Il viaggiatore breve
by Serio, Gennaro
The Brief Traveller
Before his name became forever linked to the most famous of comets for centuries to come, Edmund Halley set sail from England aboard the sailing ship ‘Paramour’, of which he was the captain. It is 1699: a brilliant astronomer and restless spirit, Halley searches the waves of the Atlantic Ocean for elusive constellations, uncharted landscapes and mysterious magnetic variations. Besieged by tales of portable libraries, fires and unreliable accounts, his logbook unfolds – featuring, amongst others, the shadow of Isaac Newton, that of a tipsy Tsar visiting London, and a gallery of extravagant biographers, from John Aubrey to J. Rodolfo Wilcock, from Samuel Johnson to Giorgio Manganelli – to ultimately coalesce into a thrilling maritime adventure. A meandering journey through islands and books, Il viaggiatore breve ironically questions the way in which a life is narrated, and sings the praises of travel as a privileged form of knowledge.
- Publishing house L'orma
- Year of publication 2026
- Number of pages 216
- ISBN 9791254761502
- Foreign Rights rights@lormaeditore.it
- Ebook disponibile
- Price 21.00
Serio, Gennaro
Gennaro Serio was born in Naples in 1989. He lives between Athens and Paris and works on the editorial team of Alias D, the cultural weekly of Il manifesto. He has previously published Notturno di Gibilterra (2020) – winner of the Italo Calvino Prize – and Ludmilla e il corvo with L’orma editore, both of which have confirmed the literary merit of this remarkable author.
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