Flavia Piccinni to the library Nina
The author Flavia Piccinni get to Pietrasanta tomorrow to present his third novel "That river is the Night" (Fandango), which is receiving wide critical success and was nominated for the Premio Strega by Dacia Maraini and Lidia Ravera .
Flavia Piccinni, who won the Premio Campiello Giovani, back to the library after four years from his last job, with a dense novel suggestions. A journey through India and the contemporary story of a theme that today more than ever is proving poignant chronicle: the loss period following the voluntary termination of pregnancy.
< p> "that river is the night" is the story of Lea, who has just arrived in Varanasi. Merely taking a sweater haphazardly in the closet and toss it in your backpack without expecting anything. Must escape from Caesar, put away, let the time go faster, and India, everyone says, is the place to get lost, even if the air smells of funeral celebrations, mature flowers, sandalwood and wax. Adriana, pearl earrings and dyed black hair, did not make too many questions about the reasons for leaving, and even on the phone, now that is far away, does not investigate, you leave behind the guilt, but you know, the years pass and mothers are always the same, they are not afraid to hurt, they are like that. As she would be with a son, now Lea does not want to know. Must forget the month of May, the dawn of spring, the bed that runs fast, the endless corridor, the nurse who asks and requires Are you sure? , the precise feeling safe, after ' abortion, never will be more. In the disorder of nameless streets and dilapidated hotels, including beautiful women selling saris and revere their children, Lea will try to come to terms with reality, and to absolve themselves if the Ganges as the host may in its sacred waters and livid.
When: 08/25/2016
Where: Libreria Lina - Via Giuseppe Mazzini, 54, Pietrasanta
Time: ore: 18:00 - 20:00
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