Gabriele Cavallini’s Cuoio wins the fiction prize in Bergamo
The Einaudi novel follows the decline of a Tuscan tannery and what it means for one family.
Gabriele Cavallini’s Cuoio has won the fiction category of the Premio Letteratura d’Impresa. The verdict came on 7 November at the Festival dell’Impresa in Bergamo, in Italy’s Lombardy region. According to ViPiù, Silvia Zanella took the nonfiction prize with Basta lavorare così, published by Bompiani. Under the prize rules, a readers’ jury makes the final choice from five books in each category.
In Cavallini’s novel, published by Einaudi, the decline of a Tuscan tannery is also a family matter. Michelangelo must decide what to save of the business and what to let go. The factory is more than a workplace: selling the building means coming to terms with what three generations built and then lost.