Ragusa – Presented yesterday evening, as part of the “ExtraVolume” section of the “A Tutto Volume” literary festival, the book “Ossigeno”, the autobiographical literary diary of the journalist Federica Molè. The event, hosted by director Andrea Traina, took place in the suggestive gardens of relay of Antica Badia in Ragusa, and attracted an interested and participating audience, eager to know the touching story of the relationship between the author and her father, Gianni Molè, a well-known journalist who passed away due to Covid.
Federica Molè, emerging author of this section of the festival, has decided to share with the public an intimate part of her life, marked by the premature death of her father in 2020. “Ossigeno”, published by Architype for the Kintsugi series, represents a tribute to a bond that the distance of death cannot break. As Gaetano Savatteri writes on the back cover, the book is the story of “a filial love that does not break even after the extreme laceration that marks the unbridgeable distance, but not the detachment”.
The narrative of “Ossigeno” is a journey through Federica’s memories, where her father, an authoritative journalist in Sicily, becomes a central, almost mythical figure. With a career built on courageous choices, Gianni Molè has set an example of integrity and commitment, inspiring his daughter to follow in her professional footsteps. Holidays in Scoglitti, between the scent of vanilla cigars and summer days, are the backdrop to a happy and formative childhood, making the father not only a parent, but also a mentor. The book explores the complex relationship between father and daughter, made up of love, admiration, but also pressure and expectations. Federica describes how her father pushed her to always give her best. Literature, in this context, becomes a means of healing, a way to exorcise pain, sharing with readers an emotional journey made up of moments of joy and tragedy.
“Ossigeno” is also a generational novel, which reflects the challenges and uncertainties of those born in the 90s, in a constantly changing world. The figure of the father emerges as a stable point of reference in a precarious reality, a beacon of values and ethics in a sea of sudden changes. The tragic loss of the parent represents a turning point, an event that shocks but which, through writing, finds a form of reconstruction and resilience. Federica Molè, with “Ossigeno”, teaches that daily life, with its apparent banalities, is never devoid of meaning. Every word, every gesture can leave profound marks, and the narrative becomes a mirror through which to reflect on our existence and the value of relationships. A book that mixes strength and fragility, anxieties and hopes, showing how the healing power of the word can rebuild a shattered world.
