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Both works will be presented in July at the festival's Puglia venues, in Polignano a Mare and Vieste.
Pegah Moshir Pour – La casa dimenticata / The Forgotten House (Garzanti, Spring 2026)
Following the success of La notte sopra Teheran, Pegah Moshir Pour returns with a novel that weaves together memory, identity and civil resistance. The protagonist Shady discovers, through her grandfather's diary and a mysterious key, a past of freedom and cultural ferment erased by repression. In a house steeped in memory, a space for dialogue emerges among women from different backgrounds, united by the same desire for freedom.
Carlo Cottarelli – L'economia spiegata a tutti. Tutto quello che dovremmo sapere sul denaro e su come muove il mondo / Economics Explained for Everyone. Everything We Should Know About Money and How It Moves the World (Solferino, April 2026)
Carlo Cottarelli presents a new accessible guide built on a simple premise: everyday questions are the key to truly understanding economics. Starting from concrete questions—the ones each of us asks while reading the news or paying taxes—the internationally renowned economist offers well-documented, comprehensible answers, explaining the mechanisms that govern tax pressure, unemployment, prices, mortgages, investments and growth.
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