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Among the rubble Abstract Terremoto is a literary documentary devoted to earthquakes that have struck Italy in recentyears. The author mixes accounts from travels to places affected by the disaster, interviewswith experts on various aspects of the phenomenon and thought on cultural methods oftaming the constant threat. One of the main characters of the text is Luca Cari, a spokespersonfor Italian fire department and civil-protection services who accompanies the author in histravels Mikołajewski’s book is one of the very few Polish publications that do not replicatethe stereotypical view on the Italians. It is also an important base for a discussion on therelationship of Poles towards the Mediterranean culture. Keywords: earthquake, Italy, sentimentalism, natural disasters, Polish-Italian relations