Giving voice to the nameless

Le ossa di Antonia [Antonia’s Bones] (Marietti 1820) by Marco Campedelli is an intense and poetic work that restores voice and dignity to the nameless ones of history. The author is both a theologian, and storyteller., Through a lyrical and civic style, Campedelli celebrates the silent lives that have upheld the world away from the spotlight of power. Every word is an act of memory and resistance; every story, a gesture of love toward forgotten humanity. It is a necessary book, and one that invites us to view history from below.

The book opens with a preface by Vito Mancuso, who describes the work as «a liturgy of words» and Campedelli’s style as «a poetic priesthood».