation, but isolation soon reveals […]

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, […]

The novel is set in a hot, deserted Bologna in an uncertain future, following the ‘Guasto’, an event that changed the course of things forever. Against this backdrop, a mysterious disease spreads while the city’s waters remain still — a metaphor for humanity, suspended between truth and lies. Mara, who is unwell, is at the […]

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 […]