For much of human history, the sea has evoked a definite feeling: fear. Even in a place like the central Mediterranean, where Europe and Africa look at each other from a short distance away. The history of this piece of the world, of a sea that can be a bridge but also an impassable barrier, says a lot about us. Journalist Luca Misculin recounts the layering of peoples, men and myths over the centuries. And at the same time, he tells about today's Mediterranean, its islands and ports, its migratory birds and the submarine cables that cross it, its most inaccessible places, such as abandoned military bases or oil platforms. Moving between the Libyan and Tunisian coasts, Pantelleria and Linosa to Lampedusa, the Author shows us the Mediterranean as if for the first time, with all its contradictions, its severe ruthlessness, its extraordinary historical and human depth.
As part of the review Le Voci dei Libri, in collaboration with Coop Alleanza 3.0
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Luca Misculin, journalist, has been working at the Post since 2013. He mainly covers migration, Europe and very old stories. Over the years he has edited the podcasts La nave, La fine del mondo and L’invasione. Every Saturday he hosts the weekend edition of Morning. Occasionally he hosts Prima pagina on Radio 3.