Alessandro Baricco
dal 28/5/2012 al 28/5/2012
Segnalato da
28/5/2012
Alessandro Baricco
Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimo', New York
A conversation with the writer on the occasion of the American publication of "Emmaus" (McSweeney, 2012)
Author Alessandro Baricco in conversation with translator Ann Goldstein (The New Yorker). The Italy of Alessandro Baricco's Emmaus is one of stark contrasts: the secular and the pious, the rich and the poor, those with "a capacity for destiny" and those who "cannot afford it." And it's in the religiously devout lower-class that we find our four protagonists: Bobby, the Saint, Luca, and the unnamed narrator-all from proud, struggling families, and all lusting after Andre, a hyper-sexual woman whose reckless, provocative exploits goad these four friends from adolescence to manhood. Baricco renders the details of post-war, working-class Italian life with a poet's eye, moving effortlessly from the quotidian to the profound. A brilliant portrait of the perils and uncertainties of youth and faith, Emmaus is a remarkable novel from one of the very best writers in Europe. This event will be in English and Italian. Tuesday, May 29, 6 pm.