SECRET MOLLINO tells the story of a luxurious Occult House in "esoteric" Turin where no one ever lived.

Its builder, Carlo Mollino, is near legendary. How could the creator of the city's Teatro Regio—illuminated by 4,000 prisms—of a table sold for over 6 million dollars, and of a car displayed inside a glass case at the Leonardo da Vinci Museum not be?

The framework of the compelling text of SECRET MOLLINO touches upon the great figures of human history: the Egyptians and their esoteric doctrine, Japan with its refined minimalism, the Pythagoreans with the golden rectangle, and the intricate geometric connections upon which classical Greek architecture is based.

Over 300 images accompanying the text illustrate the fascinating journey into discovering the occult Mollino. This literary path flows from Leonardo da Vinci to Piero della Francesca, to Coleridge, to Le Corbusier, to Patti Smith in a delightful and irresistible cognitive vertigo.

The author of the book, Fulvio Ferrari, investigated for 27 years the history of this Occult House—dismantled after Carlo Mollino's death—reconstructing it. The co-author of the book, Brigitte Schindler, took over five thousand photographs during two years of work in what has now become the Museo Casa Mollino ([https://www.carlomollino.org](https://www.carlomollino.org)).

Captivating pages are dedicated to Mollino's one true love for the sculptor Carmelina Piccolis, a relationship that ended disastrously on the night of Saturday, October 15, 1955, as recounted in a chapter of the book.

Fulvio Ferrari, 1945, is a chemist interested in the mechanical, alchemical, and philosophical paths of life. He has published 20 books, organized exhibitions and conferences in Europe and the United States. Mollino was the brilliant plaything with which he attempted to grasp the meaning of existence.

Brigitte Schindler, 1972, loves to serenely hide outside the immense volume of information that besets us. Her quiet, intimate photographic life is self-portrayed in the works of the book, which constitute her living autobiography.