{"id":24752,"date":"2026-07-23T19:25:25","date_gmt":"2026-07-23T18:25:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rainbook.it\/nicolagardini\/senza-categoria\/07\/2026\/"},"modified":"2026-07-23T20:40:14","modified_gmt":"2026-07-23T19:40:14","slug":"nicolagardini","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rainbook.it\/en\/nicolagardini\/2026-edition\/07\/2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Nicola<br\/>Gardini"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"24752\" class=\"elementor elementor-24752 elementor-24723\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-28d7c663 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default wpr-column-slider-no wpr-equal-height-no\" data-id=\"28d7c663\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" 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data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Where?<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4e45fa9 elementor-hidden-mobile elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4e45fa9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">When?<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-227f1df elementor-hidden-mobile elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"227f1df\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Who moderates?<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-094bf6c elementor-view-default elementor-position-block-start elementor-mobile-position-block-start elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-box\" data-id=\"094bf6c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-box-wrapper\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-box-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t<span  class=\"elementor-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-map-marker-alt\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-box-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-icon-box-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span  >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tFico D'India, Spiaggia del Poetto.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e731479 elementor-view-default elementor-position-block-start elementor-mobile-position-block-start elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-box\" data-id=\"e731479\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-box-wrapper\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-box-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t<span  class=\"elementor-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"far fa-calendar-alt\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-box-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-icon-box-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span  >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tFriday 24 July 2026, 8.30 pm.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-310125b elementor-view-default elementor-position-block-start elementor-mobile-position-block-start elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-box\" data-id=\"310125b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-box-wrapper\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-box-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t<span  class=\"elementor-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-user\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-box-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-icon-box-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span  >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMarco Gargiulo\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e507d74 elementor-hidden-widescreen elementor-hidden-desktop elementor-hidden-laptop elementor-hidden-tablet_extra elementor-hidden-tablet elementor-hidden-mobile_extra elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"e507d74\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Fico D'India, Spiaggia del Poetto, Cagliari.<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6ac59b92 elementor-hidden-widescreen elementor-hidden-desktop elementor-hidden-laptop elementor-hidden-tablet_extra elementor-hidden-tablet elementor-hidden-mobile_extra elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6ac59b92\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Moderator: Marco Gargiulo<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f951f06 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f951f06\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The Rainbook festival presents:<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-24c68147 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"24c68147\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Daddy<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f7f5675 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f7f5675\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Of<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-66b28ee4 notranslate elementor-widget elementor-widget-theme-post-title elementor-page-title elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"66b28ee4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"theme-post-title.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Nicola<br \/>Gardini<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4a88b33c elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"4a88b33c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"744\" src=\"https:\/\/rainbook.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/daddy_copertina.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-24749\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rainbook.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/daddy_copertina.jpg 500w, https:\/\/rainbook.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/daddy_copertina-202x300.jpg 202w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-89f5808 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"89f5808\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Contemporary fiction<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f6e63b0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f6e63b0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Pages: 228<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-952ffe1 elementor-widget-mobile__width-inherit elementor-widget__width-inherit elementor-widget elementor-widget-n-accordion\" data-id=\"952ffe1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" 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Open links with Enter or Space, close with Escape, and navigate with Arrow Keys\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<details id=\"e-n-accordion-item-1560\" class=\"e-n-accordion-item\" >\n\t\t\t\t<summary class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title\" data-accordion-index=\"1\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"e-n-accordion-item-1560\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-header'><h2 class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title-text\"> Read the description <\/h2><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-icon'>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-opened' ><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-minus\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-closed'><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-book-open\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/summary>\n\t\t\t\t<div role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"e-n-accordion-item-1560\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ec647e9 e-con-full e-flex wpr-column-slider-no wpr-equal-height-no e-con e-child\" data-id=\"ec647e9\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-62f4b63 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"62f4b63\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Having been widowed after thirty years of marriage, the protagonist opens the Grindr app and discovers that he embodies one of the most sought-after \u2018types\u2019 in the gay world: the \u2018daddy\u2019 \u2013 that is, the experienced, protective man who is a good listener, and who stirs up sweet fantasies of submission in the young man, the \u2018puppy\u2019. In an exhilarating encounter, he meets Adrians in Oxford and, after returning to Milan, receives constant signs of interest from him. Nothing to write home about: meaningless texts, gym selfies, comments on the weather. And yet. Convinced that a relationship has blossomed between them, our \u2018daddy\u2019 returns to Oxford. It\u2019s a shame that, at this point, the \u2018puppy\u2019 turns out to be a cold-hearted narcissist. All that remains is to embark on new adventures. But now these encounters are irrevocably tinged with disappointment, dragging along all the unresolved issues of the past: childhood insecurities, family conflicts, the pains of adolescence. The ghost of his own father\u2014his biological father\u2014returns, forcing the daddy, outside the confines of Grindr, to reconcile within himself the various conflicts of an endless emotional journey. And what of Adrians? He\u2019s still there. *Daddy* tells a love story \u2013 or rather, the story of an obsession \u2013 which, through the ambiguous pleasures of the flesh, seeks the path to happiness. Introspective, lucid and yet playful, Gardini\u2019s writing probes the mysterious depths where love hides and where, nevertheless, it demands to express itself more freely, in a relentless plea.            <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/details>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-05899a9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"05899a9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Source: synopsis:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mondadori.it\/libri\/daddy-nicola-gardini\/\">Mondadori.it<\/a><\/p><p><strong>Publication date<\/strong>: 12 February 2026<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2bbe9b8c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" 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When? Who moderates? Fico D&#8217;India, Spiaggia del Poetto. Friday 24 July 2026, 8.30 pm. Marco Gargiulo Fico D&#8217;India, Spiaggia del Poetto, Cagliari. Moderator: Marco Gargiulo The Rainbook festival presents: Daddy Of Contemporary fiction Pages: 228 Read the description Having been widowed after thirty years of marriage, the protagonist opens the Grindr app and discovers that he embodies one of the most sought-after \u2018types\u2019 in the gay world: the \u2018daddy\u2019 \u2013 that is, the experienced, protective man who is a good listener, and who stirs up sweet fantasies of submission in the young man, the \u2018puppy\u2019. In an exhilarating encounter, he meets Adrians in Oxford and, after returning to Milan, receives constant signs of interest from him. Nothing to write home about: meaningless texts, gym selfies, comments on the weather. And yet. Convinced that a relationship has blossomed between them, our \u2018daddy\u2019 returns to Oxford. It\u2019s a shame that, at this point, the \u2018puppy\u2019 turns out to be a cold-hearted narcissist. All that remains is to embark on new adventures. But now these encounters are irrevocably tinged with disappointment, dragging along all the unresolved issues of the past: childhood insecurities, family conflicts, the pains of adolescence. The ghost of his own father\u2014his biological father\u2014returns, forcing the daddy, outside the confines of Grindr, to reconcile within himself the various conflicts of an endless emotional journey. And what of Adrians? He\u2019s still there. *Daddy* tells a love story \u2013 or rather, the story of an obsession \u2013 which, through the ambiguous pleasures of the flesh, seeks the path to happiness. Introspective, lucid and yet playful, Gardini\u2019s writing probes the mysterious depths where love hides and where, nevertheless, it demands to express itself more freely, in a relentless plea. Having been widowed after thirty years of marriage, the protagonist opens the Grindr app and discovers that he embodies one of the most sought-after \u2018types\u2019 in the gay world: the \u2018daddy\u2019 \u2013 that is, the experienced, protective man who is a good listener, and who stirs up sweet fantasies of submission in the young man, the \u2018puppy\u2019. In an exhilarating encounter, he meets Adrians in Oxford and, after returning to Milan, receives constant signs of interest from him. Nothing to write home about: meaningless texts, gym selfies, comments on the weather. And yet. Convinced that a relationship has blossomed between them, our \u2018daddy\u2019 returns to Oxford. It\u2019s a shame that, at this point, the \u2018puppy\u2019 turns out to be a cold-hearted narcissist. All that remains is to embark on new adventures. But now these encounters are irrevocably tinged with disappointment, dragging along all the unresolved issues of the past: childhood insecurities, family conflicts, the pains of adolescence. The ghost of his own father\u2014his biological father\u2014returns, forcing the daddy, outside the confines of Grindr, to reconcile within himself the various conflicts of an endless emotional journey. And what of Adrians? He\u2019s still there. *Daddy* tells a love story \u2013 or rather, the story of an obsession \u2013 which, through the ambiguous pleasures of the flesh, seeks the path to happiness. Introspective, lucid and yet playful, Gardini\u2019s writing probes the mysterious depths where love hides and where, nevertheless, it demands to express itself more freely, in a relentless plea. Source: synopsis: Mondadori.it Publication date: 12 February 2026 Poster Presentation images About the author&#8230; Nicola Gardini (Petacciato, 1965) is a writer, Latin scholar, academic and professor of Italian and Comparative Literature at the University of Oxford. An eclectic intellectual and chairman of the Salani publishing house, he is known to the general public for successful essays such as *Viva il latino*. His fiction delicately explores bonds, memory and queer love \u2013 central themes in the memoir *Nicolas* (dedicated to the mourning of his husband) and in his recent novel *Daddy* (Mondadori, 2026). Here, with clarity and irony, he explores the reawakening of desire and the identity of a mature man attracted to younger partners. His writing combines classical rigour with a profound exploration of the human psyche and the free forms of contemporary affection. 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