A man determined to describe the world exactly as he finds it, and in words calculated to rouse the passion of his readers ... Like the greatest of Italian writers, Dante Alighieri, he is above all a moralist who despise those who take no sides in the great struggles of our time.
Beauty and the Inferno
PEN NEW INTERNATIONAL WRITING GRANT
Beauty and the Inferno is a collection of articles written by Saviano both before and after Gomorrah in which all the journalist’s insight, humanity, urgency, and anger come surging to the surface. It includes pieces on the city of L'Aquila, professional boxing, Miriam Makeba, Salman Rushdie, Frank Miller, Michael Herr, Lionel Messi, the film of Gomorrah, the Nobel Academy, and Anna Politkovskaya.
Reviews | Beauty and the Inferno
A celebration of bravery and an expression of rage against corruption and cowardice.
At once deeply disturbing and illuminating ... a litany of hope.
It is good to be reminded of the raw bravery of the Savianos of this world