Roberto Saviano

From the author of the groundbreaking expos Gomorrah comes a book that encourages and challenges the people to stand up for themselves and to not be fooled by the coercive nature of political power. Featuring short biographical sketches of a surprising mix of admired and deplored figures and works from history, this is a book that demands of readers to open one's eyes and be outraged. The iconic Italian author Robert Saviano's latest work of nonfiction is an urgent cry for people to stand up for themselves and the things they believe in, featuring those who have most inspired him--Russian poet Anna Akhmatova, Martin Luther King Jr., the Calipygian Venus, immortalized in marble--alongside those whose actions were most deplorable--Nazi propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels and Rwandan radio host Kantano Habimana, who encouraged the 1993-'94 genocide there. Saviano quotes the Italian author and Auschwitz survivor Primo Levi: "I write what I wouldn't be able to tell anyone." Saviano, like Levi, embraces his readers within a similar protective halo of intimacy, taking us in his arms to warn us. Other lives and works that Saviano evokes in Shout It Out are Hypatia, the murdered Alexandrian philosopher, mathematician and astronomer; political theorist Carl Schmitt; trailblazing Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya; Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi; NSA Whistleblower Edward Snowden; 16th century astrology and alchemist Giordano Bruno, burned at the stake by the Inquisition in 1600; Russian poet Anna Akhmatova who chose silence rather than collaboration; mile Zola; the Brothers Grimm; Martin Luther King; murdered anti-corruption activist Daphne Caruana Galizia; the ancient roman statue of the Callipygian Venus; Terry Bollea (Hulk Hogan); American actress Jean Seberg; Italian filmmaker Pier Paolo Pasolini; Nazi propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels; Rwandan radio host Kantano Habimana; Settimia Spizzichino, one of 50 from the Rome ghetto sent to Auschwitz, and the only survivor; Chinese poet and factory worker Lizhi Xu; Italian-American saint Sister Francesca Saverio Cabrini; Italian architect and London fire victim Gloria Trevisan; George Floyd. Shout It Out dives into world history--and Roberto Saviano's mind--in a way that constantly surprises.

Vzryv pronzaet selskuju tishinu Korleone. Junyj Toto Riina vidit, kak gibnut ego rodnye, pytajuschiesja dobyt vzryvchatku iz bomby, ostavshejsja posle vojny. Grokhot etogo vzryva znamenuet nachalo tseloj ery. Ljudi shepotom nazyvajut novuju silu mafiej, "Koza nostroj" ("Nashe delo" na sitsilijskom dialekte), derevenschina nachinaet tesnit stolichnyj kriminal, i vskore vsja Sitsilija zamiraet v strakhe pered zhestokim terrorom. Ubijstva sledujut odno za drugim, v gorodakh i derevnjakh, na poberezhe i v samom tsentre ostrova. Mafija objavljaet vojnu ne tolko konkurentam, no i vlastjam, i prezhde vsego tem, kto pytaetsja borotsja s nej. Karabinery, politsejskie, prokurory i magistraty (sledstvennye sudi) - vse okazyvajutsja pod bezzhalostnym pritselom tekh, dlja kogo ubijstvo - rutina. No vzryv porodil i druguju silu - muzhestvo i uporstvo, kotorye olitsetvorjajut Dzhovanni Falkone i ego edinomyshlenniki. V 1960-e na Sitsilii nachinaetsja jarostnoe protivostojanie zakona i prestupnosti, kotoroe pozzhe okhvatit vsju Italiju. Istorija velikogo bortsa s mafiej, Dzhovanni Falkone, istinnogo geroja.Italii, rasskazana odnim iz luchshikh italjanskikh pisatelej, avtorom mirovogo bestsellera "Gomorra". Roberto Saviano - odin iz samykh znachitelnykh italjanskikh avtorov segodnja, ego dokumentalnyj roman "Gomorra" pereveden pochti na 50 jazykov. Neapolitanskaja prestupnaja organizatsija kamorra prigovorila pisatelja k smerti, uzhe pochti desjat let on vynuzhden zhit pod okhranoj, na nego podavali v sud Silvio Berluskoni, byvshij togda glavoj pravitelstva Italii, ministr vnutrennikh del i bez scheta chinovnikov rangom ponizhe - za posledovatelnuju borbu s korruptsiej na juge Italii.

"Gomorra", kniga v zhanre zhurnalistskogo rassledovanija ot Roberto Savjano, rasskazyvaet o zhestokoj prestupnoj mezhdunarodnoj imperii iz Neapolja. Avtor i ego semja - sami urozhdennye neapolitantsy - lichno stalkivalis s proizvolom mafii. Otets Roberto Savjano, vrach skoroj pomoschi, odnazhdy spas nedobitogo v khode mafioznoj razborki 18-letnego parenka - i za eto sam byl izbit banditami do polusmerti. Pytajas proniknut v zakulisnuju zhizn italjanskoj prestupnosti, molodoj zhurnalist nanimaetsja chernorabochim v nelegalnuju kitajskuju tekstilnuju masterskuju, rabotaet ofitsiantom i stroitelem i mnogoe uznaet o dejatelnosti mafioznykh krugov v sferakh promyshlennosti, stroitelstva i narkotorgovli. Ego zakhvatyvajuschij i trevozhnyj rasskaz, soderzhaschij mnozhestvo konkretnykh podrobnostej o prestuplenijakh kamorry - pokhischenija ljudej, torgovlju narkotikami, shantazh, vymogatelstva i ubijstva, vskore posle publikatsii v Italii stanovitsja mezhdunarodnym bestsellerom i osnovoj dlja polnometrazhnogo filma i populjarnogo seriala, vyshedshikh pod nazvaniem "Gomorra".

'Read this important book' - The GuardianSeeking the truth behind organized crime in Naples, Roberto Saviano bravely brings to light the monstrous activities and far-reaching influence of the notorious Camorra – locally known as ‘the System'.Unveiling the Camorra's involvement in high fashion to illegal drugs and even toxic waste disposal, Gomorrah unflinchingly explores the syndicate's iron grip on the Neapolitan coast, stretching beyond traditional depictions of Italian life.The book oscillates between exhilarating investigative journalism and a poignant memoir, painting both a factual and emotional picture of life in the shadow of organized crime. Saviano's courageous work has earned him global acclaim . . . and police protection.This is not just a story; it's a dramatic reveal of a dark criminal reality – which will shatter your understanding of Naples' hidden underbelly.Now part of the Picador Collection.

For the first time since the publication of his internationally bestselling novel, Gomorrah, Roberto Saviano shares his early-life experience with the violence of the Neapolitan Mafia and how exposing them irrevocably changed his life.Italian journalist Roberto Saviano was twenty-six years old when he published his first book, Gomorrah, to international acclaim. The book, which has gone on to sell 10 million copies worldwide, was a detailed exposé of the Neapolitan mafia, the Camorra, whose organized crime tactics have permeated all matters of industry in Naples: government, infrastructure, high fashion, and drugs. Over fifteen years after Gomorrah’s release, Saviano's life has been under constant threat from would be assassins who forced him to leave his native Italy and to live under constant police protection. For the first time since then, Saviano shares his deepest thoughts and experiences of early life in Naples, witnessing the power and violence of Camorra firsthand, his current existence living under guard, all the while continuing to call attention to the deeply rooted crime and corruption that plagues his home. Collaborating with award-winning cartoonist Asaf Hanuka (The Realist, The Divine), both writer and artist examine a life behind armed guard whose best recourse against oppression is through old fashioned pen and paper.

LA HISTORIA DE UN SUPERVIVIENTE QUE SE NIEGA A RENDIRSELA PRIMERA NOVELA GR FICA DE ROBERTO SAVIANO UNO DE LOS LIBROS M S ESPERADOS DE 2022 SEG N EL MUNDO, LA VANGUARDIA Y ESQUIRE «No es cierto que de la batalla o vuelves vivo o no vuelves; en caso de que vuelvas, volver s herido. Lo que est is a punto de leer es mi herida. --Roberto Saviano En 2006 le dijeron que durante unas semanas iba a vivir bajo custodia, pero aquel d a la vida de Roberto Saviano cambi para siempre. Esta es la historia de un superviviente que se niega a rendirse. «Aqu se cuenta una resistencia llevada a cabo con la palabra como nica artiller a y dentro del per metro del propio cuerpo, partiendo de la base de que con cualquier lucha se aprende una nica regla. Es esta: no es cierto que de la batalla o vuelves vivo o no vuelves; en caso de que vuelvas, volver s herido. Lo que est is a punto de leer es mi herida. Todav a estoy vivo es un libro nico, una colaboraci n ins lita entre dos grand simos narradores. Se trata del relato ntimo y descarnado de los ltimos quince a os en la vida de Roberto Saviano, en los que se ha visto obligado a vivir en la clandestinidad, por estar amenazado de muerte por la Camorra. Sus palabras dialogan con el trazo gil y simb lico de Asaf Hanuka; recuerdan los d as de una libertad perdida, la del ni o apasionado de las historietas y que disfrutaba jugando con su hermano, hasta transformarse en un presente claustrof bico, el precio a pagar por haber alzado la voz y que lo obliga a la vivir siempre pegado a sus escoltas. Es la vida de un hombre herido, pero que sigue luchando. ENGLISH DESCRIPTION THE STORY OF A SURVIVOR REFUSING TO SURRENDER. ROBERTO SAVIANO'S FIRST GRAPHIC NOVEL. ONE OF THE MOST ANTICIPATED BOOKS OF 2022, ACCORDING TO EL MUNDO AND ESQUIRE. "It isn't true that you either come back alive from battle or you don't come back at all. In the event you come back, you'll be hurt. What you are about to read is my wound." --Roberto Saviano In 2006, he was told he would have to be under guard for a few weeks. But that day, Roberto Saviano's life was forever changed. This is the story of a survivor that refuses to surrender. "Here is the story of a resistance undertaken with words as sole firepower and within the perimeter of one's own body, on the basis that in any fight you learn but one single rule. It is this: it isn't true that you either come back alive from battle or you don't come back at all. In the event you come back, you'll be hurt. What you are about to read is my wound." I'm Still Alive is a unique book, an unprecedented collaboration between two magnificent storytellers. It is an intimate and brutal account of the last fifteen years in the life of Roberto Saviano, who has been forced to live clandestinely after receiving a death threat by the Camorra. His words converse with the flowing and symbolic strokes of Asaf Hanuka's art, they remind us of those days of long-lost freedom, of a boy, passionate about comics, who enjoyed playing with his brother, now transformed into a claustrophobic, the price he must pay for speaking out, forced to live constantly surrounded by bodyguards. It is the life of a wounded man who keeps on fighting.

Roberto Saviano returns to the streets of Naples and the boy bosses who run them in Savage Kiss, the hotly anticipated follow-up to The Piranhas, the bestselling novel and major motion picture.Nicolas Fiorilla and his gang of children – his paranza – control the squares of Forcella after their rapid rise to power. But it isn’t easy being at the top.Now that the Piranhas have power in the city, they must undermine the old families of the Camorra and remain united among themselves. Every paranzino has his own vendettas and dreams to pursue – dreams that might go beyond the laws of the gang. A new war may be about to break out in this city of cut-throat bargaining, ruthless betrayal, and brutal revenge. Saviano continues the story of the disillusioned boys of Forcella, the paranzini ready to give and receive kisses that leave a taste of blood.Saviano’s Gomorrah was a worldwide sensation, and The Piranhas, called ‘raw and shocking’ by the New York Times Book Review, captured readers with its tale of raw criminal ambition, told with ‘openhearted rashness’ (Elena Ferrante). Savage Kiss, which again draws on the skills of translator Antony Shugaar, is a thrilling story from the brilliant Italian novelist.

Roberto Saviano returns to the streets of Naples and the boy bosses who run them in Savage Kiss, the hotly anticipated follow-up to The Piranhas, the bestselling novel and major motion picture Nicolas Fiorillo and his gang of children--his paranza--control the squares of Forcella after their rapid rise to power. But it's not easy being at the top. Now that the Piranhas have power in the city, Nicolas must undermine the old families of the Camorra and keep the Piranhas united. Every paranzino has his own vendettas and dreams to pursue--dreams that might go beyond the laws of the gang. A new war may be about to break out in this city of cutthroat bargaining, ruthless betrayal, and brutal revenge. Saviano continues the story of the disillusioned boys of Forcella, the paranzini ready to give and receive kisses that leave a taste of blood. Saviano's Gomorrah was a worldwide sensation, and The Piranhas, called "raw and shocking" by The New York Times Book Review, captivated readers with its tale of raw criminal ambition, told with "openhearted rashness" (Elena Ferrante). Savage Kiss, which again draws on the skills of translator Antony Shugaar, is the latest thrilling installment from the brilliant Italian novelist.

In Gomorrah, a New York Times Book Review Notable Book of the Year, Roberto Saviano revealed a true, devastating portrait of Naples, Italy under the rule of the Camorra, a crime organization more powerful and violent than the Mafia. In The Piranhas, now a major motion picture, the international bestselling author returns to his home city with a novel of gang warfare and a young man's dark desire to rise to the top of Naples's underworld. Nicolas Fiorillo is a brilliant and ambitious fifteen-year-old from the slums of Naples, eager to make his mark and to acquire power and the money that comes with it. With nine friends, he sets out to create a new paranza, or gang. Together they roam the streets on their motorscooters, learning how to break into the network of small-time hoodlums that controls drug-dealing and petty crime in the city. They learn to cheat and to steal, to shoot semiautomatic pistols and AK-47s. Slowly they begin to wrest control of the neighborhoods from enemy gangs while making alliances with failing old bosses. Nicolas's strategic brilliance is prodigious, and his cohorts' rapid rise and envelopment in the ensuing maelstrom of violence and death is riveting and impossible to turn away from. In The Piranhas, Roberto Saviano imagines the lurid glamour of Nicolas's story with all the vividness and insight that made Gomorrah a worldwide sensation. "With the openhearted rashness that belongs to every true writer, Saviano returns to tell the story of the fierce and grieving heart of Naples." --Elena Ferrante

»Hypnotiskt fängslande odyssé. En outplånligt levande biografi, berättad med precisionen hos en pistolkula.« | Metro, UKI det omstridda och laglösa Transibirien, beläget mellan Moldavien och Ukraina, lever en tätt sammansvetsad grupp »hederliga kriminella« en gång deporterade av Stalin i enlighet med strikta koder för ritualiserad respekt och kompromisslös lojalitet. Här berättar tatueringar historien om en människas liv, »hederliga« vapen särskiljs från »syndiga« och auktoritet är något som alltid bör misstros. Utom kontroll för alla regeringar, och utanför samhällets gränser såsom vi känner det, upprätthåller den sibiriska URKA-kulturen värden som djup respekt för de äldre och ett orubbligt fasthållande vid sanningen, en hållning som utövas med passion och ofta med brutalt våld. I Sibirisk uppfostran: Om kriminell heder, klankrig och tatueringar - en roman i gränslandet mellan memoar och fiktion - skildrar Nicolai Lilin denna extrema miljö, där han själv växte upp. »Jag ville berätta historier som annars riskerade att gå förlorade, som få personer känner till, och göra dem kända för flera. Historierna om mitt folk, som förstördes av dagens kapitalism, ett folk som hade heliga regler, som levde efter vissa värdenormer.«NICOLAI LILIN föddes 1981 och växte upp i Transnistrien, som förklarade sin självständighet som republik 1990, men aldrig erkänts internationellt. Lilin lämnade barndomshemmet för den ryska armén och deltog i kriget i Tjetjenien. 2003 flyttade han till Turin, Italien, där han tog arbete som tatuerare, för att nyligen debutera som romanförfattare med Sibirisk uppfostran.»Befriad från egoismen och poserandet hos all annan gangsta-litteratur. Fylld av en äkta längtan efter en högre sanning. En njutning att läsa.« | Irvine Welsh, författare till Trainspotting»Nicolai Lilin må ha fötts till brottsling, men han har blicken hos en antropolog, och han fäster den på sederna och bruken i en kriminell kultur som är lika ritualiserad och moralistisk som vilken religion som helst.« | The New Yorker

In Gomorrah, a New York Times Book Review Notable Book of the Year, Roberto Saviano revealed a true, devastating portrait of Naples, Italy under the rule of the Camorra, a crime organization more powerful and violent than the Mafia. Now a major motion picture, in Piranhas (previously published as The Piranhas), the international bestselling author returns to his home city with a novel of gang warfare and a young man's dark desire to rise to the top of Naples's underworld. Nicolas Fiorillo is a brilliant and ambitious fifteen-year-old from the slums of Naples, eager to make his mark and to acquire power and the money that comes with it. With nine friends, he sets out to create a new paranza, or gang. Together they roam the streets on their motorscooters, learning how to break into the network of small-time hoodlums that controls drug-dealing and petty crime in the city. They learn to cheat and to steal, to shoot semiautomatic pistols and AK-47s. Slowly they begin to wrest control of the neighborhoods from enemy gangs while making alliances with failing old bosses. Nicolas's strategic brilliance is prodigious, and his cohorts' rapid rise and envelopment in the ensuing maelstrom of violence and death is riveting and impossible to turn away from. In The Piranhas, Roberto Saviano imagines the lurid glamour of Nicolas's story with all the vividness and insight that made Gomorrah a worldwide sensation. "With the openhearted rashness that belongs to every true writer, Saviano returns to tell the story of the fierce and grieving heart of Naples." --Elena Ferrante