![]() ![]() ![]() The title makes reference to phosgene, a gas that was used, unfortunately, on the front in World War I. Paolo began to write some chapters and I followed suit, and, in the mood of two people chatting in a bar, we started to jot down this narrative duet that became an alternative history novel, entitled Ph0xGen!. I answered, none too confident: No, Paolo, I’m a photographer. And he wrote back to me: Yes, it’s true: we should do it together. It would be good to use it as a base for some characters, as well as for a narrative and a secret, a mystery to pique the reader’s interest. Out of the blue he began to compose a historical vision of how different Europe would be if World War I had been won by the Central Powers. ![]() Paolo is fond of history, particularly of the Habsburg era he has been living in Vienna for some time now, and we were keeping in touch by e-mail, randomly exchanging ideas and opinions. ![]() I was getting on in years when in 2003, because of – or thanks to – Paolo Frusca, a friend and fellow writer, I was dragged into this adventure. You didn’t make your writing debut early… An interview with the writer Italo Bonera (author of the books Ph0xGen!, I’m not like you – Io non sono come voi, and Heaven and Iron – Cielo e ferro) at the Primo Piano Literary Cafe in Brescia, in a meeting with the author organized by our magazine. ![]()
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