Paolo Giordano Books

'Lucid, calm, informed, directly helpful in trying to think about where we are now... The literature of the time after begins here' Evening Standard 'Taking a breather from bewildering statistics and terrible tales of contagion to read Giordano's book was a jolt of brevity and simplicity... It takes concepts that have been dancing away in our minds, just out of reach, and lines them up neatly' The Times 'Potent and original' Sunday Times 'In one short hour, in the midst of this difficult moment, Giordano reinforced my sense of hope in humanity, in the one and the many' Philippe Sands, author of East West Street and The Rat Line The Covid-19 pandemic is the most significant health emergency of our time. Writing from Italy in lockdown, physicist and novelist Paolo Giordano explains how disease spreads in our interconnected world: why it matters how it impacts us how we must react Expanding his focus to include other forms of contagion - from the environmental crisis to fake news and xenophobia - Giordano shows us not just how the coronavirus crisis got so bad so quickly, but also how we can work together to create change. Paolo Giordano is a physicist and the author of four bestselling novels. His article 'The Mathematics of Contagion' - published in Italy at the beginning of the coronavirus emergency - was shared more than 4 million times and helped shift public opinion in the early stages of the epidemic.

An epic love story that spans twenty years and half the globe, from Puglia to a frozen cave in Iceland.

Set against the backdrop of climate change and global conflict, a writer grapples with personal loss and the quest for connection. As his marriage strains due to unfulfilled dreams of fatherhood, he immerses himself in journalism, reporting on the UN Climate Change Conference. His travels across Europe and Japan lead to encounters with diverse characters, each seeking refuge from an uncertain world. Through his journey, he confronts his past choices and explores the complexities of relationships amid societal upheaval, capturing the essence of human resilience and connection.

Misfits Alice and Mattia bond as teens over shared experiences of suffering before mathematically gifted Mattia accepts a research position that takes him far away, a situation that restores their isolation before they meet by chance years later.

"When a young married couple hire a middle-aged widow during the wife, Nora's, difficult pregnancy, they don't realize the dominating force she will become in their small family. Signora A--maid, nanny, and confidante--becomes the glue in their household, and over time, the steady and loving presence whose benign influence allows them to negotiate the complexities of married life. But the delicate fabric of the young family comes undone when Signora A is diagnosed with lung cancer. After she becomes too sick to work, both husband and wife feel the strain of her absence. Moving seamlessly between the past and present, Giordano weaves together the layers of Signora A's devotion and sacrifice--from her early experiences of love during a tragically short marriage, to her adoration of her new surrogate family. Highlighting the joy of youth and the fleeting nature of time with remarkable precision and lyricism, Paolo Giordano gives us a meditation on life, death, and the relationships we build in between. Like Family is not a simple love story; it's a story about love in its many forms, and how a capacity for love can give meaning to any existence, no matter how ordinary"--

La voce narrante di questa storia è un giovane professore universitario, un fisico, sposato da qualche anno con Nora, un'arredatrice d'interni e padre di un bambino, Emanuele. La storia parte con il racconto della difficile gravidanza di Nora per raccontare l'ingresso in questa giovane famiglia borghese della signora A., un'anziana governante. La signora A. resterà in famiglia anche dopo la nascita del bambino e per tutti gli anni della sua infanzia, partecipando come un testimone silenzioso eppure autorevole, al menage familiare

Pandemia COVID-19 jest najważniejszym zagrożeniem dla naszych czasów. Pisząc z Włoch w zamknięciu, fizyk i pisarz Paolo Giordano wyjaśnia, w jaki sposób choroba rozprzestrzenia się w świecie: dlaczego jest to ważne, jak to na nas wpływa, jak musimy zareagować. Giordano lokuje ten ogromny kryzys w kontekście ekologicznym, gospodarczym i społecznym oraz psychologicznym. To publikacja, która nie odstrasza nadmiarem statystyki, danych i czarnowidztwa, to tekst, który daje nadzieję, pokazuje, na czym się skupić w czasie powszechnej izolacji, a w końcu, jaką naukę wyciągnąć z tego wielkiego sprawdzianu dla ludzkości. Sprawdzianu z człowieczeństwa.