Lorenzo Mandelli

Writer in London. Fiction out on @TheWhiteReview @partisanhotel @Desperatelit

[Lorenzo Mandelli @Loremandelli]

Feeling grateful and excited to see my story "Mária" shortlisted here.

[The White Review @TheWhiteReview]

📣💫 The White Review's 2020 Short Story Prize shortlist, unveiled! You can access all the stories here: https://t.co/od1cA5XKGp. Many thanks to all our entrants (over 600!), and big congratulations to all the shortlisted writers.

[Ella Frears @EllaFrears]

Such a gorgeous night in Milan launching the Italian ‘Shine, Darling’ (risplendi, cara). Grazie to Alberto Pellegatta & Taut Editori, & Lorenzo Mandelli for his deeply considered translation. 💛

[Desperate Literature @DesperateLit]

A FEW TICKETS REMAINING

for our @BurleyFisher reading for 'ELEVEN STORIES 2022', showcasing some of the hottest short fiction about!

If you're in London, come down!
Sign up:
https://t.co/MtTsRcTau5

FOR ALL 2023 PRIZE INFO:
https://t.co/K9E10S9GY3

[Ella Frears @EllaFrears]

✨Italian book cover reveal✨ ‘Risplendi, cara’ (shine, darling) out this summer with Taut Editori, translated by @Loremandelli. Sono felicissima!

[Lorenzo Mandelli @Loremandelli]

@chris_power It was Marías himself who suggested using the same cover of the English edition of When I Was Mortal for the Spanish edition of Infatuations. Says here during Q&A
https://t.co/UINNQ6F1EH

[Desperate Literature @DesperateLit]

PARTNER JOURNALS DAY 1 🧵

First shout out is to journal & press @partisanhotel.

We've been sending them our shortlisted stories since 2019 & in short,we love them.

Read @jay_gao_'s 2022 winning story here: https://t.co/RcDsfbJzNt

#amwriting
#WritingCommunity

[Lorenzo Mandelli @Loremandelli]

@benpester Try “comment ça va?”

[Action Books @action__books]

"We have observed cone-shaped outgrowths at the base of the skull..."

#PoetryInAction #24 is here! Four poems by @pellegatta translated from the Italian by @Loremandelli:

https://t.co/6DFws4qvND

#ActionBlog #Poetry #Translation #Reading

https://t.co/6DFws4qvND

[Lorenzo Mandelli @Loremandelli]

@mubi So iconic the image needs no captioning

[Literature & Leftovers @LitAndLeftovers]

Coming just in time for your Wednesday coffee and danish today, the brilliant 'Mária' by @loremandelli.

If it isn't too much of a lockdown kicker, let it take you away to warm cobbles under sandal feet on a Barceloneta morning. Via @TheWhiteReview:

https://t.co/2uwaHswBXP

[Lorenzo Mandelli @Loremandelli]

@LitAndLeftovers @TheWhiteReview Thanks!

[Lorenzo Mandelli @Loremandelli]

@benpester @bhousepress Congrats Ben! Look forward to reading it. Hope you're keeping well. Missing those NX house pints. Ciao

[Chris Power @chris_power]

In his new book George Saunders spends some time discussing whether literature boosts empathy, & is therefore a force for good. He begins in favour, then picks holes in his own position (he’s always careful to do this, which I admire), & then writes this wonderful passage:

[Lorenzo Mandelli @Loremandelli]

@chris_power This is great, thanks. There's Adam Kirsch as well: “The idea that literature can, and should, be both politically virtuous and aesthetically challenging is one of those ideals that has so far enjoyed hardly a moment of historical realization.” And Bataille's Literature and Evil.

[Lorenzo Mandelli @Loremandelli]

@Zarandi @SighPilot This is great!

[Lorenzo Mandelli @Loremandelli]

@rodrigogmarina Y luego se batieron en duelo o no?

[Lorenzo Mandelli @Loremandelli]

@underwood_jack Post-wretchedism

[Lorenzo Mandelli @Loremandelli]

@underwood_jack And we complain about it in writing, which makes it even more wretched.

[Lorenzo Mandelli @Loremandelli]

I wrote this lockdown story last March. Sad to see it’s still relevant. But very happy to see it published here. Thanks @partisanhotel and, of course, @DesperateLit

[Lorenzo Mandelli @Loremandelli]

During lockdown I wrote a little story and it was shortlisted for this exciting prize sponsored by the Desperate Literature bookshop in Madrid. All the shortlisted stories have now been collected in a volume, which you can buy here. Vive la littérature!

[Desperate Literature @DesperateLit]

🦜Our 2020 shortlist is available in .pdf for just €2.50

You get eleven absolute bangers, you support DL through Covid and all sales are shared with authors...

https://t.co/OAC2NKDyVm

Also - check out those quotes from Cusk (@FaberBooks) and @niven_govinden (@dialoguebooks)👇

[Lorenzo Mandelli @Loremandelli]

@benpester @Zarandi @TheWhiteReview It is! Thank you Ben!