Praise for The House of Gazes

"When a poet who has a strong story to tell decides to write a novel, the result is a masterpiece."--Vanity Fair

"The most important book I have read this year. It's an autobiographical story, I believe, and it's about a rebirth."--La Stampa

"Essential and unforgettable."--la Repubblica

"Like Pasolini's, Mencarelli's is drawn towards the lost, the damned, those at the margins of society. Yet The House of Gazes, his first novel, is not simply a descent into human hell. It is a story of resurrection."--Il Giornale

"Miraculous. "--Il Messaggero

Praise for Everything Calls for Salvation

"An evocative work of autofiction...With its bracing view of the hero's interior world, this meditative novel viscerally excoriates the failings of his treatment."--Publishers Weekly

"Moving and engaging. This novel will stay with you."--Goffredo Fofi,  Internazionale

"Mencarelli writes with the grace and power of a poet. His words illuminate truth like a flash of lightning."--Il Sole 24 Ore

"Mencarelli's writing is extraordinary for its intensity and empathy... His prose has the emotional force of poetry."--Radio Tre