1995

  

An extraordinary life narrated in an extraordinary book, Nelson Mandela's Lungo cammino verso la libertà. Autobiografia. The author is photographed above at his home in Johannesburg, on 25th April, 1995, with Carlo Feltrinelli, who presented him with the Italian edition of his book. It was the first anniversary of his election as President of the South African Republic.

"Serie Bianca" is a new series open to a wide range of contributions, often highly topical. In "Campi del sapere" Franco Ferraresi presented Minacce alla democrazia. La Destra radicale in Italia nel dopoguerra; Donald A. Norman, Le cose che ci fanno intelligenti. Il posto della tecnologia nel mondo dell'uomo; Robert Nozick, La natura della razionalità. With E. "Gomma" Guarneri and Raf "Valvola" Scelsi as consultants, a borderline series, "InterZone", was inaugurated, ready for the cultural and technological revolution in course: among the first titles, Miraggi elettronici and Manifesto cyborg.


Passaggio in ombra, the posthumous novel by Mariateresa Di Lascia (right), who died in 1994 at the age of 40, was the literary surprise of the year. Favourably received by both critics and the public, it received the "Premio Strega" in July. Another prize-winning Feltrinelli novel Il coraggio di pettirosso by Maurizio Maggiani (extreme right) received the "Premio Viareggio" and "Premio Campiello". In the Italian narrative sector the following published their works: Clara Sereni, Sandro Veronesi and Elena Gianini Belotti. Isabel Allende was once more successful with Paula. Also very popular were the paperback strip-cartoons "Per cominciare", dedicated to Mahomet, Jung, Freud and Kafka.

Alberto Rollo joined Feltrinelli as editor of "Universale Economica".