Commissioned by the Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, a member of the FACE Association (Foundation of Arts for a Contemporary Europe), the Italian author Tiziano Scarpa, drew his inspiration from Franz Kafka's short story Investigations of a Dog (1922) to write New Investigations of an Ant Nest. This new short story also echoes the artworks – reproduced in the book – by the 36 international artists of the touring exhibition Investigations of a Dog organized by FACE in 2009 – 2011. Four other short stories – especially written for the project by Aristide Antonas, Jonas Hassen Khemiri, Rui Cardoso Martins, and Emmanuelle Pagano– and an exhibition catalogue are published simultaneously. Tiziano Scarpa is a multi-faceted and original Italian writer. He is a novelist, poet, essayist, and dramatist and in 2009 he won the prestigious Strega Prize for the novel Stabat Mater, a narrative with a profound poetic influence. His books have been translated worldwide. He is a co-founder of and contributor to the online magazine Il primo amore. Published with FACE (Foundation of Arts for a Contemporary Europe). Italian text.