Antonella Manduca presents her new book Il nascondiglio perfetto (Golem Edizioni) at Giunti Odeon. The meeting will be introduced by art historian Francesca Roberti. She will be in conversation with the author, Lara Fabbrizzi, Councillor of the Municipality of Impruneta.

The Book:

Events and circumstances that occurred thirty years apart intertwine by chance along two parallel timelines. In the first, Giulia, who works as a cloakroom attendant at the Jimmy club to support herself while studying, discovers that she possesses an unsettling gift: the ability to perceive emotionally violent events through touch alone. When Yeva, the Armenian caregiver of an elderly antiquarian, entrusts her with a coat for safekeeping, Giulia is struck by the vision of a horrific crime.

The second storyline begins in 1994. A young man, Augusto Bellandi, an aspiring antiquarian, is recruited into the workshop of a renowned art dealer from Turin: the miserly, irascible, and capricious Gualberto Foresta, whose office is located in the rooms of an old sacristy. Forced, despite himself, to indulge the eccentric whims of his mentor, Augusto cannot possibly imagine the dramatic and criminal consequences that will follow.

The Author:

Antonella Manduca was born in Pinerolo (TO) on September 21, 1961. She is a writer whose literary work draws nourishment from two fundamental worlds: art and music. It is within this borderland that her stories take shape, where themes of value, mystery, and beauty naturally converge.

She has a classical background, developed over time and enriched by a significant experience as an art dealer in France—between Cannes, Paris, and Nice—where she lived for approximately twenty years. That universe, with its lights and shadows, has become an integral part of her narrative DNA.

At the same time, music has always marked her path. Her deep passion for singing has led her not only to perform as a chorister, but also to take an active role as a board member of the Accademia Corale Stefano Tempia of Turin, the oldest choir in Italy. This experience is also a constant source of inspiration for works that intertwine storytelling with emotional scores.

Alongside her literary activity, she is engaged in civic and social life as a minority City Councillor in the Municipality of Porte and as a board member of Zonta Club International, Pinerolo Section.

She favors noir and thriller genres, which allow her to explore the deepest aspects of the human condition. However, she firmly believes that writing should transcend boundaries; for this reason, her works often move across and blend with other genres.