The name Exorma is inspired by the root of a Greek verb “to cast off the moorings” and the publishing house set sail in 2010 with an editorial project strongly linked to the dimension of travel, to the knowledge of places, to the narration of the world as it is, of cultures, of peculiarities but also of critical issues. They are mixed writings, from those closest to the modes of reportage to the form of the novel-essay; experiences of the contemporary or original forays into the classics, real or imaginary journeys, the unexpected under the house and the extremely distant.
The books of the travel literature series “Scritti Traversi” want to be an opening of horizons beyond the postmodern vulgate on the “end of travel”; writings capable of sedimenting a cultural imaginary linked to the perception and representation of space and places, of their relationship with literature, photography and other expressive modes.
The “quisiscrivemale” narrative series welcomes books that are aware of their own language, capable of playing with it, exploring it, moving it, without limiting themselves to the tyranny of history. In a context that seems to want to desert complexity, where everything must be easy and standardized, “well written”, around Exorma they “write badly”.
And, since we are convinced that form is content, the ergonomics of the book has great value for Exorma: the quality of the paper support, the tactility, the internal balances, the cover, the overall aesthetics.