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The books

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In bookshops from 22 September
№ I Mondadori · 2026 New novel

Lo Stregone

One night, one restaurant, one brigade. A choral novel about a chef worshipped like a prophet, and the mystery that surrounds him.

A polyphonic novel, fierce and compassionate, contemporary and surprising.

Antonio Franchini

Who is the Sorcerer, really? Some see Francesco Minervini as a visionary who changed the way we think about food, others as a guru at the head of a cult; some praise his ability to reach the very essence of life, others see a manipulator; some remember his first restaurant going up in flames, and some would do anything for a taste of his cooking. What is certain is that Bíos — his restaurant — is about to live through the most important night in its history, the one that will decide whether it can go on existing or is destined to disappear, taking its founder and his secrets with it.

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Lo Stregone book events: 22 September Milan, Libreria Centofiori with Tommaso Melilli; 25 September Palermo, Festival Logos with Christian Guzzardi and Davide Puca; 12 October Rome, Spazio 7 with Andrea Minuz and Giovanna Lucarelli
The first events
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№ IIRizzoli · 2023

Il Fuoco Invisibile

The novel of the slaughter of the olive trees: Xylella, a family, a territory and a vast collective delusion.

Premio Strega 2024 longlist Premio Sandro Onofri Prix Grand Continent finalist

With his gripping way of telling a story, Rielli shows us how many so-called natural disasters are in fact human ones.

Emanuele Trevi

A book that reads like a thriller and reasons like an essay.

Vincenzo Latronico · Domani

One of the finest pieces of narrative non-fiction written in Italy in recent years.

Christian Raimo · TuttoLibri

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№ IIIMondadori · 2020

Odio

A novel about digital hatred, reputation and the mechanisms of the online pillory.

Oscar Bestsellers

Rielli dissects the anatomy of online rage with surgical precision.

Esquire

A book that puts its finger on one of the sorest points of our time.

La Repubblica

A story that works as both narrative and diagnosis.

L'Indice

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№ IVBompiani · 2015

Lascia stare la gallina

The debut: stories from an Italy caught between provincial life and the promises of a world that keeps changing.

Oscar 451

A voice that arrives fully formed, with an unmistakable rhythm.

Style · Corriere della Sera

Rielli observes his generation without indulgence and without contempt.

Il Venerdì di Repubblica

Funny, bitter, precise.

Io Donna

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№ VAdelphi · 2016

Storie dal mondo nuovo

Narrative reportage from the places where the present is being decided.

Adelphi

A reporter's eye and a novelist's pen, in the lineage of David Foster Wallace.

La Repubblica

In the Italian tradition of Parise, Tabucchi and Terzani.

Panorama

Somewhere between Carrère and Tom Wolfe.

La Stampa

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