Chiusi dentro (Chiusi dentro)

A personal tale as well as a historical and anthropological account, Chiusi dentro is a fascinating journey through the microcosm of a particular province of Tuscany: “a secluded Tuscany, rough, rebellious and a bit of a bastard”, to which the author is attached through her family roots. With her we discover just how much Chiusi manages to keep hidden. A corner of the world closed in on itself yet at the same time permeable to a “remix” of present and past: an exiled Iranian intellectual writing about Iran pre-Islam; a Russian writer disliked by Putin’s followers; a history of the ideas of the early 20th century extracted from her father’s books; the new community of Rumanian immigrants; the Albert Line and the Battle of Chiusi; the secret, underground world of the Etruscans. A book you cannot put down, light, amusing, sentimental and informal. “This is what this book is for me: an account of a chemical reaction that has taken place over the years between this town and my involuntary and voluntary sense of belonging”.