Post by ryglo739 on Mar 14, 2024 7:48:11 GMT
If I had to describe Andrea Camilleri I would do it with a sonnet. It reminds me of “The Hoary and White Old Man” by Francesco Petrarca. A simple story, set between the sacred and the profane, whose protagonist is an elderly man who goes to Rome to contemplate the face of Veronica - the relic that bears the features of Christ's face. Camilleri is a bit like the Homer of today. As one of the last singers, the world needs him and his stories. In the theater show “Conversations on Tiresias” Camilleri staged a confrontation with the father of Greek culture regarding Tiresias, the blind soothsayer in the Odyssey. Bringing on stage his true self, his doubts and his way of perceiving life since he lost his sight. I defined Camilleri as a singer because he managed to weave a story and a character that all Italians know: Inspector Montalbano. The deeds of a savior of men who, between vices and virtues, recounts .
A Sicily of the past is the backdrop to the commissioner's DX Leads adventures. Vigata is in fact an imaginary place but one that alludes to many other landscapes that have existed. Montelusa is Agrigento, a fictitious name invented by Pirandello, while Vigata represents Porto Empedocle. Fela is Gela, Fiacca is Sciacca and Sampedusa is Lampedusa. However, few people know the story that links Inspector Montalbano to Sellerio, the publishing house that believed in Camilleri, allowing him to give free rein to his innate creativity. In this way, Sellerio has also guaranteed itself considerable publishing success which still sees it at the top of the book sales charts. How publishing changed in the 90s If we take a step back, during the 1990s the large publishing houses found themselves at a crossroads: concentration or fragmentation.
That is, you have to decide whether to remain independent or join other publishers at the risk of losing your historic brand. We had already mentioned this theme during the Social Media Academy with Adelphi Edizioni . In foreign markets we are witnessing a merger between different media: in America Random House was born, while in France several brands merged into one large family. Commercial strategies and customer needs have changed in recent years. Among the various transformations there is the development of new technologies that bring a change in the reader's habits and consumption: in fact, the first ebooks and the first online bookstores are born which revolutionize the approach to reading. Most of the large publishing groups absorb the small ones and the managers come to command.
A Sicily of the past is the backdrop to the commissioner's DX Leads adventures. Vigata is in fact an imaginary place but one that alludes to many other landscapes that have existed. Montelusa is Agrigento, a fictitious name invented by Pirandello, while Vigata represents Porto Empedocle. Fela is Gela, Fiacca is Sciacca and Sampedusa is Lampedusa. However, few people know the story that links Inspector Montalbano to Sellerio, the publishing house that believed in Camilleri, allowing him to give free rein to his innate creativity. In this way, Sellerio has also guaranteed itself considerable publishing success which still sees it at the top of the book sales charts. How publishing changed in the 90s If we take a step back, during the 1990s the large publishing houses found themselves at a crossroads: concentration or fragmentation.
That is, you have to decide whether to remain independent or join other publishers at the risk of losing your historic brand. We had already mentioned this theme during the Social Media Academy with Adelphi Edizioni . In foreign markets we are witnessing a merger between different media: in America Random House was born, while in France several brands merged into one large family. Commercial strategies and customer needs have changed in recent years. Among the various transformations there is the development of new technologies that bring a change in the reader's habits and consumption: in fact, the first ebooks and the first online bookstores are born which revolutionize the approach to reading. Most of the large publishing groups absorb the small ones and the managers come to command.