Elena Ferrante’s success is more than well-deserved, but don’t forget that there are lots of other great Italian novelists out there. We’ve put together a list of our favourites here.
Ferrari, Maserati, Ducati, Lamborghini and more – Emilia-Romagna’s Motor Valley makes for a unique holiday destination for motor enthusiasts. Home to two world-class motor racing circuits (Misano World Circuit near Rimini, and Imola’s Enzo and Dino Ferrari Autodrome), more than 8 world famous brands and factories, and 9 dedicated museums all within short motoring distance, the Motor Valley is […]
Speaking about bridges, the Italian writer Erri De Luca, who was himself once a bricklayer said: “The Bridge is the only building work that is generous and social (cordiale). Instead of dividing [like walls], it wants to unite, to connect, to span over rivalry”. Italy with its passions for architecture, regional rivalry, and history has […]
While Carlo Lucarelli’s detective novel Carte Blanche includes plenty of standard genre devices, it’s unlikely to turn up in the excellent ‘do it yourself giallo generator‘ (via Detectives without borders). For one thing its title is too short, and doesn’t contain an animal (not that the inclusion of an animal in the title necessarily makes […]
Regular readers of Three Monkeys will know that we have a soft-spot for the Italian literary collective Wu Ming, the people behind novels like Q and 54 (which is very much on our ‘to-review’ list). Wu Ming I (there are five of them) has just published a thoughtful piece where he attempts to define what […]
