Foreign RightsCatalogue

New Books2012

Alessandra MeleGrandi & Associati Literary Agency

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Adriano Salani EditoreVia Gherardini 10 – 20145 Milan Italy

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Salani Editore

FICTION

Aprile 2012Pages: 400

UN GIORNO ARRIVERO

SILVANAMOSSANO

A century of Italian history retold through an intimate, universalfamily saga. Mossano is the new Sveva Casati Modignani

For Anita, America (that she pronounces ‘la Merica’) means dream,hope, and sorrow. Sorrow because her sister Irene migrated to Americanever to return; it is hope because she wants to go there too, to start anew and better life, far from the hardship of a peasant’s life and the dif-ficult years between the two World Wars; finally, it is a dream becauseevery year that goes by seems to push la Merica further away from Anita.However, Anita is not going to give up: she lives her life waiting for thatmoment when she will get to the dock, embark on the ship and cross thevastness of the ocean.History walks side by side with the novel’s characters; it touches themand turns their life upside down.

«At last an emotional, dramatic account of a time when we werethe ones emigrating to, and dreaming of, America».

Sveva Casati Modignani

Silvana Mossano lives in Casale Monferrato. She is a journalist and hasbeen working for the daily La Stampa since 1989.

Salani Editore

FICTION

May 2012Pages: 352

SATANISTI PERBENE

SUSANNARAULE

Inspector Sensi – unconventional outside, unique inside – is backwith a new investigation.

Inspector Sensi is back: heartbroken since Carmel, the love of his life, hasbroken up with him. Nevertheless, he will have to handle not one buttwo investigations at once.

You grow fond of this book: fond of its protagonists and their strikingdialogues, of the sadness that becomes happiness and of Sensi’s despe-rate humanity.You wish it never ended. Unless you can go and read Sensi’s next adven-ture.

In praise of L’ombra del Commissario Sensi«A truly personal mix of fantastic hyper-realism and amusedirony». L’Indice

«The ingredients of L’ombra del Commissario Sensi straddle be-tween tradition and Internet, detective story and pop culture,in a wonderful setting». La Stampa

Susanna Raule, 30 years old, is a psychologist. She has written story-boards for comic strips since 2005 for a number of publishing houses.L’ombra del commissario Sensi is her debut novel.

June 2011Pages: 240

Salani Editore

NON-FICTION

Aprile 2012Pages: 330

UN PO’ DI TUTTO

IDAVISOCCHI

Eight notebooks are found in an attic quite by chance by a grand-daughter, just like in a novel

The notebooks are scrupulously written in neat and elegant handwritingand explain everything a young woman should know when contemplat-ing marriage. Or at least a young woman in the 1940s.

The notebooks are what Ida Visocchi, a brave and loving Neapolitan mo-ther who lived in the early part of the 20th century, gave to her daugh-ters as a wedding gift, in a period in which tradition played an importantrole in people’s lives. The gift to her daughters was to help them over-come their doubts and satisfy their curiosity on the eve of their marriage.

Ida Visocchi was the second of nine children. She spent her childhoodin boarding school; afterwards she married and had five children. Idawas a fighter: during World War II she used to go to the black marketby herself to buy milk and flour for her family. At one point she evenhad a hole dug in her garden to hide some political refugees. She wasa generous woman with impeccable good taste; despite dedicatingher life to her family, she was also a very talented business woman.

Salani Editore

NON-FICTION

April 2012Pages: 128

VIAGGIOTERAPIA

RENATADISCACCIATI

A guide book to get the best out of the amazing experience oftravelling

Travelling is a therapeutic value as well. Each chapter is dedicated to thepeculiarities and the different aspects of travelling, investigated with thehelp of expert travelers and amateurs: love, adventure, nature and localtraditions, pilgrimage and sex. These texts represent the experiences ofleaving and coming back, of meeting people and facing dangers, of de-pression and enthusiasm – of all the different meanings of being else-where

A series of 200.000 copies sold!

Renata Discacciati has a degree in Foreign Languages and Literatures.In the 70 she organized the production and shooting of the TV pro-gramme A Carte Scoperte, directed by Mario Soldati, in Japan,Ethiopia and Romania. She set up Phileas, the first Italian publishinghouse dedicated to travel writing. In 1992 Phileas was acquired by theFeltrinelli Group and Discacciati became the Editor in chief of FeltrinelliTraveller. She has been head of publicity for the Premio Viareggio-Repacisince 2008.

Salani Editore

BON-FICTION

September 2011Pages: 1242 reprints!

MATEMATICATERAPIA

ENNIOPERES

How math can make your life easier

A book that shows you how maths, despite being considered an impos-sibly hard subject by many, is not a source of problems: rather, maths isable to provide valid solutions and make your life easier.

‘‘Peres is an expert in ‘entertaining and intriguing maths’’’.Il Sole 24 Ore

The other books therapy:

Pinuccia Ferrari, Gattoterapia 2004Ferrari, De Tomasi, Daniele, Sibaldi, Gattoterapia - Gli esercizi 2005Valeria Tosi, Gattoterapia La casa 2011Mauro Cervia, Caneterapia 2006Altan, Altanterapia 2010Sergio Staino, Stainoterapia dell amore 2011Miro Silvera, Libroterapia 2007Miro Silvera, Cinema&video terapia 2010Ennio Peres, Matematicaterapia 2011Roberta Schira, Cucinoterapia 2008Pia Pera, Giardino & orto terapia 2010

Ennio Peres is widely acclaimed as one of the most authoritative mathpopularisers in Italy. A former Professor of Mathematics and ComputerScience, he is the author of many recreational books and he has inventedseveral board games, radio and TV games. He has been, and still is, aregular contributor to newspapers and magazines. Peres’s earlier bookL’elmo della mente is also published by Salani.

March 2006Pages: 2723 reprints!

Salani Editore

FICTION

May 2011Pages: 128

LA TEORIA DEL CAOS

SARABOERO

A love affair between a young man and a young woman who cannever have enough love. A novel for a generation hungering forhappiness.

Miriam and Evan are in love. Evan is a sociopath. At times, Evan treatsMiriam with insolence and arrogance. At other times, the intensity ofhis love is what Miriam wants more than anything else in the world. Evanshuts himself up in his apartment, whereas Miriam has her own life, herown job, is smart and pleasant and faces life with her own brand of bit-tersweet irony. Evan closes himself off to reality because he has no de-fenses. Miriam protects herself because she has way too many. Two livesthat never mesh, two incompatible natures, united by a darkness socomplete only one will ever see the light of day.

« La teoria del caos is a genuine and direct story imbued withemotions. »

Panorama.it

« A skilful and confident style shapes an authentic, original andhonest novel. » La Voce

« Sara Boero shows a masterly and confident writing, a light toneand a constant penchant for irony; her funny, witty remarks arethe perfect way to ease the uncertain, dramatic developments ofthe story. »

Walter Fochesato – Andersen

Sara Boero was born in Genoa in 1985, where she lives and is workingtoward a university degree. She started writing stories when she was sixyears old and has never looked back since.

«[...] Sara Boero is gifted with a light touch that is the exact op-posite of superficiality. She uses narrative artifices, and even poe-tic devices, to successfully lead the story towards a believable en-ding.»

Paolo Bianchi – Il Giornale

Salani Editore

NON-FICTION

March 2011Pages: 224Rights sold to:United Kingdom(TroubadorPublishing)

LE MADRI CATTIVE

NICOLETTAVALLORANI

A very dark story about a hot-button issue. Targets adults andmystery-lovers.

A noir, a dark story where tabloid-worthy events – children killed by theirmothers – are illuminated by the flash of the camera of a photographer.The protagonist, Annie, can’t let go of these cases which seem almostinterconnected, something even darker than the tragic and irreparablerejection of their children by the murdering mothers. Annie is helpedin her research by a childhood friend, a psychologist, and by a young po-liceman who seems to take her and her investigation to heart. Annie dis-covers that some of these killer moms were treated by her friend andsuspects that the killings mask a terrifying yet carefully planned pattern.

« Only Nicoletta Vallorani’s beautifully delicate and tender prosecould approach one the most disturbing themes of our time withthe right sensitivity. » Intimita

« A psychoanalytical thriller of great strength. » l’Unita

« Without ever indulging in truculent details and thanks to a pre-cise, terse and intense style, Le madri cattive reveals, almost natu-rally, its terrible secret. The novel confirms that there are goodbooks and bad books. Nicoletta Vallorani is definitely a writerof good books. »

Il Giorno

Nicoletta Vallorani was born in San Benedetto del Tronto in 1959. Shelives in Milan where she teaches English literature. She has writtenscience fiction (she was the first and only woman to ever win the UraniaPrize), noir and children’s books. Salani has published Come una balena,La fatona, Il nome segreto della guerra.

Salani Editore

NON-FICTION

September 2010Pages: 204

UN FISICO IN SALOTTO

GUIDOCORBO

A guide to discover the basis of physics

The book is a pleasant conversation on physics among friends in their liv-ing-room, full of easy to understand and direct examples, such as the ex-planation of the basis of action and reaction.

« To each action corresponds an equal and opposite reaction. What wemean by this is that if a body applies a certain force on another body, thelatter will apply back an equal and opposite force on the first body. Wecan see this when we press the button to call the elevator which will takeus to our friend’s house: we apply a certain force on the button and thebutton applies the same but opposite force back on our finger, whichcan be seen slightly deformed! »

Did you ever ask yourself whether it is possible to locate a switched offmobile phone? This book unfolds like a fun conversation in a cosy living-room between friends who are completely inexperienced but at thesame time interested in the explanation of the most curious phenomenaof physics. Going from Einstein to an appliance store: an easy book,without formulas (apart from one: E = mc2) written in a simple, clearstyle, suitable for any kind of reader.

Guido Corbo is a professor in General Physics at the Sapienza Universityin Rome and is the author of the textbook most frequently used by upperschool teachers: Fisica Classica e Fisica Moderna. This is his first book forgeneral public.

Salani Editore

NON-FICTION

September 2011Pages: 208

STORIA CURIOSA DELLA SCIENZALE RADICI PAGANE DELL’EUROPA

FLAVIOOREGLIO

Science, philosophy and religion: an up-to-date account of theway the world works suitable for today’s readers

15.000 copies sold!

A curious history of science: a traditionally heavy subject is presentedusing the most authentic and stimulating approach.This volume, the first in a series covering the history of science andthought from the origins to the present day, presents the greatthinkers of the past and the history of ideas: from the mythical interpre-tation of reality to the observation of the natural world; the invention ofwriting, medicine and philosophy; the extraordinary ideas that markedEuropean history, from Pythagoras and Socrates to Plato and Aristotle.An enjoyable, entertaining, provocative but also rigorous essay – be-cause humour is the best way to show you’re serious about something.

«Flavio Oreglio handles his huge topic with respect yet, at thesame time, with cheerful ease. [...] His language is rigorous butat the same time suitable for the distracted reader». ttL

Flavio Oreglio has a degree in Biology and Environmental Sciences. Aformer Maths teacher with a strong interest in History and Philosophy,he is involved in theatre, music and literature.Among his published titles: Scritti giovanili, Ridendo e Sferzando, Il mo-mento e catartico, and Siamo una massa di ignoranti. Parliamone. He is afollower of the ‘teatro canzone’ and has set up a project called Musico-medians, which he himself directs: Musicomedians includes a ResearchCenter where the traditions of cabaret and quality songwriting are stu-died for their historical, cultural and technical values.

Salani Editore

NON-FICTION

January 2012Pages: 1603 reprints!

COME NON FARSI BOCCIARE A SCUOLA

MATTEO RAMPINand

FARIDAMONDUZZI

An international approach in the tradition of Come si fa una tesidi laurea by Umberto Eco.Strategies, techniques, tips, tricks, mistakes and traps to avoid: asurvival guide for students and their parents from an author whosold 70.000 copies

A practical guide to choose the right school, to behave properly in classand to manage the relationships with the teachers; but also tips and ad-vice on how to study, how to handle oral and written exams, how to getback on track when things go wrong, how to overcome performanceanxiety and to enhance your potential...

«From choosing the right desk to smiling to your teacher: all thetips to avoid failing at school». la Repubblica

Matteo Rampin, psychiatrist and psychotherapist has over twentybooks to his credit, all published in Italy and abroad.

Farida Monduzzi is a former Economics and Law secondary school tea-cher. Monduzzi currently works as a journalist, writing about art and ci-nema in weekly magazines and online.

Salani Editore

NON-FICTION

September 2011Pages: 228

C’E DEL MARCIO IN INGHILTERRA

GAIASERVADIO

Good Luck England! The merciless picture of a country in thewords of someone who loves it

No other country managed to erode its institutions with so much dili-gence and zeal as England has done. In a lively, harsh and ironic styleGaia Servadio collects data, events, and real stories to reveal the weak-nesses of a wounded society afflicted by the same flaws that are affect-ing the whole of Europe: hypertrophic bureaucracy, increasing unem-ployment, a waste of public money and the collapse of the nationalhealth service and state schools (which used to be the pride of Great Brit-ain). There is only one way out: English citizens have to turn thingsaround and to start reconstructing all that, from Margaret Thatcher toTony Blair, has been destroyed under their very eyes – tradition, culture,dignity and the sense of the State.

«Merciless and passionate as if she were facing a lost love, butmaybe not lost forever.» ttL

«With her distinctive irony, her sharp gaze, and the knowledge ofsomeone who lives close to what happens, Gaia Servadio offers alucid and fact-based analysis of the country where she has beenliving for fifty years.» Il Mattino

Gaia Servadio is a journalist and writer who lives between London andItaly. She used to write in La Stampa, Corriere della Sera, The Times, andObserver. President Pertini awarded Servadio the rank of Knight of theItalian Republic for the prestigious roles she covered internationally, suchas General Secretary of Claudio Abbado’s Mahler Festival and Executiveat the London Symphony Orchestra. She has realised several documen-taries for RAI and BBC and she writes about cinema and theatre. She haswritten seventeen books encompassing poetry, biographies, essays andnovels. Il Rinascimento allo specchio and Incoronata pazza are also pub-lished by Salani.

Salani Editore