“Disamato” by Katia Lari Faccenda, a novel about love (and maternal dislove)

20 September 2026

A beloved son, desired. Another kept far away, a sign of the unloved. Against the backdrop the ordinary violence of the 20th century.

We are talking about Disamato, the new book already at the center of attention at the IoScrittore Literary Tournament, promoted by the Mauri Spagnol Group and its publishing houses, and now released as an ebook.

A proposito della partecipazione al torneo IoScrittore, l’autrice racconta: “Having come across the call on the pages of the web, I was intrigued by the dynamics of the tournament. I took one of my unpublished works from the 1990s and uploaded it without hesitation.” She goes on, commenting on the relationship with the other participants in the Tournament: “I yearned for contact with lovers of narration. I had the fortune to read beautiful pages, to comment on others’ work and to recognize myself in their secure or uncertain steps, motivated by meaning or by play. I was able to receive judgments on my own work and to estimate some precious indications. And to marvel at the result obtained.”

Amelia Hartwell

I write about books the way I read them: slowly, curiously, and with attention to the details that linger after the final page. At Lythrum Press, I cover literary fiction, essays, memoirs and the wider culture of reading, with a particular interest in voices that challenge familiar ways of seeing the world. My work is guided by one simple idea: a good book deserves more than a reaction — it deserves a conversation.