(Sept. 30) A merciless portrait of contemporary Italy, a noir that leaves its mark: “La Ferocia” was released in bookstores on September 23 for Einaudi, and the Italian Cultural Institute in Brussels organizes a meeting with author Nicola Lagioia. The appointment is at the IIC on October 2 at 6.30pm. At the same time its release in in Italy, in France Arléa publishes, with the title “Case depart”, the French translation of Lagioia’s previous book, “Riportando tutto a casa”, winner of the Premio Viareggio 2010. Lagioia was born in Bari in 1973. He published for Minimum Fax “Tre sistemi per sbarazzarsi di Tolstoj” (2001) e for Einaudi “Occidente per principianti” (Supercoralli 2004), “Riportando tutto a casa” (Supercoralli 2009, Super ET 2011; He Premio Viareggio-Rèpaci, Premio Vittorini, Premio Volponi) e “La ferocia” (Supercoralli 2014). (red)