Opening with an evaluation by Raffaele Donnarumma of the Italian novel in the age of the post-modern, from the 1960s to the year 2000, this book moves on to essays on individual authors such as: Antonio Tabucchi, Stefano Benni, Paola Capriolo, Alessandro Baricco, Silvana Grasso, Isabella Santacroce, plus an interview with Gianni Celati.