1988

A novel sales promotion initiative by Feltrinelli: discount on every kilo of books bought. The unusual offer met with success.

(Left): Robert Coover, author of La festa di Gerald; (right): Angeles Mastretta, whose novel Strappami la vita was published. Isabel Allende published another book destined to have lasting success: Eva luna. Gore Vidal's novel Intrigo a Washington came out, too. The volume La forma della scrittura. Tipologia e storia degli alfabeti dai Sumeri ai nostri giorni by Salvatore Gregorietti and Emilia Vassale was also published. Martino Gasparini took on the direction of the Graphics Department.




A new, young writer, Paola Capriolo (above), appeared with a collection of short stories La grande Eulalia. Julia Kristeva's Sole nero. Depressione e melanconia were published, as were L'attesa by Ginevra Bompiani; Racconti by Friedrich Dürrenmatt; La finestra sull'East River by Muriel Spark; Il finale della battaglia by Elisabetta Rasy.


A vast enquiry into the conditions of Fiat factory workers was carried out on the field by Gad Lerner (left), in Operai. Other significant titles this year were: Dopo la virtù. Saggio di teoria morale by Alisdair Mac Intyre, Contrao la moda by Ugo Volli and Boccalone by Enrico Palandri. Gabriella D'Ina joined the Publishing House with the task of relaunching "Universale Economica", one of Feltrinelli's main series, and Carolina Valmarana took over the Press Office.