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il Saggiatore
Established by Alberto Mondadori in 1958, il Saggiatore is an independent publishing house focused on literary fiction and non-fiction, with a particular emphasis on science, history and economics. Our wide-ranging non-fiction list comprises the likes of Claude Lévi-Strauss, Jean-Paul Sartre, Fernand Braudel, Noam Chomsky, Howard Zinn, Nassim Nicholas Taleb, Daron Acemoglu, Paul Mason, Jaron Lanier, Joseph Mazur, Mark Cousins and Piero Camporesi, among others. Our ever-growing literary fiction list includes Allen Ginsberg, Witold Gombrowicz, Joan Didion, Geoff Dyer, Olivia Laing, Esther Kinsky, Mircea Cărtărescu, László Darvasi, Akwaeke Emezi, Emma Glass, Mike McCormack and David Peace, to name just a few. Shortly after the birth of the publishing house, speaking to an Italian newspaper, Alberto Mondadori said: “I’m an explorer, I like to travel in time”. Sixty years later, his words and his vision live on, and il Saggiatore’s project is still the same: to publish books that can stand the test of time.
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Literature & Literary StudiesJune 2025Saga emotions
by Gareth Lloyd Evans, Brynja Þorgeirsdóttir, Carolyne Larrington
Focusing particularly on historically oriented sagas, Saga emotions identifies and examines a range of emotions from across Old Norse-Icelandic saga literature. Each chapter begins with a discrete emotion term, such as reiði (anger), gleði (joy), or the peculiarly Old Norse víghugr (killing-mood), exploring its usages within the broad saga corpus, and focusing on its contextual meanings and narrative purposes. The contributions explore the specifics of the lexical terms used for different emotion states and offer in-depth case studies that consider how various emotions manifest within particular examples of saga literature. The book offers the emotional granularity lacking in current studies of Norse emotion and serves as an essential foundation for future research and study into emotional depiction in Old Norse-Icelandic saga literature.
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FictionHANSEATIC RADIANCE - A FAMILY SAGA SET IN HAMBURG
by Miriam Georg
A turbulent era. An impossible love affair. A moving saga. Hamburg 1886. Lily, whose father is a ship owner, dreams of becoming a writer. During a ship-naming ceremony, Lily gives a short speech during which her hat is blown off her head. One of the workers tries to get it back for her and is badly injured. Lily is shocked that no one sympathises with the young man’s fate. Then Johannes Bolten comes to the ship owner’s villa to demand compensation for his injured friend. Lily wants to help and allows herself to be drawn into a dangerous game of hide-and-seek. She begins a passionate affair with him. But Jo, who comes from the notorious gangland area, has a secret that Lily must never discover…
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October 2020Neapolitanische Saga (4 Bände)
by Elena Ferrante, Karin Krieger
Die Geschichte der lebenslangen Freundschaft zwischen Lila und Elena begeisterte Millionen. Als Kinder begegnen sich die beiden zum ersten Mal im Neapel der 50er Jahre. Sehr bald gehen sie getrennte Wege. Jede für sich erlebt Liebe, Arbeit, Ehe, Mutterschaft, die Umwälzungen im Land, das Vergehen der Jahre, und doch bleiben sie zeit ihres Lebens unmissverständlich aufeinander bezogen. Bis die eine spurlos verschwindet und der anderen nichts bleibt, als dagegen anzuschreiben: Die Neapolitanische Saga beginnt. Vier Bände, ein literarisches Ereignis, jetzt im Schuber zum großartigen Preis.
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April 2022Fritz, the Gorilla
Biography of a Fascinating Ape
by Jenny von Sperber
When Jenny von Sperber first met Fritz, the gorilla didn’t let her out of his sight. He was already over 50 years old then, but he was still extremely charismatic. One thing matters for the journalist: she wants to find out everything about Fritz’s life. Born in 1963, he was captured in the wild and came from Cameroon to Germany in 1966. At that time, apes were still regarded as a curiosity in zoos. When a ban was declared on the wild gorilla trade, Fritz was already a father of many youngsters. This fascinating gorilla-family saga not only recounts the eventful life of Fritz, but also shows the development in European zoos in handling wild animals. Nowadays, things have certainly improved. But there are still questions, for example, what does it do to us when we marvel at our closest relatives behind glass? And is it even still current to confine apes ... was it ever?
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Humanities & Social SciencesJune 2026From Iceland to the Americas
Vinland and historical imagination
by Tim William Machan, Jón Karl Helgason
This volume investigates the reception of a small historical fact with wide-ranging social, cultural and imaginative consequences. Inspired by Leif Eiriksson's visit to Vinland in about the year 1000, novels, poetry, history, politics, arts and crafts, comics, films and video games have all come to reflect rising interest in the medieval Norse and their North American presence. Uniquely in reception studies, From Iceland to the Americas approaches this dynamic between Nordic history and its reception by bringing together international authorities on mythology, language, film and cultural studies, as well as on the literature that has dominated critical reception. Collectively, the chapters not only explore the connections among medieval Iceland and the modern Americas, but also probe why medieval contact has become a modern cultural touchstone.
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Humanities & Social SciencesApril 2020From Iceland to the Americas
by Tim William Machan, Jón Karl Helgason, James Paz
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September 2012Die Porsche-Saga
Eine Familiengeschichte des Automobils
by Ammann, Thomas; Aust, Stefan
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August 2012Die Elfling Saga
Zwei Romane in einem Band
by Price, Susan / Übersetzt von Petri, Edda; Übersetzt von Bülles, Marcel
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1991Die Levi-Strauss-Saga
Die märchenhafte Geschichte des Mannes, der die Jeans erfand
by Masson, Irmalotte; Wiese, Ursula von
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September 1996Die Marx-Saga
Roman. Aus dem Spanischen von Thomas Brovot
by Juan Goytisolo, Thomas Brovot
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May 2026Die schönsten isländischen Sagas
Neuausgabe
by Arthúr Björgvin Bollason
Wikinger, Abenteurer, tapfere Helden, Ausgestoßene und Geächtete – vielfältig sind die Gestalten, deren Geschichten und Schicksale in den berühmten Isländersagas erzählt werden. Die unterhaltsamen Geschichten handeln von starken, mutigen und waghalsigen Männern und Frauen, die sich vor über tausend Jahren auf der Insel im hohen Norden niederließen. Sie hatten Fehden und Konflikte zu bestehen und ehrenhafte Heldentaten zu begehen. Und mussten nicht nur gegen Wind, Wetter und die raue Natur, sondern auch gegen verfeindete Wikinger und Gesetzlose ankämpfen … Die Isländersagas, im Mittelalter von unbekannten Meistern verfasst, zählen zur Weltliteratur – und sind überraschend modern. Und wer heute in Island unterwegs ist, wird feststellen, dass die mythischen Landschaften der Vulkaninsel nicht nur eine wahre Augenweide sind, sondern auch buchstäblich von aufregenden Geschichten »beben«. Dieser Band versammelt die berühmtesten und schönsten Isländersagas – in neuer Übersetzung von Islandkenner Arthúr Björgvin Bolláson – und enthält Tipps und Hinweise für Reisende.
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July 2011Die schönsten isländischen Sagas
by Rolf Heller, Arthúr Björgvin Bollason
Wikinger, Abenteurer, tapfere Helden, Ausgestoßene und Geächtete – vielfältig sind die Gestalten, deren Geschichten und Schicksale in den berühmten Isländersagas erzählt werden. Die unterhaltsamen Geschichten aus dem alten Island erzählen von starken, mutigen und waghalsigen Männern und Frauen, die sich vor über tausend Jahren dort niederließen. Sie hatten Fehden und Konflikte zu bestehen und ehrenhafte Heldentaten zu begehen. Und mußten nicht nur gegen Wind, Wetter und die rauhe Natur, sondern auch gegen verfeindete Wikinger und Gesetzeslose ankämpfen … Dieser Band versammelt die berühmtesten und schönsten Isländersagas – unvergleichliche literarische Zeugnisse eines fernen Landes in einer fernen Zeit.
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