L’Atlas of the Apennines, work before Elisa Veronesiavailable in Italian bookstores from January 26thstands as a fascinating crossroads of narrative, essay, image and biography, combining the nuances of ecobiography with the aim of mapping the Apennine territory.
This literary journey is based on the writer’s interest in ecological otherness, a concept borrowed from the French philosopher Jean-Philippe Pierron.
Registration in the Apennine schedule
The Apennines, the beating heart of this narrative, becomes a mobile schedule and a necessary otherness. The heterogeneous writings, including composite narratives and biographical fragments, trace maps and poetic analyzes of space, challenging the anthropocentric approach to explore new territories of the imagination and redefine human relationships with the environment.
Ecobiography as a vital connection
At the center of the Atlas is the Apennines ecobiography, an immersion in infantile multisensory and a journey of profound knowledge of oneself. This “know yourself” it extends beyond the individual self, revealing the intricate interdependencies between living beings and their surroundings. The interaction of the Self with Nature creates an ecosystem of the Self, where the ego and the echo are inextricably intertwined.
Apennine Atlas: Reflections on a changing world
In an era marked by climate crisisthe Apennine Atlas becomes a guide to explore the new links between humans and the environment. Through composite writings and narratives, Veronesi proposes a profound reflection on the need to overcome anthropocentrism, addressing the redefinition of the human and broadening the scope of the relationships that define life on Earth.
Mapping the Apennines
The work is structured as an exercise in changing the imagination, a search in the peat bogs of the profound history of the Apennines. In this elusive place, the author ventures into literary explorationscreating new narrative identities in movement and challenging the static nature of a landscape that reveals itself as a phasma, an elusive but ever-present ghost.
The Author behind the Atlas
Elisa Veronesi, born and raised inReggio Emilia Apennines, carries his affinity with this territory into his work. Currently residing in France, Veronesi works as an Italian reader atCôte d’Azur Universitytrainer at Dante Alighieri Society and translator. Her research projects focus on literature and the Anthropocene, as well as landscape literature. Her pen has given life to stories and articles that explore the intertwining of nature and culture in magazines such as «Hybridizations», «Machina» (Drifts and Landings), «Metatron» and other online publications.
The Apennine Atlas: conclusion
The Apennine Atlas is configured as an invitation to explore deep connections with the natural world that shape our life stories. A unique synthesis of narrative and philosophical reflection that pushes us to reconsider our relationship with the surrounding environment, opening new horizons of understanding and connection.