Roberto Boccaccino, La fine del mondo come abitudine

Roberto Boccaccino’s La fine del mondo come abitudine is a book of different scenes that seem to call to each other and of characters who pass through them like digressions in a discourse. It is a present made up of enormous everydayness and small science fiction, where the end of the world is just another pretext for seeking refuge.

It opens with a character observing the insomniacs of others, going through overlong nights and confused awakenings (“Did you sleep?” “No, but do you know what I dreamed?”). It is probably the same as the one we find soon after, amid relationships and board games, family superstitions and an incomprehensible invasion.

The book alternates everyday moments with larger insights, often revolving around the difficulty of “letting go.” With its ironic and imagery-rich language, Boccaccino takes a fresh look at our intimate resistance to change.