Flora

Modern-day Milan, the city of TV, of media success, of ostentatious wealth and appearances, is the glittering backdrop for Alessandro Robecchi's latest book, "Flora", published by Sellerio. Flora is Flora De Pisis, the star host of "Crazy Love"; cynical and seductive, she is known for digging up stories of scandalous and unhappy love affairs, and is skilled at making fiction truer than truth. But now, she has been kidnapped by a strange couple of avid readers of Robert Desnos, a surrealist poet from 1930s Paris who died in a Nazi concentration camp. The ransom demanded is a one-hour broadcast on TV, hosted by Flora, without no advertising and no limitations. From that moment on... Carlo Monterosso, the "repentant" creator of "Crazy Love", appears on the stage, alongside his beautiful, sharp girlfriend Bianca Ballesi, two skilled private investigators and a host of minor players in the media world. This is Robecchi's most complex and mature book yet, blending irony with bitter melancholy. In this disordered world, we need to rediscover the poets. Flora Alessandro Robecchi Sellerio, 2021