Caterina Resta Books

Focusing on the Mediterranean as a pivotal element in Western history, this book explores concepts of openness and hospitality in Europe. It emphasizes the sea's diverse yet interconnected nature, proposing it as a model for innovative social and political coexistence. The work invites readers to reconsider European identity and unity through the lens of cultural differences and shared heritage, aiming to inspire new forms of community and collaboration.

In a world where people born with an exceptional skill, known as a Grace, are both feared and exploited, Katsa carries the burden of a skill even she despises: the Grace of killing. Feared by the court and shunned by those her own age, the darkness of her Grace casts a heavy shadow over Katsa’s life. Yet she remains defiant: when the King of Lienid’s father is kidnapped she investigates, and stumbles across a mystery. Who would want to kidnap the old man, and why? And who was the extraordinary Graced man whose fighting abilities rivalled her own? The only thing Katsa is sure of is that she no longer wants to kill. The intrigue around this kidnapping offers her a way out – but little does she realise, when she takes it, that something insidious and dark lurks behind the mystery. Something spreading from the shadowy figure of a one-eyed king...

La geo-filosofia del Mediterraneo delineata in questo libro è una riflessione filosofica appassionata e vibrante che, partendo dal dato geografico, coglie gli aspetti simbolici e storici di questo mare così cruciale per la storia europea e dell'intero occidente. Il Mediterraneo assume allora i tratti di un pluriverso composito... di un mare di differenze che, tuttavia, mostra una profonda radice unitaria. Proprio questo carattere insieme unitario e plurale, nell'incessante articolazione di terra e di mare, può fungere da paradigma per ripensare nuove forme di convivenza sociale e politica. Per ripensare l'Europa a partire dal Mediterraneo, nel segno dell'apertura e dell'ospitalità.