Writers Travelling Along the Old Italian Ways

In the last ten years, the publications of writer-walkers have increased exponentially, carving out a significant space for themselves in the publishing market. In the era of the virtualization of reality, the narratives of writer-walkers who exploit the simplest and most natural means of transport are characterized by an adherence to everyday life that seems to restore strength to the written word, to the awareness of the world. Writing on the go is characterized by an intrinsic duplicity, since it takes into account both the concreteness of the journey and the reflection on the journey, expanding the narration to further and unexpected stories. The writer-walkers taken into consideration here are different from each other but all have had at least one experience along an old Italian way: Enrico Brizzi; Paolo Rumiz, Wu Ming 2.