Mondadori Publishing House

Mondadori Publishing House appears in the book’s explanatory notes as the publisher of two works cited in connection with separate chapters. The references place it in the novel’s network of literary allusions: one is a source for a quoted phrase, while the other is identified as a book mentioned in a chapter about cancer treatment.

Works Cited

A note on the chapter “Shakul & Co.” identifies Salman Rushdie’s The Golden House (2017), published by Mondadori Publishing House, as the source of a phrase enclosed in quotation marks in that chapter. The note establishes the phrase’s literary origin and date, distinguishing the novel’s borrowed wording from its own narrative voice.

The note on “Via Crucis” names David Leavitt’s debut book, Family Dancing, as the work mentioned in the chapter and gives Mondadori Publishing House as its publisher. These references connect the publisher with two different forms of literary presence in the novel: a directly borrowed phrase and a cited book.

Role in the Novel’s References

The publisher’s appearances are bibliographic rather than part of the plot. They occur in the author’s supplementary explanations, which identify sources behind material in the chapters. In this limited but concrete role, Mondadori Publishing House helps locate the novel’s intertextual references in the wider world of published books.