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Igiaba Scego, journalist and writer, was born in Rome in 1974 to Somali parents exiled by Siad Barre's dictatorial regime. "Cassandra in Mogadishu" (Bompiani) is her and in her book she mixes the Italian language...
Event Date | 01-09-2023 7:00 pm |
Location | Convento degli Agostiniani |
Categories | Book |

"I am nothing I am nothing else but with you I am everything. My hand in yours: Magnificat." There is all the meaning and value of entrusting oneself in the verses of Anna Maria Benone, who presents...
Event Date | 31-08-2023 8:00 pm |
Location | Convento degli Agostiniani |
Categories | Book |

23.9 percent of homicides in Italy remain unsolved cases. These are the so-called "cold cases." This was not the case for 19-year-old Valentina Salamone, who was found hanged in 2010 in a small villa...
Event Date | 11-08-2023 8:30 pm |
Location | Convento degli Agostiniani |
Categories | Book |

"There is a spot in our brains where memories of things past, far away in time, lurk." This is "The Law of the Closed Drawer" (ed. Santelli), title of the fantasy novel by Michele Gaetano Malandrino, presented...
Event Date | 10-08-2023 8:30 pm |
Location | Convento degli Agostiniani |
Categories | Book |

"Punishments may not consist of treatment contrary to the sense of humanity and must aim at the re-education of the convicted person." This is Article 27 (third Paragraph) of the Constitution, and one of the paths...
Event Date | 08-08-2023 8:30 pm |
Location | Convento degli Agostiniani |
Categories | Book |

'Follow the money', taught Judge Giovanni Falcone: to unravel the mafia's dirty business and counter its power, one must 'follow the money'. The same principle holds true in the new story of "Il tradimento è delitto" (Betrayal...
Event Date | 02-08-2023 8:30 pm |
Location | Convento degli Agostiniani |
Categories | Book |

To remember one of the most multifaceted writers of the 20th century on the centenary of his birth (Oct. 15, 1923), the community library is organizing "Viva Calvino," a series of monthly meetings with public readings and...
Event Date | 28-07-2023 5:30 pm |
Location | OgniBene biblioteca creativa |
Categories | Book |

The discovery of illness becomes an opportunity for a mother to address her daughter directly and tell her their story, narrated with extraordinary strength and truth. Dedicated to Ada D'Adamo, a writer from Abruzzo who passed away...
Event Date | 20-07-2023 8:00 pm |
Location | Convento degli Agostiniani |
Categories | Book |

This is the never-known story of the invisibles, the agents of the Dia, the Anti-Mafia Investigative Directorate wanted by Giovanni Falcone. "Eyes of a wolf, heart of a dog. La vita invisibile di un agente...
Event Date | 15-07-2023 8:00 pm |
Location | Convento degli Agostiniani |
Categories | Book |

Investigates the Salento people's ancient bond with olive trees, uncovers the secrets of the oil industry, reflects on the most paradoxical aspects of our relationship with nature and the enormous power of stories. It is, at the...
Event Date | 14-07-2023 8:00 pm |
Location | Convento degli Agostiniani |
Categories | Book |