Asuncion – The Embassy of Italy in Asuncion and the Cabildo Cultural Center, with the collaboration of the Dante Alighieri Society in Asuncion, have set up an exhibition on the works of Emilio Salgari, which will open on Monday, October 20 at the cultural center. Salgari, author of fantastic adventures born in Verona in 1862, wrote more than 150 short stories and 80 novels, with runs of up to 100.000 copies, addressing an audience of young and old, scholars and ordinary people. The exhibition includes reproductions of the best illustrations of his works from the late 19th-early 20th centuries, the illustrated books of the 1960s, videos from the RAI series on Sandokan, naval instruments, and weapons. (9Colonne)
