«The little girl» by Valeria Parrella (Feltrinelli) won the Fiction section of the Mandrarossa prize. But among the winners of the other sections there is a young author from Messina: Mattia Corrente, of Librizzi, with «Il restauratore di mondo» (Salani) won for the Fable/Fantasy section. The other winners are Lorenza Sabatino with «The miracle», Guanda (First Work section); Vanessa Ambrosecchio with «The Lionesses of Virgin Mary», Mesogea (Historical Novel); Bruno Arpaia with «The World without Winter», Guanda (Environment / Landscape); Marilù Oliva with «Via delle Streghe», Solferino (Yellow).
The evening was hosted by the journalist Melania Petriello, who led a talk with the participation of the Narrative finalists: Monica Acito, Dario Ferreri and Valeria Parrella. Concita De Gregorio, president of the prize, spoke of «a magical book… The little girl is a novel of history and the future. Parrella’s Joan of Arc is not afraid to follow her own idea. He pays the consequences, but he transforms places, people, history. We need novels like Parrella’s, in times that are once again difficult for the country.”
Mattia Corrente returns to children’s literature, after the very successful «Cronache dell’Ade» (Salani, 2024, Premio Selezione Bancarellino), with another overwhelming adventure (with illustrations by Chiara Di Vivona): the very young Cosimo will have to save… his imagination, threatened by the terrible “Unstitching Machine” which erases pages, endings, characters of the most beautiful novels. An irresistible, entertaining and entertaining metaliterary adventure, which is a raid through the pages of many beloved books.