Turin, 15 May 2026
The FS Group presents the “Viaggiare con leggerezza” anthology, published by minimum fax, which brings together the writings of the winners of the third edition of the literary competition “A/R Andata e Racconto. Viaggiare con leggerezza: istruzioni per l’uso”, organised by FS and the Turin International Book Fair.
The stories by the four up-and-coming authors - Maurizia Di Stefano, Franco Revello, Riccardo Grasso and Edoardo Maresca - are interwoven with previously unpublished stories by six established writers, including Simona Vinci, Matteo Nucci, Guido Catalano, Nadeesha Uyangoda, Lorenza Pieri and Antonella Lattanzi, who were members of the jury that selected the winning entries from among the nearly five hundred stories submitted to the literary competition.
The book was presented today at the Turin International Book Fair by Antonella Lattanzi, Matteo Nucci, Lorenza Pieri, Nadeesha Uyangoda, alongside Gianni Denaro (Armadio di famiglia, minimum fax, 2026) and Alessandra Calise, Head of Communications and External Relations at the FS Group, who stated: “We are delighted to present a work that celebrates the FS Group’s commitment to mobility, harnessing the power of the written word to bridge places, cultures and emotions, and giving voice to fresh and personal perspectives. A collection that brings together the stories from hundreds of short stories – nearly five hundred in all – by new writers who took part in the literary competition. This figure goes beyond mere statistics and becomes a testament to a shared desire: that of telling the story of the world and of yourself through writing - seeking in words a sense of direction, a path, and an opportunity for expression and discovery.”
The dynamic anthology explores travel as both a state of mind and a narrative necessity, in which the theme of lightness is explored not as an escape, but as a means of dealing with the complexities of the present. Many stories reveal a longing to return: to memory, to one’s roots, to that which remains unchanged despite the passing of time. Between actual journeys and journeys of the soul, the train becomes a symbol of a freedom that is within reach. A place where time stands still, where you can find yourself both in a different place and closer to your true self.