In Search of the Great European (and Italian) Novel

Americans understand this well: that while labels may be an inconvenience, they often prove effective. Proof of this is the publishing success of the "great American novel" - the coveted achievement that many authors across the Atlantic aspire to write and that readers (and critics) around the world eagerly anticipate. What if something like that were needed in the Old Continent, perhaps in Italy? This very topic is to be explored, together with Vincenzo Latronico, an author and keen observer of the publishing world, and Gianluigi Simonetti, a professor, historian and author of La letteratura circostante.