Wu Ming 1 e Roberto Santachiara

The Profile

Co-authors of the 2013 book Point Lenana.

Point Lenana (2013) is described by the authors as an 'unidentified narrative object' (UNO). The book mixes novel, biography, reportage and documented historical inquiry, embedding Felice Benuzzi's No Picnic on Mount Kenya/Fuga sul Kenya and addressing Italian colonial history and mountaineering.

Stanlio praises Point Lenana (2013) by Wu Ming 1 and Roberto Santachiara as an unforgettable, hybrid work. The book embeds other texts (notably Felice Benuzzi's No Picnic on Mount Kenya/Fuga sul Kenya) and traces a century of Italian history, including colonial atrocities and mountaineering narratives. Authors describe it as an 'unidentified narrative object' (UNO). The review highlights the book's moral urgency and genre-blending approach.