2022 Programme
Event #5
Matteo Nucci
Movement and space: Homer and Hemingway
In the most ancient models of our literature, the Homeric poems, human movement is described meticulously, in detail, and fills every page: Era seducing Zeus; Achilles discovering the death of Patroclus; Elena sitting next to her found husband. Everything is movement in space. Yet the center of this movement – the protagonists’ soul – is veiled by a silence full of promises. The attitude of the most imitated American writer of the 20th century, Ernest Hemingway, is identical. In his stylistic revolution, from short stories to his masterpiece The Old Man and the Sea, the movement of the protagonists is at the very center of his works, while the core of the story is omitted. Just like Homer, Hemingway knows that this is the only way that we, the readers, will be able to discover the strength hidden in the gestures that we repeat every day, without even realizing it.
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Matteo Nucci was born in Rome in 1970. He has published several novels with Ponte alle Grazie, including "Sono comuni le cose degli amici" (2009, finalist for the Premio Strega), "Il toro non sbaglia mai" (2011), "È giusto obbedire alla notte" (2017, finalist for the Premio Strega), and the narrative essay "L’abisso di Eros" (2018). For Einaudi, he released a new edition of Plato's "Symposium" (2009) and the narrative essays "Le lacrime degli eroi" (2013), "Achille e Odisseo. La ferocia e l’inganno" (2020), and "Il grido di Pan" (2023). With HarperCollins, he published the novel "Sono difficili le cose belle" (2022) and "Sognava i leoni. L’eroismo fragile di Ernest Hemingway" (2024). His short stories have appeared in magazines, anthologies, and eBooks. He also collaborates with the magazines La Stampa and L’Espresso.
Event #2
Lilia Giugni, Lorenza Pieri
Digital revolution and gender-based violence. Global stories and perspectives.
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Event #8
Carlo Alberto Redi, Manuela Monti
Where are we from? Who are we? Where are we going? (And where are we having dinner tonight?)
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Event #8 BIS
Carlo Alberto Redi, Manuela Monti
Where are we from? Who are we? Where are we going? (And where are we having dinner tonight?)
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