Shelf #01: E ora cominciamo (reprise)

In this episode of *Shelf. The Place of Books*, the fourth season of the podcast begins, featuring Alessandro Barbaglia, Chiara Sgarbi, and Manlio Castagna, who discuss sustainability and books in the cinema. How can we begin the fourth season of Shelf without talking about the number four? What comes to mind when you think of the number four? Alessandro shares his thoughts on this number, a special one for several books and in literature in general, and then introduces us to the new "shelf crew" who will join him in this season's episodes of Shelf. As for the columns, Chiara Sgarbi discusses Maja Lunde's The Story of the Bees*, a novel about the environment and sustainability, and Manlio Castagna discusses Gabriel García Márquez's *One Hundred Years of Solitude and its recent Netflix TV series adaptation. But it doesn't end there! Writer and poet Daniele Mencarelli, Alessandro Barbaglia's guest to discuss his latest novel, Burn the Origin, published by Mondadori, is the subject of this episode's interview. 00:00 Summary with the episode's content and voices 00:55 Cover by Alessandro Barbaglia, who talks about the four 05:01 Column by Chiara Sgarbi: The Story of Bees by Maja Lunde 08:50 Interview with Daniele Mencarelli 15:58 Column by Manlio Castagna: One Hundred Years of Solitude as a book and TV series 20:52 The editorial novelty of the episode: Alessandro Barbaglia talks about Do You Remember Sarah Leroy? by Marie Vareille 27:01 Danila's recap with all the books in the episode 28:40 Credits Mondadori Studios is a space for the creation and production of original audio content; it is also the place of voice: follow us on YouTube and Instagram to stay updated on our podcasts and audiobooks from the publishers of the Mondadori Group.