Italy over the last 150 years, from the unit 'to today, told by the most' great contemporary Italian authors. Andrea Camilleri, Carlo Lucarelli, Melania Mazzucco, Alessandro Baricco, Dacia Maraini, Sandro Verona, Giancarlo de Cataldo, Francesco Small retrace the most 'significant Italian history and make us know the men and women who have been involved or witnesses.