Sergio Lovati, Gelo, 2022

Gelo I and II, Montagna and Incantamento are the first of a cycle of short books that arise from each other, independent but interconnected, and which take inspiration from the two contrasting places that define my life.

Gelo is a return to the hometown.
A journey through a labyrinth of walls and ruins, blocked passages and depths, closed horizons and veils.
The title is an homage to Thomas Bernhard’s literary debut of the same name.

“To imagine the story as a blooming flower or a series of blossoming.”
“This book was written in offering to the book just out of reach – radiant, waiting.”
(Carole Maso, “Break Every Rule: Essays on Language, Longing, & Moments of Desire”)