2023 Programme
Event #6
Erika Fatland, Alberto Riva
The wonder of wanderlust
Even the briefest of journeys to a new place opens our eyes and sharpens our sense of observation. Through seeing things for the first time – mundane and ordinary as they may be to the people who live their lives there – we reconnect to our inner child and its capacity to wonder. The world again becomes alive. Erika Fatland has travelled more than most of us and often to inaccessible and wonderous places. Through her renowned books, she shares her keen observations and adventures with readers all over the world. In this conversation with the italian writer and traveller Alberto Riva, she will reflect upon the wonder of wanderlust.
Interprete: Sonia Folin
In collaboration with NORLA – Norwegian Literature Abroad
https://www.festivaldellamente.it/it/live-streaming-alessandro-barbero/
Erika Fatland (b. 1983 in Haugesund, Norway) achieved her international breakthrough with Sovietistan (2014), for which she was awarded the Norwegian Booksellers’ Prize. She has an M.A. in social anthropology from the University of Oslo and the University of Copenhagen. Earlier works include The Village of Angels. Stories from Beslan (2011) and The Year Without Summer (2012). Her most recent books, The Border. A Journey around Russia (2017) and High. A Journey across the Himalaya (2019) were both shortlisted for Terzani Award and The Edward Standford Travel Book of the Year. In 2021 she won the Kapuściński Award for reportage. Her books are translated into 27 languages. She is currently working on a book about the Portuguese Empire.
ph. credits: Tine Poppe
Alberto Riva (1970) is an Italian writer and journalist, who writes about literature and music for Venerdì di Repubblica. He lived in Brazil for many years. His books include: Seguire i pappagalli fino alla fine (Il Saggiatore, 2008), Sete (Mondadori, 2011), Il samba di Scarlatti (Mondadori, 2015). With Neri Pozza he published Il maestro e l'infanta (2021) and Ultima estate a Roccamare (2023), a journey along the Tuscan coast and into the great literature of the 20th century.
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