November 24th, 2015 – Tomorrow, Wednesday November 25, at 7pm, the Italian Cultural Institute in Vilnius (Universiteto g. 4) hosts the presentation of the book “L’Amore Rubato” (Rizzoli 2012) by Dacia Maraini. The event wants to celebrate the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women. The recurrence was established by the General Assembly of the United Nations with resolution 54/134 on 17 December 1999. The meeting will follow the screening of a documentary by journalist Maria Justina Laurenzi with Dacia Maraini, entitled “Notes for Italian Gender literature”. Dacia Maraini is one of the greatest contemporary Italian writers, having published dozens of novels and collections of short stories, translated all over the world, poetry collections, plays, screenplays and essays. Maraini was conferred the greatest Italian literary prizes including the Strega and Campiello awards. The characters of “L’Amore Rubato” are fighting an ancient yet still relevant battle, against the men they love, who increasingly unable to love them in return, to deal with their rejection and their desires. In front of these women, husbands, lovers, and companions turn into children who struggle to understand the difference between passion and possession and, therefore, steal love from women.
