Sublime
An inspiration engine for ideas
At 97, Monti is animated and unstoppable. She runs Santa Maddalena as her personal passion project, accepting no applications and choosing writers according to her instincts, in consultation with her network of friends, publishers and other authors. Her taste, developed over a lifetime of nurturing and being nurtured by literature and art, is consi... See more
A Tuscan Retreat Where ‘Literature is the Primary Value’
I felt that I should come home and see if there was something I could do for the people. Not for the country, not for the nation, not for the society, but for my people—that was my notion.
What’s the difference between the two things—between the country and the people—for you?
People buy my books. The country doesn’t.
What’s the difference between the two things—between the country and the people—for you?
People buy my books. The country doesn’t.
Deborah Treisman • The Underground Worlds of Haruki Murakami
