De Giovanni, Lucarelli and the summer of thrillers on «la Lettura» – Corriere.it

«We are those of the famous “I know” by Pasolini. We line up the facts in a coherent and credible way. The new issue of “La Lettura”#606, Sunday 9 on newsstands and in the App, opens with a dialogue between Maurizio de Giovanni and Carlo Lucarelli. In the conversation edited by Severino Colombo, the two noir authors talk about the mysteries of Italy between literature and news, reality and fiction. They discuss the meaning of spy story (a genre that enjoys excellent health) in a country, ours, marked by secret plots and collective traumas. Six more pages on thrillers follow. Among the contents, a text by Emmanuel Trevi on Libra by Don DeLillo: the 1988 novel is the second volume (on newsstands from July 12) of the «Americana» series, edited by Sandro Veronesi for the «Corriere».

On the six pages also the thrillers of the moment. As The Season of the Furies Of De Bellis & Fiorillo (Einaudi Stile libero, from 11 July). The thriller set in ancient Rome is reviewed by Annachiara Sacchi.

The Theme of the Day, digital-only extra of the supplement, is Sunday 9 edited by John Caprara and is dedicated to museums to explore the wonders of science from Milan to Naples, from Florence to Bracciano; the new issue of «la Lettura» talks about ten years of Muse, the Science Museum of Trento. In the App of «la Lettura», in the section dedicated to the Theme of the Day, the previous focuses are also available, among these the incipit preview of the novel by De Bellis & Fiorillo.

In addition to the Theme of the Day and the most recent number of the preview insert already on Saturdays, the «la Lettura» App for smartphones and tablets also offers the archive of all the issues released since 2011. Subscribing to the App costs €3.99 a month or €39.99 a year, with one week free. The subscription can also be subscribed from the desktop starting from this page. For subscribers, the contents are also visible from PCs and Macs starting from their Profile page. In addition, a one-year subscription to the App can be given as a gift via the web from here.

Returning to the supplement, the new issue also commemorates the tenth anniversary of the birth, on 13 July 2013, of Black Lives Matter. It does so with an interview by Marco Bruna ad Alice Walker. The author de The purple color is critical: «The movement has failed. The US hasn’t changed.” And a text by the writer is dedicated to novels that tell the story of America’s scars Igiaba Scego.

Instead, five centuries have passed since the death (October 16, 1523) of Luca Signorelli. An exhibition in Cortona and a series of itineraries between Tuscany and Umbria, of which Stefano Bucci writes, are dedicated to the Renaissance master of painted bodies. The insert closes with an interview by Cecilia Bressanelli a Mark Bellocchio. After the successes of Night exterior And Kidnapped, the director is preparing for the new edition of his festival in Bobbio, in the Piacenza area. And he reflects on films and cinemas, seriality and tradition.