After the success of The Volcanoes of Iceland (Iperborea, 2019) in this new book, Leonardo Piccione takes us back on the trail of Guillaume Le Gentil, an eccentric and very unfortunate 18th-century French astronomer who persisted in going on the trail of Venus (a planet that will be the subject of more studies and expeditions in the coming years). But what does the life of this extraordinary...

«...existe hoy en día un tipo de viajero cuya experiencia de viaje pasa por encontrarse con la miseria frente a frente. Parece que cuanto más pobre y más sucio sea un país, más auténtico será su viaje.» Cuando Jota termina la universidad, se encuentra frente a un panorama vital tan desolador que acepta la primera oportunidad laboral que se le presenta, a catorce mil kilómetros...

“This is a book I really care about because is the one that speaks about the city I was born and I’ve been living in for over forty years: Naples. It is a collection of my “Granelli”, those short articles I kept writing for “La Repubblica” of Naples during the past three years so as to describe the several facets of this city. I hope this book will help me to make those who don’t...