2023 Programme
Event #24
Alessandro Zaccuri
Wonderfully. Learning wonder from literature
The appearance of Nausicaa in the Odyssey, the healing of the blind man of Bethsaida in the Gospel of Mark, the coexistence of reality and legend in The Lord of the Rings are some of the episodes that show the essential role played by wonder in the history of literature. Following the plot of these and other stories, the writer Alessandro Zaccuri invites us to reconsider the experience of reading as a way to learn the meaning of wonder, and to recognise the other, the unknown, the unexpected that always visits our existences.
Alessandro Zaccuri writes about literature for Avvenire, the Sunday edition of Il Sole 24 Ore, doppiozero.com, and other publications. A novelist and essayist, he recently published Preghiera e letteratura (San Paolo, 2024). His forthcoming novel Le ombre, to be published by Marsilio, revisits themes explored in his earlier work Lo spregio (2016).
ph. credits: Alberto Bogo
Event #15
Martina Mazzotta
Wunderkammer: art, science, wonder. From the Renaissance until the present day
Event #20Approfonditamente
Marianna Aprile, Maurizio Careddu, Enrico Casale, Cristiana Farina, Gianluca Guida
Wonder inside: stories of art and beauty from Italian prisons
