Andrea Marcolongo is an Italian journalist, writers, Classics scholar, and former speech writer for Prime Minister Matteo Renzi. The Ingenious Language was a bestseller in Italy and in many of the other dozen countries in which it has thus far been published. She is also the author of The Heroic Measure.
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An exhilarating argument that ancient Greek offers us uniquely ‘concise, explosive, ironic, open-ended modes of expression’— The Guardian, Nov 7 2019![]()
For the ancient Greeks, light reflecting off water was its own color: glaukos. With revelatory tidbits like that, Marcolongo uses the secrets of the Ancient Greek language to illuminate a new way of perceiving the world. The Ingenious Language has the potential to change your...— Refinery 29, Oct 3 2019![]()
“Joyous, superb and exuberant, The Ingenious Language by Andrea Marcolongo is an irrepressibly compelling, playfully erudite and deliciously charming celebration of Greek. Everyone should read it.”— Simon Sebag Montefiore, Oct 2 2019![]()
In this compact but substantive volume, Marcolongo (The Heroic Measure), a journalist who worked as a speechwriter for former Italian prime minister Matteo Renzi, persuasively argues for tackling the difficult, complicated, and exhilarating task of learning ancient Greek. For...— Publishers Weekly, Sep 11 2019
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