“Pain is a teacher of life”

June 20, 2026

by Sara Costantini There are words that never arrive isolated. They need someone who has actually been through them, and someone willing to listen to them without haste, even when they don’t offer immediate solutions. In these transition areas – between what can be explained and what can only be approached – the voices collected by Marina Piccone in The Pain of Others are inserted. Beyond the broken heart syndrome (Cinisello Balsamo, San Paolo Editore, 2026, 240 pages, 18 euros). The book takes shape as a series of interviews with doctors, psychologists, volunteers, religious people and operators involved in different contexts of care and hospitality. It is not a collection of cases nor a gallery of experiences, but a journey into the relationship with human frailty. The data that emerges…