Centomila battiti

Centomila battiti

Now I’m here, the world is out there, and I’m not going back. I know it will take centuries before I find someone who makes me feel the way he did. In fact, maybe I’ll never find him, because it won’t be the first time anymore. But that’s okay, because without him, I’m missing a piece of myself, but with him, I’m missing so many – too many.

 An ode to adolescence, a coming-of-age novel in which two generations reflect and transform one another.

Two girls, two loves, two centuries.

Milan, the 1980s. Alice speeds along on her bike, her head filled with novels and her heart ablaze with ideals, moving too fast for anyone to keep up with her hunger for life.

Milan, the present day. Emma lost her father when she was little and entrusts to poetry the words she feels welling up inside her, guarding a world no one could imagine beneath her prim and proper exterior, as she patiently waits for Mr. Right.

Leonardo, Marta, Cindy, and Lionel are classmates and their lives are all about friendship and school, political awakenings and academic struggles, identity quests, life and death. In the background, their families – mostly women – with their strengths, conflicts, and sometimes tragedies.

The chapters alternate between the two girls, capturing the volatile electricity of their age: the first shock of love and sex, the urgency of friendship, the hunger to define themselves, the fear of growing up, and the need to claim a place in the world. Two parallel stories that, at a certain point, converge in a devastating twist – when generations come face to face and the threads of many lives knot into one.

Feltrinelli Editore

Feltrinelli Editore is one of the most independent-minded and prestigious Literary publishers in Italy. Founded in 1955 by Giangiacomo Feltrinelli, the publishing house was marked with some notable early successes, including the first worldwide publication of Doctor Zhivago by Boris Pasternak, of which all rights in all formats are still controlled by Feltrinelli, and The Leopard by Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa. Traditionally a very accomplished publisher of literature in translation, in the past three decades Feltrinelli has also been a market leader in the publication of new literature in the Italian language, publishing works by Stefano Benni, Gianni Celati and Antonio Tabucchi. More recently Feltrinelli has been the publisher of Erri De Luca, Alessandro Baricco and Roberto Saviano. Feltrinelli Editore also publishes a highly selective list of upmarket commercial fiction, a broad range of quality non-fiction and a children’s list. The publishing group also contains the editorial brands SEM,Crocetti, Gribaudo and Apogeo, and we work very closely with Marsilio Editori, including in handling foreign and film/TV rights on their behalf.

Grandi & Associati

Grandi & Associati is a full-service literary agency representing wide-ranging works of fiction and nonfiction for adults and children since the early 1990s. We are proud of representing award-winning and bestselling authors, together with debut authors who have made their mark with critics or readers. We are also honored to manage several distinguished literary estates. We work with co-agents around the world who are experts in their respective territories to help facilitate getting our clients’ work published in as many languages and into the hands of as many readers as possible. Over the years, we have also represented and worked with foreign authors and clients, helping them to find the best Italian publisher for their works and negotiating on their behalf the very best terms in the market. Over the years, we have developed a strong and expanding network of trusted relationships with Italian and international producers, with whom we collaborate regularly. Benefiting from decades of experience, at Grandi & Associati we continuously develop our relationship with every Italian publisher, from the big publishing groups to the small independent publishers, adapting ourselves to the always changing and constantly evolving Italian market. We attend major book fairs around the world, including Frankfurt, London, and Bologna.

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Feltrinelli Editore

费尔特里内利出版社 是意大利最负盛名、最具进步精神的出版社之一。该社由詹贾科莫·费尔特里内利于1955年创立，成立之初便凭借出版鲍里斯·帕斯捷尔纳克的《日瓦戈医生》（费尔特里内利至今仍持有该书所有版本的全部版权）以及朱塞佩·托马西·迪·兰佩杜萨的《豹》 ，取得了让人瞩目的成果。

费尔特里内利以出版外国文学作品见长，在过去三十年间，也成为意大利本土文学领域的领军出版社，出版了斯特凡诺·贝尼、贾尼·切拉蒂和安东尼奥·塔布其等作家的作品。近年来，费尔特里内利更成为艾瑞·德·卢卡、亚历山德罗·巴里科和罗伯特·萨维亚诺等作家作品的出版社。

费尔特里内利还精心挑选出版了一批兼具高雅文学性与商业畅销潜力的小说，此外还有种类丰富的优质非虚构类作品以及儿童图书。

该出版集团旗下还包括SEM、克罗切蒂、吉博多及阿波格奥等品牌，并与马尔西利奥/桑佐诺出版社（Marsilio/Sonzogno Editori）保持密切合作，代其管理翻译及影视改编版权事务。

Grandi & Associati

格兰迪合伙人文学代理公司是一家 »全方位服务 »的文学版权代理公司，自20世纪90年代初以来，一直致力于代理面向成人及儿童读者的各类小说与非虚构类作品。我们代理了众多屡获殊荣、成绩斐然，让我们引以为豪的作家，同时也发掘并代理了不少初入文坛，却已获得评论界或读者广泛认可的新锐作者。此外，我们还有幸管理多份珍贵的文学遗产。我们与世界各地深谙当地市场的合作代理紧密合作，致力于推动客户作品以尽可能多的语言出版，让更多读者能够读到这些作品。多年来，我们也代理过多位外国作家与客户，帮助他们在意大利找到最合适的出版社，并代表他们争取市场上最优厚的合作条件。经过多年积累，我们与众多意大利及国际制片方建立了稳固且不断扩展的信任合作关系，并保持着定期的业务往来。凭借数十年的行业经验，格兰迪合伙人持续深化与意大利各类出版社的合作关系——无论是大型出版集团，还是小型独立出版社，我们都能灵活适应不断变化的意大利出版市场。我们还积极参与全球各大重要书展，包括法兰克福书展、伦敦书展及博洛尼亚书展。

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Feltrinelli Editore

Feltrinelli Editore es una de las editoriales más prestigiosas y vanguardistas de Italia. Fundada en 1955 por Giangiacomo Feltrinelli, la editorial alcanzó de inmediato un notable éxito gracias a la publicación de Doctor Zhivago de Boris Pasternak –cuyos derechos para todos los formatos aún controla Feltrinelli– y Il Gattopardo de Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa.

Si bien Feltrinelli se ha consolidado como editorial de títulos extranjeros, en los últimos treinta años también se ha posicionado como líder en el sector de la literatura italiana, publicando a autores como Stefano Benni, Gianni Celati y Antonio Tabucchi. Más recientemente, Feltrinelli ha publicado títulos de Erri De Luca, Alessandro Baricco y Roberto Saviano.

Feltrinelli también publica una selecta lista de novelas, tanto de alta gama como comerciales, una amplia variedad de obras de no ficción de calidad y libros infantiles.

El Grupo también incluye las marcas SEM, Crocetti, Gribaudo y Apogeo, y trabaja en estrecha colaboración con Marsilio/Sonzogno Editori, para quienes gestiona los derechos de traducción y de cine/televisión.

Grandi & Associati

Grandi & Associati es una agencia literaria «de servicio integral» que, desde principios de los años 90, representa una amplia gama de obras de ficción y no ficción, tanto para adultos como para niños. Nos enorgullece representar a autores galardonados y de éxito, así como a nuevos autores que se han distinguido ante la crítica y el público. También tenemos el honor de gestionar varios legados literarios de gran prestigio. Colaboramos con agentes asociados en todo el mundo, expertos en sus respectivos territorios, para facilitar la publicación de las obras de nuestros clientes en tantos idiomas como sea posible y hacerlas llegar al mayor número de lectores. A lo largo de los años, también hemos representado y colaborado con autores y clientes extranjeros, ayudándoles a encontrar la mejor editorial italiana para sus obras y negociando las mejores condiciones de mercado en su nombre. A lo largo de los años, hemos desarrollado una sólida y creciente red de relaciones de confianza con fabricantes italianos e internacionales, con los que colaboramos regularmente. Gracias a décadas de experiencia, en Grandi & Associati desarrollamos continuamente nuestra relación con cada editorial italiana, desde los grandes grupos editoriales hasta las pequeñas editoriales independientes, adaptándonos al mercado italiano en constante evolución. Participamos en las principales ferias del libro de todo el mundo, incluidas las de Fráncfort, Londres y Bolonia.

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