1998

Il banchiere dei poveri by Mohammad Yunus (right) on microcredit in Bangladesh aroused lively interest and met with great success. Edward W. Said had a new book published, Tra guerra e pace. Ritorno in Palestina-Israele. In the series Campi del Sapere, section "Gender", Elogio del margine by bell hooks was published, while the section "Società" published Meditazioni pascaliane by Pierre Bourdieu, one of the most renowned contemporary sociologists, and also indiana by Amartya Sen, Nobel prizewinner for Economics in 1998. Jürgen Habermas together with Charles Taylor wrote Multiculturismo, a keystone in the contemporary political debate, which appeared in the series "Elementi".

Occhiacci di legno by Carlo Ginzburg was the first book published in "Culture" a new series of which he had been appointed editor. The aim is to present research and reflections on the themes of co-existence, intermingling and conflicts between cultures. The book received both the Viareggio-Rèpaci Prize and the International Mondello City of Palermo Prize.

Another outstanding success this year for Isabel Allende Afrodite (350,000 copies), a collection of tales, recipes and other aphrodisiacs, while Il grande boh! by Jovanotti (left) sold 200,000 copies.

José Saramago, who published Il memoriale del convento with Feltrinelli in1984, was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature. This year saw the 1,500^th title in the series Universale Economica, La polvere dei sogni by the South African writer André Brink (right). The novel In fine by the great Israelian writer was published posthumously.

In October 1998 the publishing house Giangiacomo Feltrinelli and the Feltrinelli Bookshops became two separate companies.