What does it really mean to be successful? To be remembered, to become rich, to leave a mark? Or perhaps there is another measure of success, quieter and deeper.
With The Unmissable, Eleonora Marangoni takes us on the trail of Walter Hunt, the American inventor who changed the lives of millions without ever achieving glory.
From the safety pin to the fountain pen, from the horn to the first sewing machine, his insights have crossed time, while their author stubbornly remained on the margins of history.
Visionary, curious, unable to turn talent into ambition, Hunt becomes the protagonist of a novel that is both a journey, a biography, and a reflection on our need for recognition.
With elegant and luminous writing, Eleonora Marangoni – winner of the Premio Viareggio-Rèpaci 2026 – weaves her own exploration of the roads of America with the destiny of a man who seems to speak directly to our present, dominated by the obsession with performance and visibility.
From this arises a narrative that overturns the very meaning of failure and invites us to look with new eyes at what makes a life truly fulfilled.
Because perhaps the rarest success is not being admired by the world, but remaining true to who you are.
