La Traversata Notturna - Andrea Canobbio

 

I guess that when you don't have many ideas, you can write an autobiographical book. 

I guess that when you aren't the best of writers, you can borrow from other authors' approaches and styles (hello Perec!). 

And I guess that when you have interesting sources and artefacts (the family heirlooms pictured in the book are often the most interesting parts), you might as well use them. 

This is actually an OK book; I'm glad I've read it as it's an interesting perspective on a city - Turin - that I know quite well. I just think that it really shouldn't be considered one of the best Italian books of 2022, but since that's apparently the case, mala tempora currunt,