SANDRO BARTOLINI presents “L’ALFABETO A MEMORIA”

Sandro Bartolini tells us about an internal and Etruscan Tuscany overlooking the sea. An area with harsh contours, but of ancient civilization, shaped and reshaped by the diligent hand of man. This relationship between man and Nature, often characterized by food, its flavors and scents, is felt in the book. The book breathes a fresh air of Tuscany, still rural and artisanal, as we have known it at least until the mid-twentieth century. The author’s gaze on things and people is not devoid of sharp edges rounded by a measured and smiling piety towards human fragilities. His language is dense with Tuscanisms, encompassing from Volterra to Livorno: names and nicknames, common objects, food, daily interjections, phrases, define places and people of a memory and heart’s Upper Maremma.

After four novels, Bartolini chose an original structure with short scenes that, as the title suggests, uses the events of characters of the same age and homeland as the author to evoke landscapes, environments, customs, and objects of memory with a light and savory style, and a popular vision of the world that stubbornly manages to cross time.

Sandro Bartolini (1956) graduated in Pisa and carries out his professional life within an important trade union organization in Lucca, the city where he lives and writes. He has published the novels Villaggio Mare Blu in 2007, Nacqui Settimino in 2010, Baciami Francese in 2015, Cento Palazzi e un Orto in 2018.