Ginevra Bompiani on the Future: Resistance, Touch, and Counter-Imagination
In a conversation with Ludovico Pratesi for Artribune's 'Futuro Antico' series, Ginevra Bompiani, an Italian author born in Milan in 1939, reflects on how the past shapes the future, expressing concern over society's 'blind future.' She describes her 2022 publication, 'La penultima illusione' (Feltrinelli), as her most liberated work. Bompiani also discusses her essay 'Lo spazio narrante' (La Tartaruga, 1991), which examines the spatial elements in the writings of Emily Brontë, Jane Austen, and Sylvia Plath. She encourages aspiring authors to find their way like traversing a forest and warns against the pitfalls of digital confinement, drawing on E.M. Forster's 'The Machine Stops' to highlight the importance of sensory experiences.
Key facts
- Ginevra Bompiani is an Italian writer and publisher born in 1939 in Milan.
- Her latest book is 'La penultima illusione' published by Feltrinelli in 2022.
- Her first essay 'Lo spazio narrante' was published by La Tartaruga in 1991.
- She analyzes space in works by Emily Brontë, Jane Austen, and Sylvia Plath.
- Bompiani advises young writers to find their own path, comparing it to walking through a forest.
- She dismisses the concept of post-truth as mystification.
- She identifies three future ideas: resisting fear, touch, and counter-imagination.
- She references E.M. Forster's 'The Machine Stops' as a warning about digital isolation.
Entities
Artists
- Ginevra Bompiani
- Ludovico Pratesi
- Emily Brontë
- Jane Austen
- Sylvia Plath
- E.M. Forster
Institutions
- Artribune
- Feltrinelli
- La Tartaruga
Locations
- Milan
- Italy