Ischia, Libri d'A…mare (Books of Love) opens Monday, July 21st. The opening will feature Primammore by Titti Marrone.

"Ischia libri d'A...Mare" is kicking off, the literary festival organized by the Mare, Sole e Cultura Cultural Association with the support of the Campania Region (as part of the 2025 Cultural Promotion Plan), in collaboration with the Municipality of Lacco Ameno and the Albergo della Regina Isabella. To commemorate the 430th anniversary of the death of Torquato Tasso, the festival is dedicated to the theme "Time Regained." The ribbon-cutting ceremony for the 29th edition will be held on Monday, July 21, at 9:30 p.m., in Piazza Santa Restituta (Lacco Ameno, Ischia). Titti Marrone, author of "Primammore" (Feltrinelli), will join Gianni Ambrosino, director of TG Canale 21, to tell the story of Naples through one of the worst news stories of the last ten years. On the outskirts of Naples, the silhouette of a six-year-old girl, fallen from the top floor, lies on the asphalt. An accident? The building resumes its bustle, the hubbub of voices in the stairwell drowns out the silence of silence, the smells from the kitchen drown out the stench of suspicion. Yet Costanza, the little girl's teacher, senses that her death was not a tragic accident. Marco, Costanza's son and a journalist like his father, also harbors many doubts. Mother and son thus penetrate the intricate system of stairways and corridors of the cursed building. They intercept secrets, lies, violence. Meanwhile, Costanza's memories return to the youth of the social struggles shared with Sirio, the love of her life. She relives the experience of the Montesanto children's soup kitchen, the desire to rebel against the patriarchy. Here she returns to the Naples of cholera, of the earthquake—made unique by its writers, its many artists. But her recollections also raise questions: is the evil confined only within the walls of that suburban building? And why does she feel the pain of the little girl's mother so close to her own? To get to the truth, Costanza must first understand another world, governed by unnatural or criminal laws. Titti Marrone focuses on her Naples, the setting for a wicked "primmammore" and another passionately driven by the desire for redemption. A novel about the suburbs that is also the story of the selfless commitment of generations of young people to protect the most vulnerable. Titti Marrone was born and lives in Naples. Her books include the essays The Mayor (Rizzoli, 1996), Better Not to Know. Three Children in the Shoah (Laterza, 2003; Feltrinelli, 2023), Controluce – Letteratura e totalitarismi (with Gustav Herling; Marotta&Cafiero, 2023), and the novels The Weaver of Lives (Mondadori, 2013), The Upside-Down Woman (Iacobelli Editore, 2019), and If Only My Heart Were Stone (Feltrinelli, 2022; winner of the 2022 Naples Prize and the 2023 Croce Prize). The series continues on Monday, July 28, with Gianni Valentino, author of "Feeling. Pino Daniele" (Colonnese Editore), and Emanuela Ambrosino, author of "Generazione anZia" (Santelli Editore).

The 29th edition will close on Monday, August 4th, with Amedeo Colella, author of "Napoli due volte al dì" (Mondadori). All meetings will be held at 9:30 pm in Piazza Santa Restituta (Lacco Ameno, Ischia) and will be moderated by Gianni Ambrosino.